(AGENPARL) – gio 28 novembre 2024 Eni acquires 4 new blocks in Côte d’Ivoire’s offshore
San Donato Milanese (MI), 28 November 2024 – Eni and the Ministry of Mines, Oil and
Energy of Côte d’Ivoire have signed today in Abidjan the contracts for the acquisition of 4
new exploration blocks in the country’s offshore. The signing, which further consolidates
Eni’s presence in Côte d’Ivoire, took place on the occasion of the first edition of SIREXE,
the International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources.
The blocks CI-504, CI-526, CI-706 and CI-708 cover a total area of about 5,720 square
kilometres with a water depth ranging between 1,000 and 3,500 meters; their proximity to
the Calao discovery, made in Block CI-205, represents a strategic opportunity to create
further synergies in the area. Under the agreements, Eni will be able to explore the area for
up to 9 years.
Eni has been present in Côte d’Ivoire since 2015 and currently has an equity production of
around 22,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company already operates 6 blocks in
the Ivorian deepwater: CI-101, CI-205, CI-401, CI-501, CI-801 and CI- 802, all with the same
partner Petroci Holding. Eni has made the two largest discoveries to date in the country,
Baleine and Calao, and is in the process of significantly increasing its production. Just one
year after the start-up of Baleine Phase 1, the company is preparing for the launch of Phase
2, scheduled for December 2024, bringing total production from the Baleine field to 60,000
barrels of oil per day and 70 million cubic feet of associated gas (equivalent to 2 million cubic
meters of associated gas), which will increase to 150,000 barrels of oil per day and 200
million cubic feet of associated gas during Phase 3, currently under study.
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