Eni starts production from Agogo field offshore Angola

Eni SPA has started production from Agogo oilfield offshore Angola 9 months after its discovery in Block 15/06.

Production is tied back to the N’Goma floating production, storage, and offloading vessel about 15 km from the field.

Start-up was carried out with the drilling of Agogo-1 well at a water depth of around 1,700 metres.

Current production is around 10,000 b/d and is expected to reach 20,000 b/d in the coming weeks, the company said.

Preliminary estimates indicate the field holds over 650 million bbl of oil in place with further potential to be verified after the drilling of new delineation wells.

Discoveries in Block 15/06 during the exploration periods 2006-2011 and 2011-2014 led to the execution of two projects, the West Hub and East Hub, with the installation of two FPSO platforms.

The platforms started production in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

The production hubs comprise eight fields developed through 42 underwater wells with total production of more than 180 million bbl of oil by year-end 2019.

In second-half 2018, Eni Angola and JV partners Sonangol and SSI Fifteen Ltd launched a new exploration campaign in Block 15/06 that led to the discovery of five new fields estimated to contain about two billion bbl of oil in place.

Eni Angola operates the block with a 36.8421% interest. Sonangol P&P has 36.8421% and SSI Fifteen Ltd has 26.3158%.

Source: Oil & Gas Journal