In mid-June 2018 Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) completed drilling operations in the Iulia exploration well in the XV-Midia West block. The well was drilled on the Iulia prospect targeting the Upper Pontian. It was spudded using the GSP âSaturnâ J/U in early May 2018. No further details were disclosed.  The block includes the Ana and Doina fields. The Ana (previously named Doina Sister) and Doina fields are located about 105 km from the coast. The Doina field was discovered in 1995 while the Ana field was discovered in 2007. Both are located along the same fault trend with the same reservoir horizon in the Dacian to Recent Series (Dacian to Holocene) below 766 m.   Interest in the XV-Midia West block is divided between Black Sea Oil & Gas SRL (65% + operator), Petro Ventures Europe BV (20%) and Gas Plus International BV (15%).
Iulia 1 (BSOG 65% op, Petro Ventures + Gas Plus), W. of Doina gasfield in XV-Midia West block, ops terminated, results n/a. WD=75m