The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mykola Zlochevskiy of Ukraine and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni signed in Kiev a Memorandum of Understanding defining the framework for possible cooperation initiatives in exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Ukraine.
The parties agreed to collaborate on the study of initiatives in conventional and unconventional oil and gas on the basis of a mutual sharing of data, competencies and technology. They also arranged to set up a joint working team that will begin the evaluation of such opportunities.
During his visit to Kiev, Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni also had the opportunity to meet with the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Boyko to discuss possible cooperation in Ukrainian upstream sector.
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Source: Eni, March 28, 2011;