据普氏能源资讯2019年7月23日伦敦报道，意大利埃尼公司周二在埃及西部沙漠发现石油后开始了生产，并宣布了几项新的石油和天然气发现，称埃尼公司去年在埃及的油气产量提高了30%左右。

埃尼公司在一份声明中表示，该公司日前投产了去年在西瓦绿洲和地中海沿岸之间的西南梅雷哈地区获得的发现中的两口井，目前日产量为5000桶，9月份应该会达到7000桶。

埃尼公司说，该公司已把其在埃及的权益油气日产量提高到了35万桶油当量，高于去年平均30万桶油当量的水平。埃尼公司表示，随着祖尔深水气田产量增加以及尼罗河三角洲浅水区Baltim South West气田的投产，其在埃及的权益油气产量还将进一步增加。埃尼公司持有祖尔深水气田的50%权益。

周二的声明凸显了埃尼公司在埃及所有主要石油和天然气省份所扮演的角色，包括苏伊士湾、西部沙漠、尼罗河三角洲以及深水和浅水地中海。埃尼公司在埃及最接近的竞争对手英国石油公司去年在埃及的日产量刚刚超过20万桶。得益于2017年发现的祖尔深水气田，埃及在去年9月实现了天然气自给自足，现在每月出口几船液化天然气。

李峻 编译自 Platts

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Eni boosts Egypt output to 350,000 boe/d, adding new discoveries

Italy's Eni started production Tuesday from a recent oil find in Egypt's Western Desert and announced several new oil and gas discoveries, saying it has raised its Egyptian production by around 30% in the last year.

In a statement, Eni said it launched production from two wells at discoveries made last year in the South West Meleiha area, located between the Siwa oasis and the Mediterranean coast. Output from the discoveries is running at 5,000 b/d and should reach 7,000 b/d in September, it said.

The company put its Egyptian oil and gas production at 350,000 b/d of oil equivalent on an equity basis, up from 300,000 boe/d on average last year. It said it expects further increases on the back of higher production from the Zohr deepwater gas field, in which it holds a 50% stake, and the start of production from the Baltim South West gas fields in the Nooros shallow-water area off the Nile Delta.

Tuesday's announcement underlined Eni's role in all of Egypt's main oil and gas provinces, including the Gulf of Suez, Western Desert, Nile Delta, and deep- and shallow-water Mediterranean. Its nearest rival in the country, BP, had just over 200,000 boe/d of Egyptian production last year. Helped by the startup of Zohr in 2017, Egypt became self-sufficient in gas last September and is now exporting several LNG cargoes per month.