The Grădiştea gas field natural gas field

Natural gas field

Oil and natural gas are produced by the same geological process according fossil fuel suggestion: anaerobic decay of organic matter deep under the Earth's surface. As a consequence, oil and natural gas are often found together...

 in Grădiştea

Gradistea, Vâlcea

Grădiştea is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Diaconeşti, Dobricea, Grădiştea, Linia, Obislavu, Străchineşti, Turburea, Ţuţuru and Valea Grădiştei....

, Vâlcea County

Vâlcea County

Vâlcea is a county of Romania, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia...

. It was discovered in 2002 and developed by Romgaz

Romgaz

Societatea Națională de Gaze Naturale Romgaz SA Mediaș or simply Romgaz is the largest natural gas producer in Romania and one of the largest in Eastern Europe. The company is responsible for producing around 40% of the total natural gas consumption in Romania...

. It began production in 2007 and produces natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 and condensates

Natural gas condensate

Natural-gas condensate is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields....

. The total proven reserves

Proven reserves

Proven reserves, also called proved reserves, measured reserves, 1P, and Reserves, are business or political terms regarding fossil fuel energy sources....

of the Grădiştea gas field are around 170 billion cubic feet (4.8×10⁹m³), and production is slated to increase from 15 million cubic feet/day (0.425×10⁵m³) in 2007 to 30 million cubic feet/day (0.85×10⁵m³).