The Hungarian oil group MOL and its partners have begun oil production in the framework of the Catcher project, located in the UK Central North Sea. First oil from the project where MOL'S share is 20%, was achieved on December 23, 2017.

The Hungarian oil and gas trust MOL celebrates the 80th anniversary of its first exploratory drilling that took place in Budafapuszta, Zala County in SW Hungary. In the rest of the year, MOL is to start drilling for oil and gas in eastern Hungary.

Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has announced that it is selling its minority stake in Energopetrol to INA, its own Croatian subsidiary. The share purchase agreement with INA concerns the sale of MOL's 33.5% equity stake in Energopetrol.

Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has announced on Friday a new oil and gas discovery in the TAL Block it operates in Pakistan. This marks the 8th discovery in the block and Mol's 12th discovery in the country, portfolio.hu reports.

Mol Group signed an agreement on the purchase of Eni Hungaria Zrt., which operates 183 fuel stations under the brand Agip in Hungary and it is engaged in wholesale business, dailynewshungary quotes the popular Hungarian news portal index.hu.

Hungarian fuels group MOL has entered Norway by acquiring 100% ownership in Ithaca Petroleum Norge (IPN) from Ithaca Petroleum Ltd. for USD 60 million to extend its presence in the North Sea region and enhance its international exploration portfolio.

The Croatian government is urging talks on a secured loan to buy back shares of oil and gas company INA from Hungarian counterpart MOL, Croatian Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak was reported by portfolio.hu as saying.

Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has announced that it has successfully closed its previously announced North Sea acquisition, adding that the region was a "very attractive area", the Hungarian financial website, portfolio.hu reports.

Kalegran Ltd, a subsidiary of the Hungarian energy group MOL, found discoveries in the Akri-Bijeel block to be commercial grade, at the Bijell-1 and Bakrman-1 wells of the block, located in the Kurdistan region in the northern part of Iraq.

General Electric (GE) has announced this Wednesday that it will expand the activities of its Fót-based (Hungary) Oil & Gas business, east of Budapest, by a 6,000-square-meter new production hall and an office building to go with it.

Croatian energy group INA has announced that it has made a new oil discovery with exploratory well Deletovci-1 Zapad within the oil field Privlaka near the town of Vinkovci. The latest tests show daily oil production of around 600 barrels per day.