Dec 21 (LNGJ) - Italian energy company Eni has made a new natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus in the growing gas hub of the East Mediterranean. The find was in the Zeus-1 well drilled in Block 6 and lcoated 162 kilometres (101 miles) off the Cypriot coastline in water depths of 2,300 metres. The block is held on a 50-50 basis between Eni and France’s TotalEnergies.
“Zeus-1 is the third consecutive discovery in Block 6. It follows Cronos-1 and Calypso-1 and confirms the promising outlook for the area,” said Eni. The gas in place associated to this reservoir is preliminarily estimated at between 2 trillion cubic feet and 3 Tcf.
