Eni Completes 6th Zohr Well - Report

Eni has completed drilling its sixth well on Egypt’s giant deepwater Zohr gas field, according to a local newspaper report. The Daily News Egypt article said production tests on the well would start next week, citing an Eni official, who added that each well costs roughly $100mn. Production tests on the ffith Zohr well continued to confirm Eni’s estimate that Zohr reserves are 30 trillion ft³, the report published October 18 added.

Zohr field's planned layout (Diagram credit: Eni)

The detailed Daily News Egypt article is available here. Eni has so far not commented to NGW on the report. As the company issues its 3Q results on October 28, it may be hoping to announce news on the latest well then.

Mark Smedley