UPI: Offshore Congo exceeds Eni's expectations

A production test from a field located offshore Congo has exceeded company expectations, the top executive at Italian energy company Eni said Monday.

Eni said it completed a production test in the Minsala Marine 1 NFW well off the Congolese coast, yielding more than 5,000 barrels of oil and 14 million cubic feet of natural gas per day in natural flow.

"The production test results has exceeded expectations and enables us to plan a fast commercial development of the important Minsala Marine find," Eni Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi said in a statement.
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