Eni, A Italian oil giant on Tuesday said it has made a huge gas and condensate discovery onshore in the Niger Delta.
The company in a statement said that through its affiliate, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, it has made a significant gas and condensate find in the deeper sequences of the Obiafu-Obrikom fields which comprise the Oil Mining Lease 61.
The Obiafu-41 deep well, the company said, reached a total depth of 4.374 m, which encountered an important gas and condensate accumulation within the deltaic sequence of Oligocene age comprising more than 130m of high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing sands.
“The find amounts to about one trillion cubic feet of gas and 60 million barrels of associated condensate in the deep drilled sequences,”.
“The well can deliver in excess of 100 million standard cubic feet/day of gas and 3,000 barrels/day of associated condensates and will be immediately put on-stream to increase NAOC’s gas production.
“The discovery is part of a drilling campaign planned by NAOC JV and aimed at exploring near-field and deep pool opportunities as an immediate time to market opportunities.”
