Eni secures Tango FLNG for Republic of Congo production

Eni SPA will tie in the Tango FLNG floating liquefaction vessel to the Marine XII block natural gas development project, 20 km from the coast of the Republic of the Congo on the continental shelf in 20-90 m of water.

LNG production from Marine XII is expected to begin in 2023, and when fully operational, it will provide volumes more than 4.5 billion cu m/year.

The Tango FLNG is owned by Export LNG Ltd., which Eni acquired from Exmar Group. It was built in 2017 and has a treatment capacity of about 3 million std cu m/d and an LNG production capacity of about 1 billion std cu m/year.

Five fields have been discovered in the area, with 1.3 billion boe proven and probable reserves (2P).

Eni is operator at Marine XII (65%) with partners PJSC Lukoil (25%) and Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo (10%).