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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Nigeria added to its production totals with the addition of flows from Shell’s Bonga North West deepwater development on OML 118. The field was developed by Shell’s Nigerian unit, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (SNEPCo).
The Bonga North West development consists of a number of new production manifolds, subsea umbilical systems, oil production and water injection flowlines, and subsea tree systems. A significant part of work on the development was carried out by Nigerian companies and the project leadership and majority of the staff working on the development were Nigerian.
Oil from the Bonga North West subsea facilities is transported by a new undersea pipeline to the existing Bonga FPSO export facility. The Bonga FPSO has been upgraded to handle the additional oil flow from Bonga North West which at peak production is expected to contribute 40,000 boepd, helping to maintain the facility’s overall output.
Four oil producing wells and two water injection wells in the Bonga North West development will be connected to the FPSO, from where oil is loaded onto tankers for shipping around the world.
“This is an excellent addition to our deep-water portfolio – a key growth theme for Shell’s world-wide upstream business,” said Andrew Brown, Shell’s Upstream International Director. “It’s also good news for Nigeria, as it is a new source of oil revenues and strengthens Nigeria’s deep-water expertise, a key driver of economic development.”
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