The fate of Egypt’s gas output has gone hand in hand with the country’s largest producer Zohr since the Eni-operated field’s late 2017 start-up. Zohr output initially soared to peak at 2.96bn cfd for 1Q 2021 but had slumped to 1.5bn cfd by early this year following water breakthrough issues that began in 2021 (MEES, 11 June 2021).
Eni has attempted to offset those losses by drilling more development wells, specifically on the northern portion of the field. But, after two wells drilled in 2023 some 13km northeast of the key Zohr producing wells proved unfruitful, Eni subsequently scaled back its plans with ongoing activity focused on drilling two sidetrack wells in a bid to add 220mn cfd output by the end of 2025 (MEES, 21 February). (CONTINUED - 1030 WORDS)
