{"id":13148,"date":"2023-01-16T18:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13148"},"modified":"2023-01-16T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:37:20","slug":"egypt-eni-announces-a-new-gas-discovery-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-eni-announces-a-new-gas-discovery-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: Eni Announces a New Gas Discovery in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eni announces a significant new gas discovery at the Nargis-1 exploration well located in Nargis Offshore Area Concession, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The Nargis-1 well has encountered approximately 200 net feet (61 m) of Miocene and Oligocene gas bearing sandstones and was drilled in 1,014 feet (309 m) of water by the Stena Forth drillship. The discovery can be developed leveraging the proximity to Eni\u2019s existing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Nargis-1 confirms the validity of Eni\u2019s focus on Egypt Offshore, which the company will further develop thanks to the recent award of exploration blocks North Rafah, North El Fayrouz, North East El Arish, Tiba and Bellatrix-Seti East.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s Nargis Offshore Area concession is ~445,000 acres (1,800 square kilometers). \u00a0Chevron Holdings C Pte. Ltd. is the operator with a 45% interest, while Eni\u2019s wholly owned Affiliate IEOC Production BV holds a 45% and\u00a0<a id=\"_Hlk124412599\" name=\"_Hlk124412599\"><\/a>Tharwa Petroleum Company SAE holds a 10% interest.<\/p>\n<p>Eni has been present in Egypt since 1954, where it operates through the subsidiary IEOC. The company is currently the country&#8217;s leading producer with an equity production of hydrocarbons of approximately 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. In line with the net-zero strategy by 2050, Eni is engaged in a series of initiatives aimed at decarbonizing the Egyptian energy sector, including the development of CCS plants, renewable energy plants, agro feedstock for bio refining and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eni announces a significant new gas discovery at the Nargis-1 exploration well located in Nargis Offshore Area Concession, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt. The Nargis-1 well has encountered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-eni-announces-a-new-gas-discovery-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-sea\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,5,7446,11],"tags":[10995,443,709,10991,10993,10845,10992,10994],"class_list":["post-13148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-new-discoveries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-bellatrix-seti-east","tag-chevron","tag-egypt","tag-nargis-1","tag-north-east-el-arish","tag-north-el-fayrouz","tag-north-rafah","tag-tiba","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Egypt-Nargis-1X.jpg?fit=2048%2C1162&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3q4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12914,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-welligence-energy-reports-gas-discovery-at-chevrons-nargis-1x-exploration-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":0},"title":"EGYPT: Welligence Energy Reports Gas Discovery at Chevron&#8217;s Nargis-1X exploration well","author":"","date":"December 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Welligence Energy Analytics has reported that\u00a0 Chevron has made a gas discovery in its successfully drilled first offshore well in Egypt. According to Wellifence the Nargis-1X exploration well has discovered 3.5 Tcf of gas. The Nargis block is operated by Chevron 45%, with partners Eni\u00a045%, and\u00a0Tharwa Petroleum Company (S.A.E.)\u00a010%. 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The Northwest Abu Qir Offshore Area - in which bp, the operator, holds 82.75% and Wintershall-Dea holds 17.25% - is located west of the recently awarded North King Mariout block\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Egypt-northwest-abu-qir-offshore-area.jpg?fit=750%2C651&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Egypt-northwest-abu-qir-offshore-area.jpg?fit=750%2C651&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Egypt-northwest-abu-qir-offshore-area.jpg?fit=750%2C651&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Egypt-northwest-abu-qir-offshore-area.jpg?fit=750%2C651&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14626,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-gas-find-at-nefertari-1-exploration-well-reports\/","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":2},"title":"EGYPT: Gas Find at Nefertari-1 Exploration Well &#8211; Reports","author":"","date":"January 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Excitement is brewing in the energy sector as early, unofficial reports by Welligence energy analytics suggesting that ExxonMobil's Nefertari-1 exploration well has struck gas offshore Egypt. While neither ExxonMobil nor Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has issued an official announcement, this development is already drawing significant attention. 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The new discovery is located in 22 meters of water\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/north-el-hammad.jpg?fit=770%2C404&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/north-el-hammad.jpg?fit=770%2C404&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/north-el-hammad.jpg?fit=770%2C404&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/north-el-hammad.jpg?fit=770%2C404&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9638,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-total-led-consortium-enters-the-north-ras-kanayis-offshore-block\/","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":4},"title":"EGYPT: Total Led Consortium Enters the North Ras Kanayis Offshore Block","author":"","date":"January 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"An international consortium led by Total (Total 35% Operator, Shell 30%, KUFPEC 25%, Tharwa 10%) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company (EGAS) have signed an exploration and production agreement for the North Ras Kanayis Offshore block located in the Herodotus Basin, offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea. 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