VOL. XLVI

No 1

6-January-2003

EGYPT

Eni Makes Major Gas Discovery In East Delta Deep Marine Block

Eni announced on 23 December that it had made a major gas discovery at the Tennin-1 well on the Egyptian offshore East Delta Deep Marine block. The well, located 80km from Damietta in 300ms of water, reached a total depth of 2,040ms and encountered a gas/sand interval of 60ms. During tests, gas flowed at a rate of 700,000 cu ms/day and Eni has estimated reserves at 15-30 bcm of gas in a preliminary...