page_title: Natural gas in Romania
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Natural gas in Romania / Production
context_page_description: Romania has proven natural gas reserves of 726 billion cubic meters and is ranked 30th among countries with proved reserves of natural gas. About 75% of Romania's natural gas resources are located in Transylvania, especially in Mureş and Sibiu counties. The largest natural gas field in Romania is the Deleni gas field discovered in 1912 and located in the Băgaciu commune in Mureş County with proven reserves of 85 billion cubic meters or 3 trillion cubic feet. Other important gas fields include the Filitelnic gas field, the Roman-Secuieni gas field, the Voitinel gas field, the Gherceşti gas field and the Sărmaşel gas field all with reserves larger than 10 billion cubic meters or 350 billion cubic feet. Currently Romania has the third largest natural gas reserves in the European Union just after the Netherlands and United Kingdom.
context_section_description: The local natural gas production is dominated by two very large companies Romgaz with a market share of 51.25% and Petrom with a market share of 46.33%. There are also several smaller companies Aurelian Oil&Gas with a market share of 0.38%, Amromco with a market share of 1.85%, Lotus Petrol with a market share of 0.13% and Wintershall with a market share of 0.06%. In 2009 Romania produced around 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas (400 billion cubic feet) which represented 85% of all gas consumed in the country. Romania ranks fourth in the European Union in terms of natural gas production just after the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany.
  In 2009 the largest natural gas producer in Romania was Romgaz which produced 5.76 billion cubic meters (204 bcft), Petrom came second with around 5 billion cubic meters (177 bcft) and Aurelian Oil&Gas, Amromco, Lotus Petrol and Wintershall produced a combined 0.24 billion cubic meters (8.5 bcft). Around 62.5% of the total natural gas extracted in Romania in 2009 came from the Mureş County.
  By 2025 the total natural gas production of Romania will almost double to 18 - 20 billion cubic meters (638 - 708 bcft) due to the commissioning of several new natural gas fields found in the continental shelf of the Black Sea. OMV Petrom and ExxonMobil owned Domino and Pelican South gas fields are expected to produce around 6 bcm (213 bcft) in 2021 and the Black Sea Oil and Gas's Ana, Doina and Midia Deep gas fields are expected to produce 1 bcm (35 bcft) in 2019.
caption: Natural gas production by countries (Romania in red) in cubic meters per year
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