Eni SPA has started natural gas and condensate production from the Obiafu-41 discovery, Niger Delta, just 3 weeks after well completion. The Obiafu-41 Deep well reached 4,374 m TD, encountering gas and condensate in the deltaic sequence of Oligocene age.
The discovery contains about 28 billion cu m of gas and 60 million bbl of condensate. The gas will largely be used in Nigeria’s domestic market to feed the power sector.
At the end of ramp-up, production will reach about 3 million cu m/day of gas and 3,000 b/d of condensate. Gas will be processed at the Eni-operated Ob-Ob plant and sent to the 500-Mw Okpai power plant, also operated by Eni. An upgrade underway at Okpai will double its capacity to 1 Gw. Once the upgrade is complete, Eni will generate 20% of Nigeria’s electricity, establishing itself as the leading producer in the country.
in Nigeria, about 30% of Eni’s gas production is supplied to the domestic market. The company plans to reduce flaring from its Nigerian operations to zero by 2025.