Alba Gas and Condensate Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Marathon
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- Location: 12 miles north of Bioko Island
- Production start: 2007
- Partners: Noble Energy - 34%,
- Type: Gas And Condensate
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- Phase 1 of he project consists of a four-pile production platform, a tripod well protector platform, two in-field flowlines, and a 20-inch diameter trunk line leading to Bioko Island
- There are Four offshore production platforms and Onshore gas/condensate processing facilities
- The field supplies the EG LNG Terminal with natural gas
- The Alba B3 Compression Platform enabled the recovery of more of the reserves.
+++ Contractors
- **Global Offshore:** Engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation, installation, and start-up of pipelines and platforms
- Hereema: Alba B3 compression engineering and construction
+++ History
- 1984 - Discovery well 13B1-1X drilled
- 1991 - First Production (A platform: Alba 2, Alba 3)
- 1996 - LPG Plant construction complete (2,400 bpd)
- 2000 - Phase 1 Development, Offshore re- injection of gas commences
- 2001 - Methanol production begins
- 2002 - Equatorial Guinea Government Approval of Alba Field Expansion Project
- 2004 - Phase 2A Complete, Continuous flaring ceases
- 2004 - Noble Energy announced a new natural gas and condensate discovery
- 2007 - First cargo delivered from the EG LNG Terminal
- 2016 - First Gas from Alba B3 Compression Platform
+++ Geology
+++ Links
- Marathon and Partners Deliver First LNG Cargo From Equatorial Guinea Train 1 LNG Project Six Months Ahead of Original Schedule
- Noble Energy Announces Natural Gas and Condensate Discovery From Deep Test on the Alba Block in Equatorial Guinea
- Marathon Oil Company Announces Equatorial Guinea Government Approval of Alba Field Expansion Project
- EPA Partner Experience: Equatorial Guinea
- Global Industries selected for Alba Field offshore Equatorial Guinea
- Marathon Oil Announces First Gas from Alba B3 Compression Platform
