據石油新聞2020年7月28日倫敦報道，意大利石油巨頭埃尼公司7月28日在羅馬宣布，在位于埃及西南Meleiha區塊的一口新探井投產以后，埃尼公司在該區塊的石油日產量已提高至1.2萬多桶。

SWM-A-6X新探井位于埃及西部沙漠法格胡爾盆地，在總深度達到15800英尺以后，其鉆遇的純產油層厚度達到了130英尺。埃尼公司表示，這口產油井已經與生產網絡連接，目前日產油大約5000桶。

埃尼公司表示，在這口新發現產油井中還發現了新的石油資源，但埃尼公司沒有對新發現的規模或這個區塊的預估儲量做出估計。

從西南Meleiha區塊的石油生產在2019年7月開始，由于新發現的貢獻，僅一年時間，該區塊的石油日產量就上升到了1.2萬桶。

埃尼公司在一份聲明中稱，“通過與埃及石油總公司組建的合資企業AGIBA，埃尼公司正在成功實施其在埃及西部沙漠的近油田勘探戰略，并迅速啟動新發現資源的生產。”

埃尼公司自1954年開始一直在埃及從事油氣勘探和生產作業，是埃及國內最大的石油生產商，目前其權益油產量超過30萬桶油當量/天。

截至去年年底，埃尼公司在埃及的探明油氣儲量為12.3億桶油當量，其中液體儲量為2.64億桶。

李峻 編譯自 石油新聞

原文如下：

Eni boosts output, finds more oil in Egypt's Western Desert

Eni has raised oil production from Egypt's South West Meleiha concession to over 12,000 b/d after bringing on stream a new exploration well on the block, the Italian oil major said July 28.

Exploration well SWM-A-6X -- drilled in the Western Desert's Faghur basin -- hit 130 feet of net oil pay after reaching a total depth of 15,800 feet. The well is already connected to the production network and pumping around 5,000 b/d, Eni said.

Eni said the well also discovered new oil resources but gave no estimate of the scale of the find or the block's estimated reserves.

Oil production from the South West Meleiha concession began in July 2019 and in just one year has ramped up to 12,000 b/d thanks to the contribution of new discoveries.

"Eni is successfully implementing its near-field exploration strategy in the Egyptian Western Desert through AGIBA, a joint venture with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, quickly turning on production of the newly discovered resources," Eni said in a statement.

Present in Egypt since 1954, Eni is the country's largest oil and producer with equity production currently above 300,000 b/d of oil equivalent.

Eni's proved oil and gas reserves in Egypt stood at 1.23 billion boe at the end of last year, of which liquids amounted to 264 million barrels.