Eni, Woodside find gas with Nasim-1X well offshore Egypt

The Nasim-1X exploration well in the Tiba Concession in the Mediterranean Sea encountered gas, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced on 6 November. Preliminary evaluation found a gas-bearing interval with about 15 m of net pay at true vertical depth, and initial estimates point to about 200 billion cu ft (bcf) of gas in the reservoir.

Eni operates the concession in partnership with Woodside. Petrobel drilled the well on behalf of the partners.

To bring the discovery onstream faster, the partners plan to connect the well to existing production facilities through an approximately 22-km gas pipeline linking it to the Abu Madi-El Gamil pipeline.