The Subbotin oil field (Russian: месторождение Субботина) is an oil and gas field located on the continental shelf of the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

near

Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...

. It was discovered in 1978 by seismic exploration, and evaluated after deep drilling in 2005–2011. The field is being developed by the Crimean company

Chornomornaftogaz Chornomornaftogaz (, lit. "Black Sea oil and gas") is a Ukrainian oil and gas company with natural gas fields in the Black Sea. The company was established in Ukrainian Simferopol, Crimea with the order of the Ministry of Gas Industry of the US ...

.Chernomorneftegaz Orders Designs for Exploration of Subbotina Oil & Gas Field
Chernomorneftegaz. 29 March 2016

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