KYIV, Oct 20 – On Wednesday, the state-owned Ukrgazvydobuvannia won an auction for the use of subsoil resources of the Pivdenno-Rusanivska oil and gas area (317.2 sq km, Sumy and Poltava regions) by offering UAH 304.61 million for it, according to the ProZorro.Sale platform.

The private enterprise Optima-Resource also took part in the auction, which offered the starting price of UAH 92.5 million (excluding VAT) for the 20-year license.