Bitlyanska Licence
The Bitlyanska exploration and development licence covers an area of 390 km2, tectonically belonging to the Krosno zone of the folded Carpathians and includes the Bitlya, Borynya and Vovchenska fields. Within the Bitlyanska licence area there are two structures, the Bitlya at approximately 3,000 metres depth and the Borynya at between approximately 3,100 and 5,600 metres of depth.
The Bitlya and Borynya fields are approximately 20 kilometres apart and anticipated production is planned to be processed through a combined gas treatment facility on the Borynya field with a capacity of 4,000 Mcm/d, connected to the UkrTransGas system. The Directors intend this combined facility to service all wells on both Bitlya and Borynya due to the geographic proximity of the two fields. A pipeline is planned to connect production from Bitlya to the facility on Borynya. The Directors intend that this pipeline and the combined gas treatment facility will begin operating in the first half of 2009. Both fields are close to a UkrTransGas pipeline at Turka situated some 10 kilometres from Borynya and it is expected to connect them via a Group-owned pipeline.
