The experimental operation stage of the first gas well at the second phase of West Jamahiriya Gas Project (WJGP/WGPL) has started September 9.
The production in this well, at Sea of Peace field, started at 12.27 pm after linking the well with the Sabratha Sea Platform, 110 km off the western coast of Libya. ENI Gas Company Libya Branch reported that the second stage of the project is running according to plan, to link the other 26 wells later this month.
The total production capacity will reach 1000 million cubic meters of gas daily covering local needs estimated at 200 million cubic meters, while exporting the remaining 800 cubic meters abroad. West Jamahiriya Gas Project is one of the biggest projects under execution at the world level aimed at producing 1000 million cubic feet of natural gas as well as about 65,000 barrels of densities per day. Its Platform is among the biggest installed in the Mediterranean. The project would supply European gas networks, through the under sea pipeline via the Italian gas network.
Source: JANA
