Global Upstream Scouting | Europe | OMV Marks First Gas at Wittau Field, Chevron Materializes in Malta, Questioning ExxonMobil’s Commitment to Greece

Europe Regional Manager Anne Jones, Senior E&P Analyst Sheikh-Imran Azim Rahman and host Patrick Rutty take note of first production at Wittau field in Austria, which upon full development should double OMV’s domestic gas production to ~90 MMcf/d; marvel at last month’s April Fool’s joke about CVX going into Malta somehow becoming (partly) true; and spin a speculative and semi-political story about XOM’s ultimate lack of commitment to its Greek exploration effort.