Under the deal, Baker Hughes will fund the re-completion offour existing wells for production at the Permian basin Rotliegendes discovery inreturn for a share of the profits.

San Leon Energy executive chairman Oisin Fanning said projectcould usher in the company’s first production in Poland, where it is alsoexploring for shale gas, as well as reveal more about “the potential that mayexist in the Siekierki complex of fields”.