{"id":"oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","canonicalSlug":"oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","language":"en","title":"Eni begins start-up activities at Egypt’s Meleiha Phase 2","summary":"The Western Desert development is designed to process up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day; start-up activity does not mean full production.","body":["Eni said on 20 October that start-up activities had begun at the Meleiha Phase 2 facilities in Egypt’s Western Desert. The development is operated by Agiba, a joint venture between Eni and Egypt’s EGPC.","The facilities have a design capacity of up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and include wells, gathering systems and export pipelines. The announcement reports start-up work, not achieved output."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Eni begins start-up activities at Egypt’s Meleiha Phase 2\n\nThe Western Desert development is designed to process up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day; start-up activity does not mean full production.\n\nEni said on 20 October that start-up activities had begun at the Meleiha Phase 2 facilities in Egypt’s Western Desert. The development is operated by Agiba, a joint venture between Eni and Egypt’s EGPC.\n\nThe facilities have a design capacity of up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and include wells, gathering systems and export pipelines. The announcement reports start-up work, not achieved output.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["oil","gas"],"eventDate":"2026-10-20","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:32:52Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-22T12:32:52Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-22T12:31:23Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:25:00Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2026/10/pr-eni-launches-start-up-activities-meleiha-phase-2.html","name":"Eni","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","attribution":"Eni; factual summary based on the official release; no source text or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/oct2026-italy-meleiha-phase2-startup"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"EG","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"issuer-location","countryCode":"IT","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}