 In July 2010, the Molino exploration permit was awarded, adjacent to the Cortemaggiore field, one of the oldest and largest existing fields in the basin, having produced nearly 12 million barrels of oil, 371 Bcf of natural gas and 80,000 barrels of condensate from 1949 to 1992 from several Miocene sands.Northwest of the Corte dei Signori permit area, the Ponte del Diavolo permit was awarded on February 2, 2009.This permit covers an area of with natural gas exploration targets within the Plio-Pleistocene turbiditic sands of the Apennines foredeep.