Zohr gas field

The Zohr gas field ( Arabic حَقْل غاز ظهر, DMG Ḥaql ġāz zuhr  'gas field bloom') was discovered in 2015 about 190 km off the coast of Egypt . With an area of ​​100 square kilometers and an estimated gas volume of 850 billion cubic meters, it is the largest gas field ever discovered in the Mediterranean. The specified gas volume corresponds nominally to a so-called super - gigantic gas field . If this value is not reached, the gas deposit falls into the category of a "world-class giant". It was discovered by the Italian oil and energy company Eni in an area of ​​approx. 1500 m water depth with a hole 4000 m deep in Egyptian territorial waters.

With an annual consumption of 50 billion cubic meters, the Zohr field alone can mathematically cover Egyptian gas consumption for 17 years. Predictions that Egypt could transform itself from a natural gas importer to an exporter with the Zohr gas field were contradicted by experts.

In the opinion of experts, a new gas production region could develop in the eastern Mediterranean together with other gas fields . The discovery could affect already negotiated gas exports from Israel to Egypt.

See also

• List of the world's largest gas fields

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• Tillmann Becker-Wahl: Natural gas field off Egypt: "Not as big as in the North Sea". In: Spiegel Online . August 31, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 
• "Zohr" largest natural gas field in the Mediterranean - news.ORF.at. In: orf.at. August 31, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 
• and / Reuters: Egypt: Eni gas field frees up gas imports - News. In: stern.de . August 31, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 
• Eni discovers a supergiant gas field in the Egyptian offshore, the largest ever found in the Mediterranean Sea - Eni. In: eni.com. August 30, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ ENI: in Egitto si brinda alla vittoria - Materie Prime - Commodity trading. In: commodities trading. August 31, 2015, accessed September 2, 2015 (Italian). 
2. ↑ super giant natural gas field. In: britannica.com. Retrieved September 1, 2015 . 
3. ↑ RPT-Egypt's Zohr gas re-writes Israel's happy ending. In: reuters.com. August 31, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 . 

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