Second-phase Otakikpo development approved

July 24, 2019
Green Energy International will drill seven wells and expand processing facilities in second-phase development of Otakikpo oil field on Oil Mining License 11 in Nigeria’s Niger Delta.

Green Energy International Ltd., Abuja, will drill seven wells and expand processing facilities in second-phase development of Otakikpo oil field on Oil Mining License (OML) 11 in Nigeria’s Niger Delta (OGJ Online, July 1, 2019).

The work will boost production to 20,000 b/d of oil from 6,000 b/d.

The Department of Petroleum Resources has approved the new development phase, which also includes construction of a 1.3 million-bbl onshore terminal and a 17-km pipeline between the terminal and an offshore loading system.

Otakikpo field is 60 km southeast of Port Harcourt.