Gabon: Eni makes pre-salt discovery

Italy’s Eni has announced a gas and condensate discovery in the pre-salt Nyonie Deep prospect in Block D4. The discovery will be welcome news following a string of unsuccessful wells drilled by Ophir Energy and comes as the government negotiates with bidders for new pre-salt blocks offered in a recent licensing round. Eni estimated initial reserves in place at 500m boe. The discovery was made with the NFW Nyonie Deep 1 well, which was drilled in 28 metres of water to a total depth of 4,314 metres.