Italian energy company Eni has bought 70% of Edison's stake in Block 12 of the offshore Habi gas concession in Egypt's eastern Mediterranean, an official at state-owned Egyptian gas company EGAS said on Thursday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to give further details. Edison won Block 12 in a bidding round run by EGAS in 2015.
(Reporting by Ahmed Ismail; Writing by Aidan Lewis; Editing by David Goodman)