Last year, the company took a course to replace imported gas with Ukrainian. The decline in production was stopped and the transition to increased gas production. Plus 500 million m. cube. for 10 months of 2017 for the retirement with the same period of 2016. This was reported by Oleg Prokhorenko, Chairman of the Board of OJSC Ukrhazvydobuv, during a meeting of the Association of Local Self-Government Bodies of the Kharkov Region,.

The greatest daily production in the last 5 years has been achieved. Over 10 months of this year produced more than 12.6 billion cubic meters of gas. By the end of the year, this figure is 14.6 billion cubic meters. production of natural gas, which corresponds to 75% of total gas consumption in Ukraine. By 2020, the company intends to increase its own production to 20 billion m. cube. gas: "Ukraine still imports part of the gas for its own needs, but is moving towards energy independence. Implementation of the "20/20" Strategy will become the basis of energy independence ".

According to the law on the decentralization of rent, the revenues of the communities of the Kharkiv region will grow proportionally with the extraction. According to the conservative model of settlements in 2018, Kharkov region will receive an additional 465 million rents, and by 2020 the revenue will grow by? 120 million and amount to? 570 million.

What can the community do with the rent: "465 million hryvnia means 450 ambulances, or 3100 children's or sports grounds, or 78,000 new windows in educational institutions, medicine, culture, or 300 school computer classes and.