18:50 18.04.2013

US ready to help Ukraine organize shale gas production, says US ambassador

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The United States is ready to help Ukraine, including at the expert level, and organize shale gas production, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft has said.

"We will try to do everything possible to support Ukraine in this activity," the ambassador said at the sixth security forum "Security in an Insecure World" organized by the Arseniy Yatseniuk Open Ukraine Foundation.

The U.S. ambassador expressed the opinion that this would help Ukraine increase its energy independence and would bring a range of benefits. In particular, he said, the development of shale gas production in the United States led to the creation of new jobs and a reduction in energy prices.

"Shale gas is an absolutely positive thing, and if everything is done correctly, if there are certain regulatory standards, companies that adhere to advanced technologies, this can be unambiguously positive, as it was in the United States," said Tefft.

The diplomat also said that a group of U.S. experts in the legal field has arrived in Ukraine to advise Ukrainian representatives in the issue of shale gas production.

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