Der Konzern wolle das Gasvorkommen nun schnellstmöglichst mit der besten heute vorhandenen Offshore- und Inshore-Instrstruktur entwickeln. ENI-Chef und CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Claudio Descalzi sei kürzlich persönlich nach Ägypten gereist, um den Ägyptischen Präsidenten Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi "über diesen wichtigen Erfolg" zu informieren. Descalzi habe den Fund außerdem mit Premierminister Ibrahim Mahlab, and mit Ölminister Sherif Ismail diskutiert.
Das Gasfeld wurde von ENI im Shorouk Block im Explorationsgebiet "Zohr" in 1.450 Metern Tiefe entdeckt. Bei dem Fund handele es sich nicht nur um das größte jemals im Mittelmeer entdeckte Gasfeld, sondern es könnte auch zu den weltweit größten Gasvorkommen zählen.
Der ENI-Konzern hält eigenen Angaben zufolge 100% der Lizenz für das Gasfeld. Der Explorationsvertrag wurde Konzernangaben zufolge im Januar 2014 mit dem ÄGyptischen Ölministerium und der Ägyptischen EGAS (Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company) unterzeichnet. ENI sei aus einer internationalen Bieterrunde erfolgreich als Sieger hervorgegangen.
Die Bohrung "Zohr 1X NFW" wurde bis in eine Gesamttiefe von 4.131 Metern vorgetrieben und traf auf 630 Meter "hydrocarbon column in a carbonate sequence of Miocene age with excellent reservoir characteristics (400 metresplus of net pay). Zohr's structure has also a deeper Cretaceous upside that will be targeted in the future with adedicated well."
"It's a very important day for Eni and its people. This outstanding result confirms our expertise and our technological innovation capacity with immediate operational application, and above all shows the strength of the cooperation spirit amongst all the company's units which are at the foundation of our great successes. Our exploration strategy allows us to persist in the mature areas of countries which we have known for decades and has proved to be winning, reconfirming that Egypt has still great potential. This historic discovery will be able to transform the energy scenario of Egypt in which we have been welcomed for over 60 years. The exploration activities are central to our growth strategy: in the last 7 years we have discovered 10 billion barrels of resources and 300 million in the first half of the year, confirming Eni's leading position in the industry. This exploration success acquires an even greater value as it was made in Egypt which is strategic for Eni, and where important synergies with the existing infrastructures can be exploited allowing us a fast production startup', Claudio Descalzi commented.
Eni, through its subsidiary IEOC Production B.V., holds a 100% of the Contractor's working interest in the Shorouk Block and is the operator of the concession. Eni has been present in Egypt since 1954 through its subsidiary IEOC, a company which has always been a frontrunner in exploring and exploiting gas resources in Egypt since the discovery of the Abu Maadi Field in 1967.By adopting new exploration concepts, leading edge technologies and operational approaches, through AGIBA and Petrobel, operating companies participated by IEOC and EGPC, Eni has successfully managed to double production of oil from the Western Desert and the GOS Abu Rudeis Concessions in the last three years as well as to revamp production from the Abu Maadi plays in the Nile Delta area following the recently announced Nidoco NW 2 discovery (Nooros prospect) currently already in production.Eni is the main hydrocarbon producer in Egypt, with a daily equity production of 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent.
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