Effective 3 October 2019, Slovakian Horizon Energy s.r.o., a joint venture comprising equal partners Aspect Holdings LLC and domestic Nafta a.s., was granted the Pavlovce nad Uhom contract in southeastern Slovakia. The contract has a ten-year term, until 3 October 2029.  The 995 sq km Pavlovce nad Uhom permit is located in the Kosicky and Presovsky political provinces, some 50 km east of the city of Kosice. In a geological sense, the tract was situated within the East Slovak Sub-basin (Pannonian Basin).  Industry sources indicate that the application was lodged likely during July 2019 and was signed off on 9 September.  The Pavlovce nad Uhom is covering similar area to previously-existing contract Vychodoslovenska nizina (650 sq km), held by Nafta until June 2019.
The 995-sq km Pavlovce nad Uhom contract area was granted to Horizon (Aspect Holdings, Nafta a.s. %)