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Tuesday, August 24, 2004.
ExxonMobil begins production from Kizomba field
By Chuks Isiwu,
Energy
Editor, Lagos
ExxonMobil Corporation
subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited has begun field
production from the $3.4 billion Kizomba A project off Angola. Estimated
recoverable resources from Kizomba A total one billion barrels (bbl) of oil. Kizomba A, 370 kilometres northwest of Angola's capital,
Luanda, will develop the Hungo and Chocalho discoveries in water 1,000-1,280
metres deep. Esso expects to
achieve a production rate of 250,000 b/d, producing from a tension leg platform
tied to a floating production, storage and offloading system, having a 2.2
million bbl storage capacity.
Kizomba A is the second
of three developments in Block 15 that are expected to cost a total of $10
billion. Xikomba came on stream last November while Kizomba B, which will
develop the Kissanje and Dikanza discoveries, will come on stream in early
2006. Planning and design for the Kizomba C project also are underway.
Collectively, they are intended to develop more than 2.5 billion bbl of
oil. ExxonMobil and its
coventurers have announced 17 discoveries on Block 15, which has the potential
to recover about 4.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe).
Block 15 participants are operator Esso
40 per cent, BP Exploration (Angola) Limited, 26.67 per cent, ENI Angola
Exploration BV 20 per cent and Statoil Angola 13.33 per cent. Sociedade
Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol EP), the national oil company of
Angola, is the concessionaire.
