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Italian oil major, Eni to deliver more than 100 million standard cubic feet per day after discovering huge gas in Nigeria

Italian oil major, Eni, has disclosed that its Nigerian subsidiary, Agip has found lots of gas and oil in an onshore facility in the Niger Delta.

Eni operated Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) made the discovery in the Obiafu-Obrikom fields.

Italy’s Eni, on Wednesday  disclosed further that the Obiafu-41 deep well had reached a total depth of 4.374 m, encountering an important gas and condensate accumulation within the deltaic sequence of Oligocene age comprising more than 130m of high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing sands.

Meanwhile, Eni has been operating in Nigeria since 1962 and produces 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

The oil major, in a statement submitted, “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.”

 

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