The Odeske gas field natural gas field located on the continental shelf of the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

. It was discovered in 2009 and developed by Chornomornaftogaz in cooperation with the

China National Offshore Oil Corporation China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group (Chinese: 中国海洋石油总公司 Pinyin: ''Zhōngguó Háiyáng Shíyóu Zǒnggōngsī''), is one of the largest national oil companies in China, and the third-largest national oil c ...

. It started commercial production on 5 September 2012. The total

proven reserves Proven reserves (also called measured reserves, 1P, and reserves) is a measure of fossil fuel energy reserves, such as oil reserves, natural gas reserves, and coal reserves. It is defined as the " antity of energy sources estimated with reasonabl ...

of the Odesa gas field are around , and production is slated to be around in 2015.

References

Natural gas fields in Ukraine Black Sea energy Economy of Crimea Chornomornaftogaz property {{Ukraine-geo-stub