In mid-May 2018 Hunt Oil reported that the Traian Nord 1 exploration well drilled in the VIII Urziceni Est permit was plugged and abandoned as a non-commercial gas discovery. The well was drilled during July 2017 to a total depth of 1,725 m (TVD). The permit is located in the eastern part of the country. Traian Nord 1 was drilled in the southern part of the permit, to the west of the Jugureanu-Odaieni field.    The VIII Urziceni Est licence contains the Padina Nord 1 discovery made in 2014. The well was drilled to a depth of 2,640 m and estimates from production tests from two geological sections indicated a potential production ranging from 1,200 to 2,100 boe/d. OMV Petrom reported at that time that this discovery was potentially the largest made in the region of Muntenia in the last 30 years. In 2016 Hunt Oil conducted a 260 sq km 3D seismic survey in the area of Padina Nord 1.    Interest in the 2,360 sq km permit is divided between Hunt Oil Co of Romania Srl (50% + operator) and OMV Petrom SA (50%).
In mid-May 2018 Hunt Oil reported that the Traian Nord 1 exploration well drilled in the VIII Urziceni Est permit was plugged and abandoned as a non-commercial gas discovery.