Eni Reports Significant Gas Flow from First Zohr Well

Eni on Thursday said it successfully performed the production test of Zohr 2X, first appraisal well of Zohr discovery, in the Shorouk block, offshore Egypt.

“During the test, 120 m of the reservoir were opened to production. The well, constrained by surface facilities, delivered up to 44 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscfd). The comprehensive set of data collected and analyzed have proved that the well has a great production capacity, which is estimated in a deliverability of up to 250 MMScfd in production configuration (about 46 thousand barrel of oil equivalent per day),” Eni said in a statement published on its website.

The Italian major plans to drill three more well this year.

Eni, through IEOC, holds 100 percent stake of Shorouk license. Operations are being conducted by Petrobel, which is a joint venture between IEOC and the State partner Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).

The discovery of Zohr was announced on 30 August 2015 following the drilling of the Zohr-1 well which occurred within the Shorouk Concession Agreement.