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Total begins second phase of Ofon field development in Nigeria

By on February 8, 2012

Construction and installation contracts have been awarded for Ofon Phase 2, which is scheduled to come on stream in 2014. The Ofon field is located in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 102, 65 kilometres off the Nigerian shores in a water depth of 40 metres.

Ofon Phase 2 will unlock the field’s undeveloped reserves to increase production to 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 30,000 barrels, by installing 4 new platforms: 2 production platforms, a processing platform and an accommodation platform. Most of the development is dedicated to recovering natural gas, which will be compressed and evacuated to shore.

“In launching Ofon Phase 2, Total is increasing the pace of development of its resources in a sustainable manner,” commented Jacques Marraud des Grottes, Senior Vice President, Exploration-Production for Africa at Total. “It is a further growth driver supporting our strategy, which is primarily focused on developing deep offshore fields such as Akpo and, in the near future Usan by minimising its greenhouse gas emissions.”

The partners in OML 102 are Total Exploration-Production Nigeria Ltd (40%, operator) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC – 60%).

One Comment

  1. Michael

    February 8, 2012 at 10:51 am

    LOOK AT COMMON GHANA OF YESTERDAY.THERE LEADERS ARE BUSY ORGANISING THERESELF PROPERLY, BUILDING THERE COUNTRY AS A NATION, CORRECTING EVERY WRONG THING, BUILDING THERE NATIONS PRIDE WHILE OUR (NIGERIANS) .NIGERIAN LEADERS ARE BUSY CORRUPTING THE YOUNG ONES, TURNING THEM TO TUGS AND MODERERS,OCCULTIC MEMBERS LIKE OGBO,ETC  DISTABILISING THERE NATIONS/COUNTRY , MAKING THE YOUNG GIRL TURN TO PROSTITUDE ,INFACT PLANING TO LEGALISE PROSTITUTION IN THE COUNTRY,DISTROYING ALL ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT WITH CORRUPT PRACTICES RANGING FROM OIL AND GAS SECTOR,JUDICIARY,CIVIL SERVICE,POLICE ,ARMY,SSS,PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES,CHURCHES AND ALOT MORE .A COUNTRY WHICH CANNOT MANAGE ITS RESOURCES APART FROM PRIVITALISING IT IS A USELSS COUNTRY.WHY IS US , UK,GERMANY AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES NOT PRIVATISING CORE SECTORS OF THERE ECONOMY ,THE WILL NEVER DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE WISER .NIGERIA IS A FAILED STATE.