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The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating the circumstances related to the rights to develop the Styvinsky oil and gas field in Lviv region and the special permit of the company Pari Naftogaz, whose ultimate beneficiaries are Anna and Karina Zlochevskys — daughters of former Minister of Ecology Mykola Zlochevskyi. At issue is the absence in the current version of the permit of clear depth boundaries for subsurface use and the circumstances under which a private company obtained rights to the adjacent Semyhynivske field. According to disclosed materials, law enforcement authorities are checking possible signs of a scheme to seize resources, but the final conclusions of the investigation and a court ruling on these circumstances are not provided in the information given.
The story began during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, when a company connected with Mykola Zlochevskyi obtained a license to develop the Styvinsky field. After the license to extract was withdrawn, under the described circumstances, they were to be put up for auction. When state-owned Ukrnafta tried to implement this scenario, questions arose about the intersection of the boundaries of Styvinsky and Semyhynivske fields. The special permit for the latter belongs to LLC Pari Naftogaz, associated with the Zlochevskyi family, writers say. The main dispute concerns the depth of occurrence of reserves and the formulations in the permitting documents. For the Styvinsky field an interval of 2800–3600 meters is specified, and for Semyhynivske — 3605–4540 meters. Thus the cited intervals differ by only five meters. At the same time, in the current version of Pari Naftogaz’s special permit, issued in July 2022 year, the upper and lower bounds of depth for subsurface use are not specified. The absence of such a constraint raises the question of how the regulator defines the vertical boundaries of the area to which the permit extends. If the document allows a broader interpretation of the rights of the subsurface user, this could matter for delineating access to the deposits of the two fields. At the same time, the mere crossing of contours on the surface and the absence of depth parameters in the text of the permit are not sufficient proof of illegal extraction: to establish actual boundaries, a full set of permitting documents, geological materials, and development projects are needed. Mykola Zlochevskyi is not the direct owner of Pari Naftogaz according to the cited registration data, but the company is connected with his family. The legal entity was registered on 7 December 2021 year. In open data its director is listed as Andriy Pavliv, founder — Cypriot Semigin Holdings Limited, and ultimate beneficiaries — Anna and Karina Zlochevskys. It is the corporate structure and history of the transfer of the special permit that are significant for determining who controls the asset and makes decisions about its use. The circumstances of asset formation of Pari Naftogaz are also described in the Supreme Court resolution of 18 December 2025 year in case № 320/35831/24. Formally the case concerned a tax dispute between Pari LLC and the tax authority, not an investigation into the Styvinsky field. At the same time, the court document contains information about the corporate separation of Pari Naftogaz, the transfer of the special permit, and the formalization of rights to the results of geological studies. Specifically, 17 of September 2021 year Pari LLC separated a new legal entity — Pari Naftogaz LLC. It was assigned the special permit № 5398 for using the Semyhynivske field, issued 25 October 2011 year. Previously, 30 March 2021 year, Pari LLC entered into a contract with Geounit for seismic survey works. The studies were to refine the geological structure of the area, identify promising hydrocarbon traps, and prepare recommendations for deep drilling.
9 January 2023 year Pari LLC and Pari Naftogaz LLC concluded contract № 15-K/P regarding the prepared results of seismic data interpretation and the construction of a structural model of the Semyhynivske field. The results were transmitted in the form of a paper report and in electronic format. These operations indicate separate legal formalization of the special permit and geological information, but on their own they do not prove a violation of the law. To verify the circumstances of interest to the investigation, it is important to determine the contents of the transmitted materials and how they were used during planning works on adjacent blocks. Another episode from the court decision concerns the Pilipivske gas field. In 2011 year Pari LLC received a special permit № 5384 for gas production. In 2016 year the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office sought to have it annulled, citing procedural violations, including lack of coordination with the Ivano-Frankivsk regional council. In June 2017 year the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine denied the suit for lateness of appeal. The permit remained in force. According to the data presented, a similar procedural reason affected consideration of lawsuits regarding other special permits issued to companies associated with Zlochevskyi, namely LLC Technoresource and LLC Nadrazgas. In case № 320/35831/24, a dispute regarding the prices at which Pari sold natural gas in 2019–2023 years was also considered. The tax authority argued that selling at prices below normal market levels led to underreporting of financial results by 465,18 million UAH. Courts did not support the tax authority on the relevant issues, and the Supreme Court left the lower court conclusions in force. Therefore this episode cannot be considered an established fact of tax evasion by the company. Separate attention is drawn to Pari Naftogaz’s financial indicators. According to the data, in 2025 year the company’s assets were 174,5 million UAH, liabilities — 217,9 million UAH, and net loss — 12,5 million UAH. For 2026 year the assets were 417,8 million UAH, liabilities at 501,3 million UAH, and a loss of 40 million UAH for the reporting period. Without full reporting and primary documents these figures do not allow determining the causes of changes or concluding about violations. For the investigation into the Styvinsky field, the key remain the content of Pari Naftogaz’s special permit, the documents on which it was issued and amended, geological data on the Semyhynivske block, and the procedure for defining the boundaries of subsoil use. It is also necessary to determine whether the permit’s wording aligns with the protocol of the State Commission on Mineral Resources, which defines the depth interval of the Semyhynivske field at 3605–4540 meters. The results of checking these documents will determine whether the discrepancy is technical or legally significant and whether there are grounds for further procedural actions. In the provided materials there is no final SBU conclusion of proven illegal seizure of the Styvinsky field, nor a court decision establishing guilt of Mykola Zlochevskyi or related persons in this case. Therefore the question of possible use of licensing ambiguity to expand access to gas deposits remains under review, and the circumstances described require assessment based on complete permitting, geological, and corporate documentation.
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