On 3 August 2018 Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) announced the completion of the operations in the Paula 1 exploration well. Paula 1 is situated in the northeastern part of the XV-Midia West block about 147 km east of the coast. It was spudded on 17 June 2018 in a water depth of 88 m using the GSP âSaturnâ J/U. The well reached a total depth of 1,036 m in mid-July 2018. The net pay and volume of gas discovered did not prove commercially viable for testing but confirmed the potential of the Dacian play.  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%).
Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) announced the completion of the operations in the Paula 1 exploration well. Paula 1 is situated in the northeastern part of the XV-Midia West block about 147 km east of the coast. It was spudded on 17 June 2018 in a water depth of 88 m using the GSP âSaturnâ J/U. The well reached a total depth of 1,036 m in mid-July 2018. The net pay and volume of gas discovered did not prove commercially viable for testing but confirmed the potential of the Dacian play. 