Egypt: Exploration, appraisal success for Eni

Italy’s Eni has announced a discovery on the Nooros East exploration prospect on the Abu Madi West licence and completed the Zohr 2X appraisal well on the Shorouk Block. The Nidoco North 1X well was drilled as a deviated well from the shore into the shallow offshore Nooros East field and encountered more than 43 metres of gas and condensates in sandstone layers of Messinian age. The well will be brought into production by end-March, enabling the Nooros area, which started production in September 2015 just two months after the initial Nooros discovery, to raise output to 45,000 boe/d.