“Ukrainian law enforcement officers are interested in the activities of a number of companies engaged in gas production and geostics. The Center was JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya”, SE “Ukrnauhageocenter”, LLC “Geological and Ecological Research Center” and LLC FRISSON LLC. UA.News learned from its own sources. Law enforcement agencies have appealed to the banks of Ukraine and are asked to provide a full list of financial transactions, balances in accounts, as well as all transactions made”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Ukrainian law enforcement officers are interested in the activities of a number of companies engaged in gas production and geostics. The Center was JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya”, SE “Ukrnauhageocenter”, LLC “Geological and Ecological Research Center” and LLC FRISSON LLC. UA.News learned from its own sources.
Law enforcement agencies have appealed to the banks of Ukraine and are asked to provide a full list of financial transactions, account balances, as well as all transactions made between 2021 by mid -2025 on these companies.
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JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya”
JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” is the largest state gas producer of Ukraine. It produces 70% of gas in Ukraine. 100% of the company belongs to Naftogaz of Ukraine. Over the last two years, the company has been headed by the temporarily acting director of the joint -stock company Oleg Tolmachov. It was appointed Cabinet in January 2023. He left post in the summer of 2024. At the same time, his place was taken by the chief engineer of the company Sergey Lagno. He is also the so -called
In the media, JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” appeared in a number of investigations of corruption and abuse. For example, in 2022 The SBU detained Employee of the company on a bribe 400 thousand UAH. In 2024, NABU and SAP announced a scheme with “deliberately unprofitable” tenders, due to which the state caused losses of about UAH 211 million. Antimonopoly Committee recorded in 2025 violations during the purchase of Chinese pipes. At the same time, the above -mentioned company preferred a more expensive offer, and the winner had to be another participant. The violations were recognized and the tender was adjusted.
Insider materials and blogger publications additionally associate the former management of Ukrgasvydobuvannya with the interests of well-known business groups. In particular, the former temporary director of the company Alexander Romanyuk is associated with oligarch Viktor Pinchuk and his pipe business. The media is mentioned that the company could “build” purchases in favor of the Interpipe Pinchuk company. However, there are no official confirmations at this time.
In the legal field “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” often appears in commercial courts. For example, in 2019 The court recognized The company is guilty of illegal inclusion of Bastion-Service in the list of unscrupulous participants and its prevention to the tender. And in in this case The Commercial Court of Kharkiv Oblast satisfied the claim of JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” to SE “Kharkiv Research Institute of Land Management” on the recovery of 8 250 UAH of losses due to non -registration of tax invoices. The enterprise violated the terms of the contract and tax legislation, which deprived the plaintiff’s right to a tax credit.
Other companies that check the investigation: Ukrnauhageocenter, Geological and Ecological Research Center and Frison NSC
JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” allegedly has connections with a number of state and private structures, among which is the state -owned enterprise “Ukrnauhageocenter”. The latter belongs to the structure of “NAK” NA “NAVRA Ukraine”. By the way, in the fall of 2023 the director and chief engineer of this enterprise They were detained Due to suspected waste of almost UAH 4.6 million. According to the investigation, they, together with the head of the branch of Ukrgasvydobuvannya – “Poltavagazvydobuvannya”, organized a fictitious tender. They artificially overestimated the cost of the work, and the difference between the real and the declared price was deduced through related private firms, in particular LLC “Infogeo”. The founder of this firm has already been condemned conditionally, and other suspects are still waiting for the court.
Geological and Ecological Research Center LLC is a private company that was established in 2020. By data of the portal YouControl, for a long time, its existence by the company was led by Yevgeny Patenko. It is now headed by Tatiana Kuzhel. The main activity of the firm is geological research. In December 2022, the company won the tender “Ukrgasvydobuvannya” for almost 44 million UAH. There are no criminal accusations against it. Now the company is re -registered in Kiev.
Frison LLC is another company created in 2016. It belongs to Yuri Yuri and registered in the Poltava region. By YouControl portal data the company operates in the field of architecture. However, more than 48 types of economic activity are also indicated: from agriculture, construction and transport to trade, engineering, insurance, IT, market research and accounting consulting. He also has 1,000 UAH of authorized capital. It raises the question. However, there were no projects from JSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya”.
So we can conclude that Ukrgasvydobuvannya JSC was at the center of energy suspicious tenders. The company has experienced personnel changes through reforms and criminal investigations. Ukrnauhageocenter as part of the State Corporation of Nadra of Ukraine is also involved in these schemes together with contractors. Although open sources do not have direct links between all four companies (joint ownership or finance), they combine participation in tenders, which creates common risks and can attract the attention of controlling and law enforcement agencies.