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Bulgaria's government is expected to give the green light on Wednesday to a public tender for deep-water exploration of oil and natural gas in Black Sea waters, near neighboring Turkey.
The public procurement procedure is to be approved first by the Council of Ministers and it will be then published in the Official EU Gazette for public discussion.
The Block Teres is the last in the region to be offered to investors for exploration. It lays on 3 500 square meters while possible deposits would be at a depth of nearly 5-6 000 meters. Previous studies have revealed significant deposits of mainly oil and smaller quantities of natural gas, according to media reports.
The exploitation of the deposits, if any are found, is to begin no earlier than five years from now.
Meanwhile Turkey announced that it had discovered near the said Block Teres large deposits of natural gas, giving Bulgaria hopes that its territorial waters also contain such resources.
Over one year ago, the Ministry of Economy and Energy selected the Bulgarian company Lederbel BG to explore the Block Silistar, which borders Teres, but the contract remains unsealed because the other bidder – Overgaz is appealing the selection before the Court.
In October 2011, the Bulgarian cabinet made the decision to launch a public tender for the procedure of issuing a permit for a concession for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea.
The winning bidder is a consortium uniting French Total, Austrian OMV and Spanish Repsol.
On July 25, the consortium received permission to drill for oil and gas at Block 1-21 Khan Asparuh in Bulgaria's Black Sea continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
The company will conduct exploration works on an area of 14 000 sq m for five years.
The signing of the contract is expected to be accompanied by a transfer of the due concession fee.
On August 22, the government granted a 5-year exploration permit to Black Sea Energy EOOD for Block 1-19 Sveti Atanas.
The exploration block spans 1318 sq km and is located south of the block where British-based Melrose Resources is currently extracting natural gas, covering 10-15% of Bulgaria's domestic needs.
The minimal program proposed by the firm is worth over EUR 14 M.
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