Eni SPA has discovered natural gas in its first well on the East Sepinggan Block offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 35 km from where it is developing Jangkrik gas field (OGJ Online, June 12, 2014).
Eni holds 100% interest in the block, 170 km south of the Bontang LNG plant.
The Merakes 1 discovery well, drilled to 2,640 m TD in 1,372 m of water, cut 60 m of hydrocarbon pay in high-quality sandstones.
Eni estimated gas in place in the Lower Pliocene clastic sequence at 1.3 tcf.
