Ernie Delfos said operations will take place in the Evans Shoal area, the Blackwood area, the Kitan area, in deep-water Timor-Leste, in the Vesta-Swan area, and the Blacktip field.

Eni is investing heavily in Australia and the Far East because energy demand in the region is strong, Delfos told delegates at the South East Asia Australia Offshore Conference in Darwin.

The first well for the Italian energy giant is the Evans Shoal North exploration-appraisal well in Block NT/P48 which is being drilled using the jack-up Ensco 104.

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