The Oligocene samples showed little petrophysical variation. Samples were relatively homogenous and had the same pore-throat type (nano), were well sorted, had unimodal pore-throat distribution (suggesting the existence of a single fluid phase), had similar values for median and average pore-throat radius, and similar values for R35 and maximum threshold entry radius. Upper Cretaceous - Eocene samples were more heterogeneous in terms of petrophysical properties, and reservoir quality was in general higher than in the Oligocene interval. Average porosity and calculated air-permeability values were 18.4% and 0.37 mD, respectively for Upper Cretaceous samples; and 11.8% and 27.11 mD, respectively for Eocene samples. A case study of Oligocene and Cretaceous - Eocene samples from well West Lebada 817 is presented. This paper represents the first petrophysical study of source and reservoir rocks in the Histria Basin, Western Black Sea. The results will help to establish the links between petrophysical characteristics, age and depositional environment for source and reservoir rocks in other basins bordering the Black Sea.