In March 2020 Total and partners Shell and Mitsui produced an average of 25,000 b/d of oil and 8.5 MMcf/d of gas from the Tempa Rossa oil and gas field in the Gorgoglione exploitation concession. Production started in December 2019 with the testing of the installations and is ramping up since then. The field has a target production rate of 50,000 bo/d from six wells.  The Tempa Rossa field, discovered by Fina in 1989, holds 2P reserves estimated at 400 MMbbl of oil (16-22Â° API) and 200 Bcf of gas in heterogeneous Miocene and Cretaceous limestones reservoirs of the Apulian Platform. Initially scheduled for 2012, the production start-up was delayed numerous times. The produced crude will be routed to the Eni-operated Taranto refinery through the existing 136-km Viggianno-Taranto pipeline (used to transport the oil produced from Eniâs Val dâAgri concession). The final agreement between the group and the Basilicata regional authorities for the launch of commercial oil and gas production was signed on 6 February 2020.  Interest in the Gorgoglione exploitation concession is shared between Total E&P Italiana SpA (50% - operator), Shell Italia E&P SpA (25%) and Mitsui E&P Italia B Srl (25%).
Italy, Gorgoglione