Eni SPA and partners have started the third production unit, designated T-2, in deepwater Zohr natural gas field offshore Egypt, raising field capacity to 1.2 bcfd.
They had doubled capacity to 800 MMcfd at the end of April with start-up of the second unit, T-1 (OGJ Online, Apr. 30, 2018).
Production, which began last December, is to reach 2 bcfd by the end of 2018 and a plateau rate of 2.7 bcfd next year.
Zohr is in 1,500 m of water on the Shorouk Block, in which Eni holds a 60% interest, Rosneft 30%, and BP 10%.