Eni SPA started production from the Ndungu Early Production (EP) development project in Block 15/06, about 120 km from Angola in 1,050 m of water, via the Ngoma Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Additional exploration and delineation will be performed in this year’s first half to assess the full potential of the overall Ndungu asset.
The project, with an expected production rate of 20,000 b/d, will sustain the plateau of the Ngoma, a 100,000-bo/d zero-discharge and zero-process flaring FPSO.
Ndungu EP is the third start-up by Eni Angola in Block 15/06 in the last 7 months, after Cuica Early Production and Cabaca North Development Project (OGJ Online, Sept. 27, 2021).
Eni Angola and partners, in cooperation with Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG), will fast-track subsea tiebacks to maximize existing infrastructure in the area.
Eni Angola operates the block with 36.84% interest. Partners are Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (36.84%) and SSI Fifteen Ltd. (26.32%).
