By the end of 2023, budget losses will increase to UAH 1.3 billion, and the energy system will receive less than 135 million cubic meters of gas.
After the shutdown of production at the Vasishchevskoye and Ostoverkhovsky gas fields in the Kharkiv region, the budgets of various levels have already lost about UAH 110 million, and the Ukrainian energy sector – 12.4 million meters cubic of gas. Every day this damage increases by 5 million hryvnias, the investment group said. Smart Holdings.
It is indicated that hydrocarbon production has been suspended due to the suspension of special permits for Smart Energy companies, which are part of the group structure.
If the idle fields continue until the end of 2023, the budget loss will increase to UAH 1.3 billion, and the energy system will receive less than 135 million cubic meters of gas.
The arrest also warned of the possibility of growing social tension in the Kharkiv region. 150 people are at risk of being left unemployed in the frontline region. Service companies will remain without orders. Smart Energy will lose the ability to support local communities and the Armed Forces, where the company alone Ukrgasdobycha UAH 19.2 million was sent last year.
“For a country that is in a state of war, it is very important to replace the budget, because these costs, among other things, go to ensure our defense capability. Therefore, it is not clear to us why the state authorities do not take into account the risks and losses that the state will directly receive as a result of the suspension of special permits and the termination of the activities of a working enterprise,” said the acting director. Aleksey Zayats, CEO of Smart Energy Group.
It is impossible to restore the initial productivity of the gas wells due to the long downtime, they noted in Smart Holdings. In addition, there are risks of complete loss of the ability to extract all identified gas and condensate reserves.
Awhile ago in Smart Holdings announced forced layoffs of employees. We are talking about the fate of 3,000 Ukrainians and millions of Hryvnia taxes for the state.
Recall, on May 4, the SBU reported that the assets of the former People’s Deputy Vadim Novinsky with a total value of more than 10.5 billion hryvnias were arrested in Ukraine. Among the seized properties are an elite hotel complex in the center of Kyiv, the sea trading port of Ochakov, the site of an agricultural holding and shopping centers in various regions of Ukraine.
As you know, in December 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions against Novinsky and UOC-MP figures.
Source: korrespondent
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