SIMFEROPOL, Oct. 12 – The Finance & Credit Group owned by Ukrainian businessman Kostiantyn Zhevaho is in talks with Simferopol-based ChornomorNaftoGaz oil and gas company to create a joint venture to develop oil and gas fields in the Black Sea, ChornomorNaftoGaz CEO Anatoliy Prysyazhnyuk said at a news conference in Simferopol.

"We had talks with Finance&Credit Bank. There is Kostiantyn Zhevaho, who own the Zaliv plant, and he is very interested in creating a JV to produce drilling rigs and develop shelf," he said.