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production at the Kizomba

Satellites Phase 2 subsea devel- opment project off Angola.

Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure develop- ment of the Kakocha, Bavuca and Mondo South ? elds, in

Block 15 about 150km off

Angola’s coast, at 1350m water depth.

Peak production at the project is expected to reach 190 MMbbl or approximately

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Following a front-end engi- neering and design tender process, Anadarko contracted a consortium comprised of

CB&I, Chiyoda, and Saipem to develop the onshore LNG hydrocarbon discovery on the hydrocarbon pay at its Danoil Exploration (10%). terminal for Offshore Area 1. high-pressure, high-tempera-

Tortue-1 exploration well However, before ? nal con-

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Albania offers ture Xana-1X exploration in the offshore Mauritania. tracts can be signed, Anadarko offshore blocks

Danish Sector of the North Sea.

Tortue-1 is located in Block has to make a ? nal investment

C8, about 285km southwest of Albania plans to offer seven The Xana-1X well was decision (FID) on the project,

Nouakchott in 2700m water offshore and onshore blocks drilled in license 9/95 in 68m near Afungi in the north- depth. Using the Atwood for oil and gas exploration: water depth. It reached a total ern Cabo Delgado Province.

Achiever drillship, Tortue-1 offshore blocks Ionian 5 and drilling depth of 5071m in the Andarko’s CEO Al Walker is drilled to a total depth of Rodoni and onshore blocks Jurassic formation. called the award a “signi? cant 5100m. four and ? ve in southern and The well was spudded on step” toward achieving FID.

8 December by the jackup southeastern Albania, Dumre Kosmos said Tortue-1 inter-

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BP adds to West Nile rig Noble Sam Turner and is in central Albania and the sected approximately 10m

Delta interest currently being plugged and onshore Panaja and C. (32ft) of net hydrocarbon pay in the lower Albian section, The bid awards will allow abandoned. BP increased its interest in the interpreted to be gas. This companies to explore for an “At present the partners US$12 billion West Nile Delta is in addition to the 107m initial period of up to ? ve are in the process of assessing (WND) project in Egypt after (351ft) of net pay encountered years, which could extend to the technical and commercial partner DEA farmed down in the Cenomanian, the pri- seven, and they can develop implications of the discov- its stake. WND is expected to mary objective. and produce in the block for ery and looking at potential produce 1.2 Bcf/d from two

The Tortue discovery, 25 years or more in accordance follow-up,” said Martin Rune offshore concession blocks: renamed Ahmeyim, is with Albanian oil laws. Part Pedersen, managing director North Alexandria and West owned by Kosmos (90%) of the Ionian 5 block offered of Maersk Oil’s Danish busi- Mediterranean Deepwater.

and Société Mauritanienne by Albania overlaps with ness unit. According to BP, there

Des Hydrocarbures et de the Ionian Sea area in which License 9/95 is operated is the potential through

Patrimoine Minier (10%). Greece seeks to search for oil. by Maersk Oil, which holds future exploration to add an 34% interest, with part- additional 5-7 Tcf, which

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Kosmos hits Kizomba Phase 2 ners Dong E&P A/S (20%), could boost WND production. pay at Tortue-1 starts up

Nordsøfonden (20%), Noreco Production is slated to begin

Kosmos Energy hit additional Oil Denmark (16%) and in 2017. The agreement will

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