Eni started production five months ahead of schedule at its East Hub Development Project, offshore Angola.
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Image of the Armada Olombendo, from Eni. |
The East Hub Development is in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, with production taking place through the Armada Olombendo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
The FPSO, able to generate up to 80,000 b/d and compress up to 3.4 MMcum/d, will put the Cabaça South East field into production.
The Cabaça South East field is 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo. It consists of nine subsea well, of which five are producers and four are water injectors; and four manifolds at 450m water depth.
With Cabaça South East, Eni says the field brings its number of fields in production to five, with two more expected to start before the end of 2018.
Production from the East Hub Project will add to the existing West Hub Project in the Sangos, Cinguvu and Mpungi fields, where the FPSO N’Goma is operating.
In total, Eni expects Block 15/06 to reach a peak of 150,000 b/d this year.
“We are proud of what we have achieved in Block 15/06,” said Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi. “Leveraging our extensive experience in exploration, we have been able to discover a total of 3 billion bbl in place through 10 commercial discoveries. Moreover, thanks to strong field development and project management, we are beginning production of the East Hub with a time-to-market of only three years, and five months ahead of schedule.”
Eni is the operator of Block 15/06 with 36.84% interest. Partners include, Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (36.84%), and SSI Fifteen Ltd. (26.32%).
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