TotalEnergies starts CLOV Phase 2 production off Angola

TotalEnergies, together with the Angolan National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG), started production of CLOV Phase 2, a project connected to the existing CLOV floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The tie-back project is expected to reach production of 40,000 boe/d in mid-2022.

Comprising four oil fields (Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea, and Violeta), CLOV is the fourth TotalEnergies-operated production hub in Block 17 in the Angolan deep offshore. It came on stream in 2014.

Phase 2 – which lies about 140 km from the Angolan coast in water depths of 1,100-1400 metres – was launched in 2018 and contains resources estimated at 55 MMboe.

The four oil fields are developed simultaneously, and their production is fed into a single all-electric FPSO. They are grouped into two secondary production hubs: Cravo-Lirio, which only contains Oligocene oil, and Orquidea-Violeta, which produces mixed Oligocene and Miocene oils. The reservoirs consist of unconsolidated turbidite sandstone.

Phase 2 production start follows that of the Zinia Phase 2 short-cycle project on the same block in May.

Block 17 is operated by TotalEnergies with a 38% interest. Partners are Equinor (22.16%), ExxonMobil (19%), BP Exploration Angola Ltd. (15.84%), and Sonangol P&P (5%). The contractor group operates four FPSOs in the main production areas of the block, namely Girassol, Dalia, Pazflor, and CLOV.

TotalEnergies’s equity production in Angola averaged 212,000 boe/d in 2020 from operated Blocks 17 and 32, and from non-operated assets 0, 14, 14K, and Angola LNG.

Source: Oil & Gas Journal