New head of PJSC Ukrnafta Mark Rollins has asked the government to provide him with an additional 30 days to repay the tax debt of the company.

The company head expressed his position in a letter sent to Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn, as well as Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko.

The letter reads that Ukrnafta, after the new head assumed office on September 29, has already paid UAH 200 million in dividends for 2014 to the state and intends by October 3 (as provided by his employment contract) to pay dividends for 2014 in full.