(Source: http://news24rus.ru/novye-proizvodstva/7543)

Rosneft completed drilling the first super deep-water prospecting and evaluation well Maria-1 in the West-Black Sea area on the Black Sea shelf, the company said in a press release. The depth of the sea at the drilling point is 2109 meters, the actual depth of the well is 5265 meters.

"As a result of the works, a unique carbonate structure with a capacity of more than 300 meters was discovered, which is a fractured reservoir that is highly likely to contain hydrocarbons. The obtained results inspire confidence in the discovery of large oil and gas fields in the Russian Black Sea area," - noted in the release.

Rosneft intends to conduct geological processing of the received materials and continue prospecting and exploration work in licensed areas. The project to drill the first exploratory well in the West Black Sea area is being implemented jointly with Eni.