Zohr field is now 80% complete: Eni

CAIRO – 1 August 2017: Development works of Egypt’s “super giant” natural gas field, Zohr, is now 80 percent complete, CEO of Eni Claudio Descalzi said Tuesday.

In a meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Descalzi said the work progress marked a record in the oil industry as it was developed in less than two years.

Descalzi added that the Zohr development field will transform Egypt into a net energy exporter, in addition to satisfying the domestic needs of gas.

Zohr gas field is the largest natural gas field found in the Mediterranean and was discovered in 2015 by the Italian energy company Eni. The field has an area of 100 square meters at a depth of 1,450 meters.

The Zohr gas field will start production through three phases. The first will be launched in a few months with an output of one billion cubic feet daily. After all seven fields are complete, that amount will increase by 2019 to 2.7 billion cubic meters daily.