Find for Eni off Egypt

摘要

Eni has made a gas discovery in the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt after drilling the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license. The Bashrush discovery is located in 22 meters of water depth near to both the Nooros and the Baltim South West fields, which are already in production. The well discovered a single 152-meter gas column within the Messinian age sandstones of the Abu Madi formation with excellent petrophysical properties. Eni said it will begin screening the development options of this new discovery, with the aim of "fast tracking" production.