On 23 April 2019 industry sources reported that Romgaz was looking to form new partnerships to explore the Black Seaâs gas potential. The company communicated being in talk with at least two major companies on setting up joint ventures. Romgaz is currently partner of Lukoil in the E X-30 Trident licence.  In August 2018 industry sources confirmed that Lukoil was still considering drilling the Trinity 1X exploration well in the E X-30 Trident licence on the Trident prospect. As of April 2019 the schedule for the operations was still not known. The licence is situated in the eastern part of the Romanian waters of the Black Sea. It includes the Lira 1X gas discovery made in October 2015. The well was drilled in the south-western part of the permit in a water depth of about 700 m. According to Lukoil the reserves could exceed 1 Tcf of gas. Preliminary results of the analysis of drilling data and geophysical exploration showed that the well reached a productive interval with an effective gas-saturated thickness of 46 m in the Miocene to Pliocene.
 Romgaz was looking to form new partnerships to explore the Black Seaâs gas potential. The company communicated being in talk with at least two major companies on setting up joint ventures. Romgaz is currently partner of Lukoil in the E X-30 Trident licence. In August 2018 industry sources confirmed that Lukoil was still considering drilling the Trinity 1X exploration well in the E X-30 Trident licence on the Trident prospect. As of April 2019 the schedule for the operations was still not known. The licence is situated in the eastern part of the Romanian waters of the Black Sea. It includes the Lira 1X gas discovery made in October 2015. The well was drilled in the south-western part of the permit in a water depth of about 700 m. According to Lukoil the reserves could exceed 1 Tcf of gas. Preliminary results of the analysis of drilling data and geophysical exploration showed that the well reached a productive interval with an effective gas-saturated thickness of 46 m in the Miocene to Pliocene.