EXXONMOBIL is planning a major gas exploration campaign onshore Germany in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. The company intends to plough “hundreds of millions of euros” into hunting what is believed to be a huge prize, estimated at more than 70trillion cu ft.
The super-major’s effort is expected to be centred in the northern Muensterland area, where it is preparing to begin exploratory drilling in the Borken, Steinfurt, and Nordwalde.