Nasalik stands for reduction of rent payments. Nasalik stands for reduction of rent payments on the extraction of hydrocarbons
Energy Minister Igor Nasalik favors decrease the size of rental payments for oil production.
This is with reference to HB Business reports BiznesTsenzor.
"Always and in all countries of the rental fee was tied to the global price of oil. It can not with oil 70 and 26 of the rental fee be the same. Our situation is completely different. How much would cost the oil, the amount of the rent is high. For the most account, you need to calculate the rental fee for oil production in order to change it every three months ", - said Nasalik.
"In the current situation, given the current price of oil, the amount of the rent should be reduced," - he added.
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Nasalik also stated that the proposed parliamentary committee on Energy to make rental fee floating. In addition, the minister said he supported the initiative of the profile parliamentary committee member Olga Belkova that the part of the rent went to the local budgets, but not in the central. Thus, part of the fee for use of mineral resources will remain on the ground, which will reduce the burden on mining companies, which not only pay the rent, but usually also a "voluntary contribution" of local authorities.
Previously, the need to reduce the size of the rent for oil production said the head of "Naftogaz Ukraine" Andrew Kobolev. He considered abnormal when the size of the rent for oil and gas is different, and the rental rate on gas production is much lower.
To date, the rental rate on oil and condensate is 45% in Ukraine, gas - 29%, while the average rent for oil in the EU - 12%.
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Volumes of oil and gas condensate in January-September 2016 decreased by 165.5 thous. Tons or by 9.0% compared to the same period of 2015 and amounted to 1.677 million tons. As a result, the state does not reach 8 billion UAH scheduled payments from extraction of raw materials.