Development activities concerned: the installation, commissioning and production start-up of a new FSO at the Bouri field; the second development phase of the Bahr Essalam field with the installation of the offshore facilities and the completion of wells; the drilling and linkage of two additional production wells at the Wafa field.

In the exploration phase, Eni is operator in the onshore Contract Areas A and B and offshore Area D. Exploration activity yielded positive results with a new gas and condensates discovery in the contractual area D. The discovery is located nearby to the Bouri and Bahr Essalam production fields. The exploration success is in line with Eni’s exploration strategy of focusing on near-field incremental activities, leveraging on the synergies with existing facilities, reducing the time-to-market and providing for additional gas to the local market and export. In April 2017, the country’s Authorities extended the exploration license period until 2019.

The gas activities are performed through the Green Stream pipeline for the import of Libyan gas produced at the Eni operated fields of Bahr Essalam and Wafa. The pipeline is 520-kilometer long with a transport capacity of 8 bcm/y crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Mellitah on the Libyan coast to Gela in Sicily, the point of entry into the Italian natural gas transport system. The capacity of the pipeline amounts to approximately 8 billion cubic meters/year. The supply of natural gas in Libya in 2017 amounted to 4.76 billion cubic meters.

In recent years, Eni’s production levels in Libya were negatively impacted by the country’s political instability. More recently, Eni’s oil activities in the country have improved, reflecting a certain degree of normalization in the Country internal situation and improving security conditions. In 2017, Eni’s production in Libya was 384 kboe/d, which represents the highest level of Eni’s production in the Country.

Bahr Essalam, located about 120 kilometres northwest of Tripoli, contains over 260 billion cubic meters of gas. This is delivered through the Sabratha platform to the Mellitah onshore treatment plant before principally being used to supply the national network. In July 2018 National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Eni announce that Mellitah Oil & Gas, Eni and NOC joint venture company (50/50), has started production from the first well of the offshore Bahr Essalam Phase 2 project.