“In recent months, OMV has paved the way for growth, with significant investments in Norway and the Black Sea,” OMV said. “We will need 1,600 new employees to achieve the growth we have planned.”
In the Norwegian Sea, OMV is a partner in developing the Aasta Hansteen and Zidane gas fields and activities will include building a massive, cutting-edge gas platform, the statement said.
In the Black Sea, OMV, majority holder in Romanian OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), is working on developing “what may be the largest gas discovery in the company’s history.”
OMV Petrom and ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania last year reported a significant gas discovery at their joint Domino-1 deepwater well in the Neptune block in the Black Sea.
Preliminary estimates for the accumulation range between 42 to 84 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which would exceed by three to six times Romania’s annual consumption.