On 28 July 2020 Eni announced that the Meleiha Southwest A6 (SWM A6) appraisal well found oil in the Southwest Meleiha-1 (Dev) production concession, Northern Egypt Basin. The well was drilled to a TD of 4,819 m and intersected around 40 m of net oil pay in the Paleozoic sandstones of the Desouq Formation. SWM A6 was completed for production and came on-stream at a rate of 5,000 b/d of oil. Production from the Southwest Meleiha-1 (Dev) concession started in mid-2019 and exceeds now 12,000 b/d of oil.  The 50 sq km concession is operated by AGIBA, a joint venture between EGPC with 50%, IEOC (Eni) with 38% and Lukoil with 12%.
Egypt (Northern Egypt B.) ? op. by ENI SPA (76%), LUKOIL (24%), EGPC (0%) in Meleiha (Dev) block