Eni begins production on second unit of Zohr

Eni has begun production on the second production unit of Zohr, raising production on the field by 400 mcf/d, the company announced in a statement on Thursday (pdf). The move brings the field’s total production capacity to 800 mcf/d. “The production ramp-up is planned to continue, with the same exceptional performance, in order to reach 1.2 bcf/d in May 2018, 2 bcf/d by end 2018 and the production plateau (2.7 bcf/d) in 2019,” the company added. Oil Ministry sources tell Youm7 that the launch of the unit brings Egypt’s total production capacity of gas to 5.7 bcf/d.