Experts and people's deputies unite efforts for the establishment of an independent regulator in the energy sector

04 September 2015The Strategic Advisory Group on elaborating draft law No. 2966 "On Energy Regulator" commenced operations in Ukraine. Olena Pavlenko, the President of DiXi Group Think Tank, informed thereof during a briefing at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.

Olena Pavlenko: Communication, Publicity and Decentralization Will Help Attract Investors to the Mining Sector

19 September 2015The declared focus on decentralization of government should be expanded to the mining sector regulation. This idea was expressed by Olena Pavlenko, President, Dixi Group Analytical Centre, during the “International Practice of Oil and Gas Management” round table.

05 August 2015

The Energy Regulator Law will be voted at the end of autumn, according to expert

24 September 2015Ukrainian EITI website published electronic forms to fill in for the preparation of the first report of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. According to the President of DiXi Group Think Tank Olena Pavlenko, the publication of these documents is the first step in implementing the EITI initiative.

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Europe Doesn't Need Nord Stream 2. Russia Does

09 March 2018In late January, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project received permission for construction and operation where it would make landfall in Germany. Nord Stream 2, like its first iteration, seeks to transit 55 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Russian natural gas annually—by the Baltic Sea instead of through Ukraine. By redirecting gas flows, the Kremlin aims to simultaneously undermine European unity and the Ukrainian economy.

Win-win. How the government, business and local communities can benefit from extractive contract disclosure

03 November 2017Business of extractive companies is associated with high risk due to both the complex nature of the extraction as a production process and the bureaucracy. According to the estimations provided by the Association of Gas Producers of Ukraine, bringing new deposits into commercial production requires approximately 40 permits to be issued by 16 different authorities.

Denys NazarenkoSpecialist for European Integration Programs