How Russia annexed Crimea’s gas 
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When President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea in March 2014, he acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a vast tract of Ukraine’s maritime zone with rights to gas and oil worth trillions of dollars
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Ukraine Exclusive Economic Zone* (EEZ)
Russia EEZ
Gas,oil blocks
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RUSSIA 
UKRAINE
BLACK SEA
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UKRAINE
RUSSIA
Odessa
Sevastopol: HQ of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
CRIMEA
Simferopol
Mariupol 
Berdyansk
Sea of Azov
BLACK SEA
Rostov
Donetsk Area held by Russian-backed separatists
Ukraine’s EEZ claimed by Russia

100km 62 miles
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1 Skifska gas field: Shell and Exxon estimate 200-250 billion cubic metres of natural gas and condensates

2 Foroska gas field: 25.5 billion cubic metres

3 Prykerchenske oil field: Proven reserves of 608 million barrels
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*International accord gives nations sovereignty up to 200 nautical miles (370km) from shoreline
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Source: Occupied Crimea: Europe’s grey zone, EPC Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS
Kerch Strait Bridge