Alexandria – Eni has announced a new discovery of oil and gas in the West Melehia deep exploration prospect, located in the Melehia licence, in the Western Desert of Egypt, 300 square kilometers west of Alexandria. The exploration well, which allowed the discovery of Melehia West Deep 1X, was drilled to a depth of 4,175 meters, meeting a 20 meters net mineralized accumulation of light oil in the Lower Cretaceous age of the Alam El Bueib formation. The well also encountered a significant mineralized accumulation of gas and condensates in the Upper Jurassic age in the Safa formation. In the last three years, in the Western Desert of Egypt Eni has doubled its oil production through exploration of deep sequences. The Company currently produces more than 60,000 barrels per day in five different development licences, all operated by Agiba. (9colonne)
