The deepwater Kizomba B project in Angola Block 15, completed the 'design one, build multiple' strategy that Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd., an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corp., used for reducing the time and costs needed to fabricate and install large-scale facilities for producing deepwater oil fields. The fields developed by Kizomba B are in 1,015 m of water. Facilities for the project were built and installed, in only 31 months and ramped up to their 250,000 bo/d designed peak capacity in a little more than 2 months after production started, according to Michael E. Flynn, deepwater vice-president of ExxonMobil Development Co. Flynn attributed this success to ExxonMobil's disciplined, standardized approach that took advantage of building two nearly identical facitlities. Kizomba A, in 1,180 m of water, was completed first, with fabrication and installation requiring 36 months. Both Kizomba A and B include the largest FPSO (floating, production, storage, and offloading) vessels built to date, as well as dry-tree completions on nearby ETLPs (extended tension leg platform). Kizomba B is the third facility to be installed by Esso in Block 15, Xikomba started production in November 2003 and Kizomba A commenced production in August 2004. Just 11 months later, oil started flowing through Kizomba B. The three projects currently produce 550,000 bo/d, a rate previously not expected until first-quarter 2006, Flynn said. Partners in Block 15 are Esso, 40 %; BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd., 26,67 %; Agip Angola Exploration BV, 20 %; and Statoil Angola, 13,33 %. Esso operates the block under a concession agreement with Sonangol, Angola's state oil company.
Kizomba B attains production capacity early
Der Produktionsbeginn im Offshore-Gebiet vor Angola
Oil and Gas Journal ; 103 , 38 ; 44-50
2005
6 Seiten, 6 Bilder
Article (Journal)
English
Online Contents | 2010
Full Stochastic Fatigue Analysis for Kizomba FPSO Design
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003
|IBA attains latest E3 approval
Emerald Group Publishing | 2003
Scramjet attains Mach 6 at Bourges
Online Contents | 1995
Ensquared and encircled energy testing attains `automated' status
British Library Online Contents | 2011
|