Main Areas of Activity

Oil and Gas

  • 18 special permits for geological exploration and hydrocarbon production
  • Custodian of geological information generated under state contracts
  • 253 oil and gas wells on the balance sheet
  • Over 3,000 abandoned wells potentially available for restoration
  • Storage of 70% of Ukraine’s total core samples, including materials from the Black Sea shelf

Metallic Minerals

  • 5 special permits for geological exploration and mining of metal ores, including one for gold and four for titanium ores.
  • Contractor under the State MRB Development Program for non-ferrous, precious, and rare metals.

Groundwater

  • Water well drilling: Approximately 2,000 wells drilled, 123 of which are used for groundwater monitoring.
  • Liquidated artesian well fund with 145 units potentially available for restoration: 73 for mineral, 38 for thermal, and 34 for fresh water.
  • Contractor under the state MRB Program for monitoring of groundwater resources and reserves.
  • Groundwater monitoring in Western and Central Ukraine as part of the International Transboundary WATERS Project (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Estonia).

Other Activities

  • Implementation of state programs for monitoring engineering-geological processes, regional surveying, and geo-environmental research.
  • R&D, design and survey works, hydrodynamic studies, expert assessment, and environmental monitoring.
  • Production of geological thematic materials and drilling operations for subsoil exploration.
  • Ukraine’s only comprehensive scientific and analytical laboratory for studying conventional and unconventional reservoirs, equipped in accordance with international standards.