Eni has made a new important\u00a0 oil\u00a0 discovery in the Minsala\u00a0 Marine\u00a0 exploration prospect located in the Marine XII Block offshore Congo at 35\u00a0 Kilometers from the shoreline and 12 kilometers from the recent Nen\u00e9 Marine discovery.<\/p>\n
The discovery that was made through the Minsala\u00a0 Marine 1 well which was drilled in\u00a0 75 metres of water depth\u00a0 and reached a total depth of 3,700 metres encountered a significant\u00a0 accumulation of light oil in the Lower Cretaceous age pre-salt sequence, passing through an\u00a0 hydrocarbon\u00a0 column of\u00a0 420 metres.<\/p>\n
Eni preliminary estimates the potential of Minsala Marine discovery in about 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent in place, of which 80% oil.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0Chief Executive of Eni\u00a0Claudio Descalzi the\u00a0result demonstrates Eni\u2019s strong technical competences and the effectiveness of Eni\u2019s exploration technologies , especially given the technical complexity of exploring the West African pre-salt plays.<\/p>\n
“We are delighted with this important result. It has been over four years since Eni started exploring the shallow water pre-salt plays of West Africa, and this campaign continues to deliver great results. We have already discovered about 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent in place, between Congo and Gabon. In Congo, this is the third discovery to be successfully drilled in the Marine XII permit pre-salt play following the Litchjendily and Nene Marine discoveries, which are both already under development. These discoveries are located in conventional waters near existing infrastructure and can therefore be brought into production in very competitive time to market and cost,” says Claudio.<\/p>\n
Eni has already planned the appraisal plan of the discovery as well as started studies for the commercial development of this significant hydrocarbons reserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"