Eni has made a significant oil discovery at the Emry Deep exploration prospect, located in the Meleiha Concession, in the Western Desert of Egypt, 290 kilometers south west of Alexandria.

Egypt's ministry of petroleum has received 25 proposals from 12 international companies to search for oil and gas across the eastern and western desert, Gulf of Suez and Sinai, daily Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reports Sunday, citing Adel Saeed, the vice chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).