ExxonMobil
has
filed
an
offer
to
carry
out
exploration
at
the
15,000
square-kilometre
Khan
Asparuh
deep-water
block,
which
is
located
close
to
the
huge
Domino-1
gas
discovery
in
Romanian
waters
made
by
the
company
and
Austrian
partner
OMV
earlier
this
year.
UK-based
Melrose
Resources,
already
developing
a
number
of
smaller
gas
fields
on
the
Black
Sea
shelf,
and
French
supermajor
Total
have
also
placed
bids,
Bulgaria’s
Energy
Minister
Delyan
Dobrev
told
an
energy
forum,
according
to
Reuters.
Dobrev
said
the
ministry
will
pick
a
winner
by
the
end
of
the
month.
Gas
production
could
start
in
three
to
four
years,…
