Italy’s Eni commenced production from the Mpungi field offshore Angola that will bring production ramp up in the West Hub Development Project to about 100,000 boe/d this quarter.
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N’Goma FPSO. Image from SBM Offshore. |
Mpungi is located in the West Hub Development Project, within Block 15/06 of the Angolan Deep Offshore, some 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo.
The start-up of Mpungi field, which follows the West Hub’s first oil from the Sangos field in November 2014 and the Cinguvu field in early April 2015, will bring to a production ramp-up to approximately 100,000 barrels of oil per day in Q1 2016, Eni said.
The West Hub Development Project encompasses the development of the Sangos, Cinguvu, Mpungi, Mpungi North, Ochigufu and Vandumbu fields in a water depth ranging from 1000-1500m. The wells are arranged in clusters and connected to the N’Goma FPSO (floating production storage and offloading unit), which has a treatment capacity of 100,000 boe/d.
"The third start-up milestone of the West Hub Development project has been achieved both on budget and on schedule. This achievement reflects our ability to deliver major projects and confirms our excellent track record in terms of efficiency, technology and innovation," Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said.
Eni is also continuing its exploration program in Block 15/06, and if successful, new discoveries would be connected to the existing production infrastructure with an important reduction of time and costs production.
Eni has been present in Angola since 1980 with a net production of about 105,000 boe/d.
Eni is the operator of Block 15/06 with a 36.84% stake. Partners of the joint venture are Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (36.84%) and SSI Fifteen (26.32%) The block 15/06 also includes the East Hub Development Project, which is under development and will start producing in 2017.
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