BUCHAREST--ExxonMobil and OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) Monday said they
are drilling an exploration well on a new prospect about 155
kilometers offshore in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, news
agency Mediafax reported.
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Ltd., the Romanian
unit of the U.S. oil giant, and OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas
company in Romania, have started drilling the Pelican South-1
exploration well on a new prospect in the Neptun Block, the
companies said in a statement.
The well will test a new geological structure on the Neptun
Block. Earlier in October, the Ocean Endeavour rig completed
drilling of the Domino-2 well and data from the well are being
evaluated, the statement said.
In February 2012, ExxonMobil and Petrom announced the discovery
of a natural gas field estimated at 42-84 billion cubic meters
following the drilling of a first well in the block.
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania and OMV Petrom
each hold 50% of the deepwater sector of the Neptun Block.