The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced that Italy’s Eni North Africa has resumed its exploration activities in the offshore area northwest of Libya, specifically in Block (4/16), after more than five years of suspension.According to the NOC, exploration operations have restarted with the re-entry to complete drilling at the exploratory well J1–16/4 (known as BESS-3), where work was halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The NOC explained that the drilling rig Ensco 4005 began operations at well J1–16/4 on March 11, 2020, reaching a depth of 1,012 feet before the pandemic forced the well to be secured and temporarily abandoned, and the rig released on April 14, 2020.The exploratory well J1–16/4 is located in Contract Area (D), formerly known as MN 41, in the offshore zone northwest of Libya at a water depth of around 743 meters. It lies approximately 95 kilometers off the Libyan coast and about 15 kilometers from the Bahr Essalam gas field. (ICE TRIPOLI)

Fonte notizia: libia observer