Eni SPA has started production from the integrated oil and gas development project on the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block 60 km offshore western Ghana.
Production is carried out through the John Agyekum Kufuor floating production, storage, and offloading unit, which will produce as much as 85,000 boe/d via 18 underwater wells. A 63-km subsea pipeline will transport gas to Sanzule’s onshore receiving facilities (ORF) where it will be processed and transmitted to Ghana’s national grid, supplying 180 MMscfd.
The OCTP development comprises Sankofa Main, Sankofa East, and Gye-Nyame fields, which altogether have 770 million boe in place, of which 500 million bbl is oil and 270 million boe is nonassociated gas, or about 40 billion cu m.
Eni said the launch comes 2½ years after approval of the development plan and 3 months ahead of schedule. Eni operates OCTP block with 44.44% interest. Partners Vitol Group holds 35.56% and Ghana National Petroleum Corp. has 20%.
Eni has had a presence in Ghana since 2009 through its subsidiary Eni Ghana. The firm last year obtained the Cape Three Points Block 4 exploration license adjacent to OCTP block (OGJ Online, Mar. 29, 2016). If successful, synergies with OCTP will allow for a fast-tracked startup, Eni said. Drilling of the first exploration well is expected in 2018, in continuity with the drilling of OCTP wells.
