Tilenga Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Total Energies
- Country: Uganda
- Location: Lake Albert
- Production start: 2025 (Scheduled)
- Partners: CNOOC, UNOC
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume: 200,000 (expected)
Description
- The Tilenga Project is located in the north of Lake Albert and constitutes License Areas (LA) 1 and 2.
- It includes the development of six fields and the drilling of around 400 wells from 31 locations. Production will be delivered through buried pipelines to a treatment plant built in Kasenyi, for the separation and treatment of the fluids
- The field is to be developed together with the Kingfisher Oil Field
- Oil is to be transported via the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
Contractors
- McDermott and Sinopec: engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services
- Schlumberger: Directional drilling services, upper completions, lower completions, artificial lift solutions, and wellheads
History
- 2016 - Development and production licenses were issued by the government
- 2021 - Final agreement signed between Uganda and Tanzania on the pipeline, enabling project to advance
- 2021 - McDermott and Sinopec engineering awarded EPCC contract
- 2022 - Schlumberger Awarded drilling Contract
Geology
Links
- Uganda National Oil Company
- Uganda And Tanzania: Final Agreements For The Lake Albert Resources Development Project
- McDermott receives Conditional Letter of Award for EPCC Contract of Tilenga Project
- Schlumberger Awarded Extensive Service Contract for Tilenga Onshore Oil Development in Uganda by TotalEnergies