Falcon Romania tests Bilca-1 discovery in Romania

July 12, 2004
Falcon Romania, operator for a joint venture group that includes Romanian state gas company Societatea Nationala Gaze Naturale Romgaz SA, confirmed on July 1 that the Bilca-1 exploration well on the Brodina block in northern Romania flowed on test 6.3 MMscfd of natural gas from a Miocene sand, reported UK partner Europa Oil & Gas Ltd., Newark-on-Trent.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, July 12 -- Falcon Romania, operator for a joint venture group that includes Romanian state gas company Societatea Nationala Gaze Naturale Romgaz SA, confirmed on July 1 that the Bilca-1 exploration well on the Brodina block in northern Romania flowed on test 6.3 MMscfd of natural gas from a Miocene sand, reported UK partner Europa Oil & Gas Ltd., Newark-on-Trent.

The group made the discovery after analyzing new seismic data. The well is being suspended as a natural gas production well, and Falcon Romania plans to conduct a long-term test of the well shortly to quantify the field's proven reserves.