
OMV Offshore Bulgaria, an affiliate of Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom, NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, and Bulgarian Energy Holding EA have drilled a second exploration well in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has spotlighted the role offshore leasing and planning play in driving record oil production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).