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BUCHAREST - Romania's largest oil and gas group OMV Petrom plans to invest about 90 million euros ($115.7 million) by the end of this year to redevelop its Oprisenesti oil field in the eastern county of Braila, the company said in a statement Friday, news agency Mediafax reports.
The project targets unlocking additional oil reserves of 8 million barrels of oil equivalent.
"OMV Petrom is constantly investing in new technologies and secondary recovery methods to redevelop mature fields in Romania in order to improve the oil and gas recovery rate and stabilize production levels," said Johann Pleininger, member of OMV Petrom's executive board, responsible for exploration and production.
Oprisenesti is a mature oil field, in production for almost 50 years, with a daily production of around 2% of the total oil production of Petrom in Romania, the oil company said.
The redevelopment project entails drilling 30 new wells, as well as the construction of a water treatment station, a new pipeline transport network and three new pump stations.
Oprisenesti is one of the six redevelopment projects Petrom plans to implement between 2013 and 2015. Total investment in the six projects is estimated at EUR400 million.
Petrom is 51.01% owned by Austrian oil and gas group OMV AG, while the Economy Ministry holds a 20.64% stake.
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