Eni adds another 4 Tcf to Coral gas find

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More fizz: Eni adds gas in place to giant Coral discovery

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Bill Lehane

 25 February 2013 11:37 GMT

Eni has said its latest delineation probe at Coral off Mozambique has added at least 4 trillion cubic feet of in-place gas to the Area 4 giant.

The Coral discovery is now estimated to contain more than 13 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas in place, wholly located in Area 4, the Italian explorer said.

Coral 3, the eighth well on Area 4, was drilled around 65 kilometres off the Cabo Delgado coast about five kilometres south of Coral 1.

Sunk to a total depth of 5270 metres in water depths of 2035 metres, it hit 117 metres of gas pay in a high-quality Eocene reservoir, the Milanese explorer said.

As well as confirming the size of last May's Coral…

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