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Key events


1960 :

Founding Agreement signed between the State of Tunisia and Agip Mineraria

1961 :

Creation of SITEP. It has been granted an exploration licence , known as the El Borma licence, covering an area of 1,708 km2

1964 :

Oil discovery: EB 1 well

1966 :

Entry into production of the oil field

1968:

Granting of a 50-year concession for El Borma to SITEP until 2018

1975 :

Water Injection Enhanced Recovery Project

1978 :

Activated by submergible electrical pumps

1989 :

Gas-lift activation

1994 :

Introduction to Directional Drilling techniques

1998 / 2000 :

EOR: Water and Gas Injection Pilot Project (WAG)

2005 :

3D seismic project covering 482 km2 (north-east of the Concession)

2008 :

Discovery of the EB 405 Well Structure

2009 :

Discovery of the oil structure EB 406 and the (Ordovician) gas structure EB407

2010 :

Extension of the validity of the 'El Borma' concession by 25 years to 2043

2011 :

3D seismic project of 792 Km2 (South East of the concession)

2012 :

Discovery of the EB 409 Well Structure
Water Injection Optimisation Study (HQ ENI)

2013 :

EOR: Bright Water Injection Pilot Project
Produced Water Re-injection Pilot Project (EB-101)

2016 :

Sedimentological study of the Alpha level (Georex)

2017 :

Stopping Gas-Lift Activation

2018 / 2019 :

Drilling and Sidetracking of Well EB-NE2

2019 :

Produced water reinjection pilot project (EB-101) ( long-term duration of 6 months)

2019 / 2020 :

Water Injection Optimisation Study (HQ ENI)
Produced Water Management Study

2020 / 2021:

Exploration outside the El Borma Concession: access to the data room of a block in South block in southern Tunisia

Elaboration of a Conceptual Geological Model Trias A & B of the large Champs El-Borma

2022 / 2023:

Seismic merging and reprocessing of El-Borma cubes (SITEP) Laarich-Debbech (SODEPS)

2023 / 2024:

Interpretation of the new seismic cube