Ecology
and
Natural
Resources
Minister
Eduard
Stavitsky
told
journalists
in
Kiev
of
the
bids,
according
to
Reuters.
No
bids
were
received
for
a
second
field
at
Foroska,
which
has
now
been
pulled,
Ukrainian
officials
said.
Ukraine,
which
wants
to
increase
its
energy
independence
from
Russia,
invited
bids
last
June
for
potential
partners
for
the
two
fields.
The
Skifska
field
purportedly
has
a
potential
yield
of
3
billion
to
4
billion
cubic
metres.
As
part
of
its
energy
strategy,
in
May
Ukraine
picked
Shell and Chevron
as
partners
in
projects
to
explore
and
develop
two
potentially
large…
