Mr. Bensh has over 15 years of experience leading energy and resource companies in Ukraine and over 25 years of experience in the energy sector.
He is the Managing Shareholder of Leadville Resources Inc, and the Managing Partner of Pelicourt LLC., a private equity firm focused on the energy sector in Ukraine and eastern Europe.
The Ukrainian government has adopted a dangerous stance on its taxation of domestic gas production. Despite the recommendations of its international partners, the Ministry of…
Each country blessed with oil and gas discoveries initially tries to create a tax regime that maintains the balance between generating tax revenues from the…
The Ukrainian government has repeatedly claimed it is doing its best to improve the oil and gas investment climate, but official statements are the opposite…
A few days before the New Year, the Parliament of Ukraine was quite busy, trying to adopt the Budget and Tax Reform package initiated by…
Ukraine’s next crisis will be a devastatingly economic one, as violent conflict destroys critical infrastructure in the east and brings key industry to a halt,…
There are exactly five things Kiev must do to become energy independent and disentangle itself from the Russian-driven geopolitical gas war:1. Sell its pipeline system…
Kiev is feeling emboldened by the successful election of a new Ukrainian president and a bloody surge against separatists in the east, but in just…
As the rhetoric between Russia on one hand and the West and Ukraine on the other reaches an all-time high, and the situation in eastern…
As protests in Ukraine’s eastern region turned violent on Sunday leading to the death of a Ukrainian security officer in a shootout with pro-Russian militia,…
There is only one certainty in Ukraine: The energy sector must and will be transformed, and how long this takes will depend on who ends…