Start-up procedures are under way; the project is designed to recover associated gas previously flared and supply the domestic market.
Eni said on 19 October that it had completed the Bouri Gas Utilization project offshore Libya and begun start-up procedures. The system is designed to capture and treat associated gas that had been flared.
The company estimates the project could add about 700 million standard cubic metres of gas a year and avoid roughly 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually. These are stated project estimates, not measured production results.
The European Commission decision concerns capacity-allocation rules at two entry points and took effect on 5 August 2026.
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.
Eni and Snam said the European Commission selected the project; its development plan targets 4 million tonnes of CO₂ storage a year by 2030.
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