 Related to the final phases of the Apenninic orogeny, the traps can be either structural or mixed.Covering a surface of in the south-eastern region of the Po Valley, the Ponte dei Grilli exploration permit was awarded March 2009.Also on trend with large existing fields, the exploration targets in the Ponte dei Grilli permit area are gas accumulations trapped in thrusted anticlines, stratigraphic pinch outs and structural features in the Plio-Pleistocene turbiditic sands located in the Apennines foredeep.