Ochigufu oil field starts flow off Angola

March 19, 2018
Ochigufu oil field has started producing oil on deepwater Block 15/06 offshore Angola, where operator Eni SPA and partners have discovered reserves estimated at 850 million bbl.

Ochigufu oil field has started producing oil on deepwater Block 15/06 offshore Angola, where operator Eni SPA and partners have discovered reserves estimated at 850 million bbl.

The field lies in 1,300 m of water about 150 km west of Soyo and 380 km northwest of Luanda. It produces into subsea connections with the Sangos production system tied in to the N’Goma floating production, storage, and offloading vessel in the West Hub of Block 15/06.

Ochigufu production will reach 25,000 b/d of oil.

Earlier field start-ups on the block are Sangos, 2014; Cinguvu, 2015; Mpungi and Mpungi North, 2016; and East Hub, 2017.

Starting later this year will be the Tertiary UM8 reservoir in East Hub field and subsea boosting system for Mpungi field. Vandumbu field in West Hub is to start production early next year.

Eni, operator, and Sonangol Pesquisa e Producao hold 36.84% interest each in Block 15/06. SSI Fifteen Ltd. holds 23.32%.