(ANSA) - TRIESTE - Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu met the representatives of the consortium made up by ExxonMobil and Omv Petrom, assuring them that the government will support the investment projects to develop new sources of offshore hydrocarbons, Ibna said. Bucharest wants "to ensure Romania's energy security, as well as to harness the energy resources, in a competitive and lasting way", a government release informs. On March 2, the government established an inter-ministerial committee for technical support to the projects aiming the Black Sea.

Grindeanu said that "the government is firmly committed to ensure the necessary regulation framework to attract and develop such projects in Romania. These projects ensure the access to updated technologies, know-how transfer, support Romania's energy security and meet the need to promote investments in the oil and gas sector".