Eni’s 21.5tcf Zohr gas field is on course to hit 2.25bn cfd output by the year, up from the current 2bn cfd as a sixth 400mn cfd processing facility comes online. The Italian firm recently completed its ninth Zohr production well with output shut in pending the start-up of the processing facility. The well, drilled by the Saipem 10000, has come at a cost of $300mn, and tested at 150mn cfd, though Eni envisages output of 250mn cfd in line with the first eight wells.
The Italian firm announced at the end of October that it was planning on raising the field’s plateau from 2.7bn cfd to 3.2bn cfd (MEES, 2 November). (CONTINUED - 112 WORDS)