OREANDA-NEWS. North-West Oil Group Inc. today announced that it has commenced the drilling of the first of two potentially commercial wells in the licensed and producing oil fields located in Saratov Region http://www.szng.ru/sar_11.html

Published reports indicate the Saratov Region has significant reserves of natural resources, including large deposits of natural gas, oil shale, salt, chalk, limestone, clay, sand, dolomites, and aragonite. The oil shale deposits alone equal to over a billion tons. Oil and gas are considered to be the most significant natural assets of the region. The oil and gas production has been developed since 1944. In total, oil deposits of the region are estimated at 500 million MT, 43.1% of which are extractable. Projected reserves of gas condensate are 164 million MT, 56.2 percent of which are extractable.

Mr. Malyshev, President of North West Oil Group Inc. stated, "We’ve now successfully taken the pro-active steps to reorganize our capital structure more commensurate with the company we intend to be. Although we continue to systematically address and resolve past legacy issues, we continue to remain focused on the many potentially exciting opportunities ahead of us. Today’s announcement of spudding this new well is one of those opportunities that we believe has the potential to further enhance cash flow and profitability.”