Ukraine has selected ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell to develop its Skifska hydrocarbon field in the Black Sea, choosing the American and Dutch companies over Russia's Lukoil for the €8.15-billion project.
The Skifska offshore project is part of
Ukraine’s plan to ease its dependence on gas imported from Russia,
which amounted to some 40 billion cubic metres (bcm) last year and
accounted for nearly two-thirds of the country’s consumption.
