LNG

March 23 (LNGJ) - Italian energy company Eni said it obtained majority stakes in two new exploration blocks offshore the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Eni has the highest success rate in exploration by energy majors for countries on the continent in the last several years, making big natural gas discoveries for LNG in Mozambique and pipeline gas in Egypt. The two blocks are located about 50 kilometres offshore the Ivory Coast. The two deep offshore blocks, denominated CI-101 and CI-205, are in the eastern part of the prolific Tano basin, where Eni already operates and cover a total area of about 2,850 square kilometres. Block CI-101 is at depths of between 200 metres and 2,500 metres and located in waters south of the capital Abidjan.