EuroGas Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding to Develop Coalbed Methane and Natural Gas Reserves in Ukraine With ZNVKIF New Technologies, Subsidiary of Large Ukrainian Holding Company
SOURCE:
EuroGas, Inc.
2008-07-23 05:00:00
EuroGas Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding to Develop Coalbed Methane and Natural Gas Reserves in Ukraine With ZNVKIF New Technologies, Subsidiary of Large Ukrainian Holding Company
NEW YORK, NY–(EMWNews – July 23, 2008) – EuroGas, Inc. (
entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with OJSC ZNVKIF New
Technologies (ZNT) of Kiev, Ukraine, a wholly owned subsidiary of one of
Ukraine’s largest Industrial Holding Groups (Holding Group), to form two
gas development Joint Ventures in which EuroGas and ZNT will be equal
partners.
One Joint Venture will explore and develop Holding Group’s large coalbed
methane (CBM) reserves in East and West Ukraine; the other Joint Venture
will apply modern gas extraction technology to approximately 2,000 Holding
Group wells, some of which are currently producing natural gas. EuroGas
and ZNT believe that currently available gas extraction technology will be
successful at rehabilitating a large number of these wells.
According to the Holding Group’s technical experts, the total in situ CBM
reserves in the Donetsk Basin in East Ukraine, where the majority of the
Holding Group’s coal mines are located, are estimated to be approximately
12 trillion cubic meters (427 TCF) of CBM gas trapped in coal deposits that
are 500-1800 meters deep.
EuroGas and its predecessor company and affiliated companies have been
pioneers in the exploration and development of CBM in the USA,
Poland, Wales and India. EuroGas was the first foreign company to drill for
CBM in Ukraine in 1998. This Joint Venture is a continuation of EuroGas’
efforts to establish CBM production in Ukraine through the application of
modern CBM production techniques.
The Holding Group has committed to contribute approximately 2,000 natural
gas wells (with associated condensate) currently under its control to the
second Joint Venture. These wells are either plugged or were abandoned due
to either technical, economic or both reasons. EuroGas will provide to the
Joint Venture modern natural gas reserve management technology in an effort
to bring these wells back on stream.
At a recent technical meeting attended by experts of EuroGas and ZNT in
Kiev, both parties agreed to immediately incorporate the Joint Venture
companies and to commence the rework programs on the natural gas wells. As
for the CBM Joint Venture company, EuroGas has undertaken to prepare a work
proposal for the commencement of the CBM activities on the Holding Group’s
coal mines.
The Holding Group’s core assets are in the Ukrainian coal industry, as well
as in road construction and transport services throughout Ukraine where it
is a market leader. Through its subsidiaries, the Holding Group also
controls a large number of companies in the Donetsk and Lugansk region of
Ukraine, as well as substantial industrial mineral enterprises with
concessions for the exploitation of sand, talc and gypsum in Western
Ukraine and the Donetsk region. In addition, the Holding Group also
controls Ukrainian entities involved in the development and application of
new innovative technologies in energy and energy saving enterprises and
owns a bank.
About EuroGas, Inc.
EuroGas is a publicly traded oil and gas company with assets in Ukraine and
Poland, as well as talc mining interests in the Slovak Republic. The
company’s common stock trades on the Frankfurt and Hamburg Stock Exchanges
and Xetra in Germany under the symbol EUG and on the Other OTC (Pink
Sheets) in the United States under the symbol EUGS.
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For further information, please contact: Wolfgang Rauball Chairman & CEO EuroGas, Inc. Telephone: (212) 618-1274 |
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