AFP:British, Dutch firms to drill for oil in Romania

The Romanian government has granted oil and gas drilling rights in the Black Sea continental shelf to three companies from Britain, Romania and the Netherlands, official sources said Thursday.A consortium made up of Britain's Melrose Resources and Romania's Petromar Resources will drill in two offshore blocs awarded in 2009 to Romania by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after a dispute with Ukraine, Alexandru Patruti, president of the Mineral Resources Agency, told ...

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