Italy-based Eni and BP, the UK energy giant have finished drilling two wells in the South Baltim field, located southeast of the Delta in Egypt, a report said.

The production of 350 million cu ft of gas daily from the project will be linked the national grid by the beginning of 2018, added the Daily News Egypt report.

Eni and BP aim to drill six wells in South Baltim at a depth ranging from 3,900-4,000 metres below sea level.

South Baltim reserves are estimated at 700 billion cu ft of recoverable gas, Daily News Egypt quoted a source as saying.