According to a government’s press release, PM Victor Ponta had a meeting Thursday with Joe Rainey, who expressed his interest in the evolution of the local energy sector and presented the company’s new investments in Romania.
Halliburton representatives also expressed their interest in the oil and gas industry in Romania, while PM Victor Ponta requested that local experts should get involved in future operations to be developed by the company.
Halliburton Energy Services Romania SRL already supplied services and equipment worth $9.76 million for a drilling program in the Black Sea developed by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production, a unit of ExxonMobil, jointly with OMV Petrom.
Halliburton is one of the largest global providers of products and services in the oil and gas industry, employing over 80,000 people in 80 countries.