Eni on 3 May announced an oil discovery on the A-2X exploration prospect in the South West Meleiha licence in the Western Desert, some 103km north of the Siwa oasis. The well is the first to be drilled by Eni in a new campaign to explore the deep geology of the Faghur Basin.The SWM A-2X well was drilled to a total depth of 5,090 metres and encountered 18 metres of light oil in Carboniferous-age Paleozoic sandstones of the Dessouky formation, as well as other hydrocarbon levels in Cretaceous-age Alam El Bueib sandstones.
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