Eni has started production from the Mpungi Field in the West Hub development project in Block 15/06 offshore Angola, the company said in a news release.
The start-up of Mpungi field, which follows the West Hub’s first oil from the Sangos Field in November 2014 and the Cinguvu Field in early April 2015, will ramp up production to about 100,000 barrels of oil per day in first-quarter 2016, the release said.
The West Hub Development Project includes the development of the Sangos, Cinguvu, Mpungi, Mpungi North, Ochigufu and Vandumbu fields in a water depth ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 m (3,281 to 4,921 ft(. Eni said the wells are arranged in clusters and connected to the N’Goma FPSO unit, which has a treatment capacity of 100,000 barrels of oil per day.
Eni said the exploration program in Block 15/06 continues, and any new discoveries would be connected to the existing production infrastructure.
Eni is the operator of Block 15/06 with a 36.84% stake. Joint venture partners are Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (36.84%) and SSI Fifteen Limited (26.32%) The block 15/06 also includes the East Hub Development Project, which is under development and will start producing in 2017, according to the release.
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