Eni makes another gas discovery offshore Cyprus

Eni has made a gas discovery offshore Cyprus with the well Zeus-1, drilled in Block 6, 162 km off the coastline in 2,300 m water depth.

Zeus-1 is the third consecutive discovery in Block 6. It follows Cronos-1 and Calypso-1 discoveries in the block in 2018 and August 2022, respectively. Zeus-1 encountered 105 m of net gas pay in a carbonate reservoir sequence, the operator said in a release Dec. 21. The gas in place associated to this reservoir is preliminarily estimated at 2-3 tcf, Eni said.

Zeus-1 well was drilled and successfully tested with the Tungsten Explorer drill ship. Results of the test are being incorporated in the evaluation of the discoveries cluster that will drive subsequent studies and operations targeting a fast-track development of the block.

Eni Cyprus is operator of Block 6 with 50% interest. TotalEnergies holds the remaining 50%.