ENI group's second Hawa oil well producing 3,000 b/d

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Nov. 9 -- ENI SPA unit Agip Tunisia BV, operator of the Adam production concession in southern Tunisia, has drilled a successful appraisal well in the Hawa producing area, reported partner Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas. The Hawa-2 well is producing more than 3,000 gross b/d of oil.

The Adam, Dalia, and Hawa areas of the onshore Ghadames basin concession are producing more than 13,000 b/d of oil from five wells, Pioneer said (OGJ Online, July 28, 2004). The group expects to drill and complete a third well in the Adam area within 90 days.

Adam concession participants are ENI units 35%, Tunisa state oil company L'Enterprise Tunisienne d'Activites Petrolieres 30%, Pioneer 28%, and Paladin Resources PLC 7%.