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Monday, September 5, 2016
ENI has completed the drilling of the Zohr 5X, the fifth well drilled on the massive Zohr structure offshore Egypt. The well was drilled to a final TD of 14,271 ft, in 1,538 meters of water depth.
The well proved the presence of a carbonatic reservoir and gas accumulation also in the south-western part of the Zohr mega-structure, encountering about 590 ft of continuous hydrocarbon column in the carbonate sequence with excellent reservoir characteristics. The results confirm the potential of the Zohr Field at 30 Tcf OGIP.
The well was also successfully tested opening a 90 meter reservoir section to production. The data collected during the test confirmed the great deliverability of the Zohr reservoir, in line with the Zohr 2 well test, which produced more than 50 Mmcf/d limited only by the constraints of the drilling ship production facilities.
In the production configuration, the well is estimated to deliver up to 250 Mmcf/d.
The drilling campaign on Zohr will continue with the drilling of the sixth well that will ensure the accelerated start up production rate of 1 Bcf/d. The steady progress of the project execution should keep the project on schedule for first gas by the end of 2017.
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