Chevron Corp. and partners have started production from Kokongo oil field off the Angolan enclave of Cabinda.
Start-up marks the first production off Cabinda outside Area A, which produces about 330,000 b/d and is contiguous to the Cabinda shoreline. Kokongo lies in the southern portion of Area B, just north of Area C (see map, OGJ, May 30, p. 38), and is expected to serve as the hub of new productive capacity being developed in the two, more remote areas.
Chevron and partners expect to spend about $2.8 billion during the next 5 years to bring Kokongo and a number of other fields on stream off Cabinda.
Production from Kokongo's two 16 slot, drilling/production platforms will peak at 60,000 b/d in 1996. Production moves to the onshore Malongo terminal through a 40 mile, 24 in. pipeline.
The two platforms will serve as the gathering station for production from Lomba and Nemba fields in Area B and Sanha and N'Dola fields in Area C. All four fields are marked for development.
Fabrication of South Sanha and North N'Dola platforms is expected to get under way in first quarter 1995, with installation scheduled in late 1996.
Crude oil deposits in Areas B and C occur in early Cretaceous Pinda at depths of 8,500-13,500 ft in 200-400 ft of water.
Chevron unit Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. holds a 39.2% interest in and operates the Cabinda concession with other interests held by state owned Soc. Nacional de Combusteivis de Angola 41%, Elf Aquitaine 10%, and Agip SpA 9.8%
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