KIEV, March 25 – Ukrainian scientists have discovered a new hydrocarbon province close to Ukraine's Academician Vernadsky station in the west of Antarctica, according to a statement posted on the government's Web site with reference to the State Agency for Science, Innovation and Information Technology.

"As a result of geoelectric sounding in 2012, four prospective oil deposits have been discovered and mapped. Their total area is about 900 square km, which is also confirmed by satellites," reads the statement.