KIEV, Aug. 25 - Shell, Chevron and Eni are among the world’s oil majors that will begin within the next six months extracting shale gas in Ukraine, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Mykola Zlochevskiy said Thursday.

“We are now successfully concluding talks with world’s leading companies, Shell, Chevron and Eni, and they will start implementing massive-scale projects in Ukraine within the next six months,” Zlochevskiy said in a statement.

The companies will tap Ukraine’s shale gas deposits, but also focus on extracting oil and gas from offshore its Black Sea coast and the coast of the Sea of Azov, he said.