Black Sea Upstream

Round Table

16 September, 2025, Grand Hotel Sofia Sofia

14:00 – 18:00 h

Topics

Global and regional upstream and downstream gas developments; Emerging Black Sea gas fields; Investing in new upstream oil and gas projects; Tenders for exploration rights; Exploring new opportunities; Upstream players in emerging landscape Scenarios for the futures of oil and gas exploration; Future trends of finding gas in the region; The challenge of efficient and fast development of deep-water gas; Legislative incentives and taxation for facilitating investments in upstream industry; Regulatory developments supporting new discoveries in the Black Sea. Legal security and stability for investment. Investment protection; Impact of new discoveries on gas markets and economies

Agenda

14:00 – 15:45 Session I: Upstream and Supply; Moderator: Valentin Kunev, Manager, BBSPA

 

Valentin Kunev, Manager, BBSPA
Gas Flows and Supplies in the BBS region. Are there new scenarios with the new discoveries in the Black Sea?

 

Rob Dobbins, Head of Partnerships & International Assets, OMV Petrom

Gas developments in the Black Sea with a focus on Neptun and an update on Han Asparuh

 
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee

 

16:15 – 18:00 Session II: Legal and Regulatory: Strategy and Stability – the regulatory cornerstones of the success in the BBS region – lessons learned. Moderator: Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

 

Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS

Attended by

Bulgarian Energy and Water Regulatory Commission
CMS

MND
OMV Petrom

Mazarine Energy

Neochim
Shell

VNG
BBSPA

Contact

Valentin Kunev

Manager

BBSPA

Tel: 00359 887 66 51 19

Mail: bbspetroleum@bbspetroleum.com 

www.bbspetroleum.com