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    ExxonMobil to sell Romanian affiliate for more than $1 billion

    May 4, 2022
    ExxonMobil has reached an agreement to sell ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania to Romgaz.
    Courtesy ExxonMobil
    ExxonMobil was the first American oil and gas company to work in Romania, operating from 1903 to 1948 as Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey.
    ExxonMobil was the first American oil and gas company to work in Romania, operating from 1903 to 1948 as Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey.

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    IRVING, Texas – ExxonMobil has reached an agreement to sell its Romanian upstream affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania, to Romgaz for more than $1 billion, subject to Romanian government approvals.

    The agreement includes all shares in ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania along with interest in the XIX Neptun Block offshore Romania. Operatorship on the block will transfer to its other titleholder, OMV Petrom. Employees of the Romanian affiliate will transfer as part of the sale.

    ExxonMobil has been present in Romania’s upstream sector since November 2008, when it acquired an interest in the deepwater Neptun Deep Block in the Black Sea.

    The transaction is expected to close in second-quarter 2022.

    “Our investments to date have positioned the Neptun Deep project for future success with potential to help increase resource production within Romania and the European Union," said Liam Mallon, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Co.

    05.04.2022