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Eni, Italy, has announced a new discovery of gas in the Noor Sea concession off the Egyptian coast in the Mediterranean Sea.
Italian Eni said Thursday in a statement that the new discovery confirmed that the Noor 1 concession, located 50 km north of Sinai, has significant gas reserves and that the definitive reserves are underway. field evaluation.
Eni also announced that feasibility studies would be launched to accelerate the use of these new resources in order to take advantage of synergies with existing facilities after the completion of the discovery assessment..
The company said in an official statement that about 50 km north of the Sinai Peninsula had been drilled Nour-1 New Field Wildcat (NFW), Which led to the discovery, by Scarabeo-sub sub sub At a water depth of 295 meters and reaches a total depth of 5914 meters, "The Noor-1 well was found on 33 m of total sandstone with good petrophysical characteristics and a 90 m gas column in sludge formation. The well has not been tested, but the acquisition of accurate data"He said.
An official source from the Ministry of Petroleum said in its comment for the seventh day of the new discovery that the well had not yet been tested and that the detection was in the upper layers after the discovery of gas in the deep layers of the big target and was currently evaluating reserve estimates with this disclosure.
The promising results of the Egyptian gas fields in the Mediterranean have greatly contributed to increase the demand for investors wishing to enter as an Egyptian partner in these mega-projects, hoping that the Light concession is promising.
In March, the Council of Ministers approved an agreement on oil and gas exploration in the sea area of northern Sinai, in Noor, in the Mediterranean, before the approval of the House of Representatives. Including the drilling of a well in the first and second phases.
The Italian discovery of the deposit in 2015, which contains reserves estimated at 30 000 billion cubic feet of gas, has opened the appetite of the Egyptians to offer new concessions for the continuation of self-sufficiency in gas during the current year.
In recent years, Egypt has defined its maritime borders with some countries in order to stimulate research and exploration of gas and oil within its borders, without contestation with any neighboring country.
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