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Friday, August 1, 2014
A new gas and condensate discovery has been made by ENI offshore Gabon. The new discovery was made while drilling on the Nyonie Deep exploration prospect located in Block D4.
ENI reported that its preliminary estimates suggest the new gas discovery is significant, with initial potential in place estimated at 500 million boe. The discovery was made in the pre-salt of Gabon through the NFW Nyonie Deep 1 well, which was drilled in 28 meters of water depth, reaching a total depth of 4,314 meters.
The well encountered a thick hydrocarbon bearing section of 320 meters in the pre-salt clastic sequence of Aptian age. The structure, which extends more than 40 sq km, covers two offshore exploration blocks, both operated by ENI with a 100% interest.
The company will follow up the discovery with an appraisal campaign to assess its potential, which will be carried out shortly. In the meantime, ENI will begin studies for the potential commercial exploitation of the field.
The discovery is the outcome of ENIi’s exploration campaign which the Company is carrying out in the promising pre-salt plays of West Africa. This is the third field to be discovered recently in shallow waters in such plays, after Nene Marine and Litchendjili Marine in Congo. The total estimated potential of these discoveries is approximately 3 billion boe, with potential for further improvement.
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