VOL. XLVII

No 08

23-February-2004

LIBYA

Eni Announces First Oil Production From Elephant Field

Italys Eni has announced the start of oil production from eight wells in the Elephant field on 13 February at 10,000 b/d. Output from the field, located in block NC-174 in the Murzuq Basin (for map, see MEES, 17 November 1997), is expected to reach the targeted plateau of 150,000 b/d by 2006 after the drilling of an additional 23 wells in the second phase of development (MEES, 1 September 2003). The...