Eni announces new oil discovery in Western Desert’s Faghur Basin

Eni has made a new oil discovery from the SWM A-2X exploratory well in the Western Desert’s Faghur Basin in the South West Meleiha concession, the company announced on Thursday. The well has been opened to production and is expected to deliver 2,300 bop/d of light oil. Eni is planning further drilling in the area “that, in case of success, may open a new productive area in Egypt.”