Cairo-Mubasher: Italian energy company Eni said on Friday that it has completed the drilling of a new gas field in the Delta, expecting the discovery to start operation in March 2016.
"We have finished drilling the field at Al-Nawras area, and its production will likely reach 45,000 barrels per day," the company said on its website.
The field is expected to operate with its maximum daily production capacity of nearly 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent in the middle of 2016.