JULY/9/2018
MILAN -- Eni announces a second light oil discovery on the B1-X exploration prospect located in South West Meleiha license, in the Egyptian Western Desert, some 130 km North of the oasis of Siwa.
The well is the second one drilled by Eni to explore the deep geological sequences of the Faghur basin. SWM B1-X has been drilled 7 km away from the first discovery (SWM A2-X), to a TD of 4,523 m and encountered 35 m net of light oil in the Paleozoic sandstones of Dessouky formation of Carboniferous age and in the Alam El Bueib sandstones of Cretaceous Age.
The well has been opened to production in the Dessouky sandstones and delivered 5,130 bopd of light oil (37° API) with low associated gas.
MILAN -- Eni announces a second light oil discovery on the B1-X exploration prospect located in South West Meleiha license, in the Egyptian Western Desert, some 130 km North of the oasis of Siwa.
The well is the second one drilled by Eni to explore the deep geological sequences of the Faghur basin. SWM B1-X has been drilled 7 km away from the first discovery (SWM A2-X), to a TD of 4,523 m and encountered 35 m net of light oil in the Paleozoic sandstones of Dessouky formation of Carboniferous age and in the Alam El Bueib sandstones of Cretaceous Age.
The well has been opened to production in the Dessouky sandstones and delivered 5,130 bopd of light oil (37° API) with low associated gas.
