An official at Eni told Daily News Egypt that the sixth well’s production tests will start next week and will take roughly 10 days. The source pointed out that drilling one well in the deepwater facility in Zohr gas field requires 40 days and costs roughly $100m. Eni targets to complete the first phase of the Shorouk gas treatment plant by December 2017, along with the start of the gradual production of the field’s proven reserves. The Italian company is investing $3.5-4bn to develop the Zohr natural gas production processing plant at a capacity of 2.7bn cubic feet of gas per day. Eni plans to connect 900m cubic feet of gas per day to the national grid by the end of 2017 or in the first quarter of 2018.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 18, 2016 15:00 UTC