Hungary, Germany interested in gas from Neptune Deep, Romania says

OMV Petrom SA

25/02/2026 11:54

BUCHAREST, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Hungary and Germany are among several European Union states interested in gas from Romania's Black Sea offshore project Neptun Deep, deputy energy minister Cristian Busoi said on Wednesday, although the hope was the Romanian economy would use up as much of it as possible.

OMV Petrom ROSNP.BX, majority-controlled by Austria's OMV OMVV.VI has partnered with state producer Romgaz SNG.BX to develop Neptun Deep, which holds an estimated 100 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas and will make Romania the EU's biggest producer in 2027.

 (Reporting by Luiza Ilie; writing by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk;)

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