Total has completed the divestment of its stake in onshore Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 to Aiteo Eastern E&P, a Nigerian company, for $569 million, Total said in a news release.
Together with the recently completed divestments of OML 24 and OML 18, Total’s share of sale proceeds from these three onshore Nigerian blocks amounts to more than $1 billion.
“The sale of these non-operated onshore blocks in Nigeria is yet another example of our strategy of dynamic portfolio management, achieved at attractive valuations,” Total CFO Patrick de La Chevardière said in the releasel. “These transactions also reduce our exposure to non-operated blocks onshore Nigeria, and allow us to focus on our core, operated developments, such as the Egina project.”
Total holds a 10% stake in several onshore blocks in Nigeria via the Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC) Joint Venture alongside the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (55%), SPDC (30%, operator) and Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Ltd. (5%). Since 2010, Total has divested its interests in 11 onshore blocks to Nigerian companies, in line with the federal government of Nigeria’s aim of developing Nigerian companies in the sector, the release said.
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