Black Rock Petroleum Company announced that it has approved a permitting and drilling program of up to ten new wells at its recently acquired Torrance 520 Acre California Oilfield in the Monterey Shale. Torrance Petroleum its wholly owned subsidiary will commence a permitting and drilling program to drill the wells. Philip Andrews its managing director is an experienced oil and gas executive and he will oversee the permitting and drilling program of the 520 Acre Development with plans for ten initial wells to be drilled to bring the field into production, he is also reviewing potential oil and gas opportunities in Texas and Nevada for BKRP to acquire and Drill on as part of its rapid expansion plan.