Dalia Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Total
  • Country: Angola
  • Location: Block 17 135 kilometers offshore
  • Production start: 2006
  • Partners: Total - 40%, Statoil - 23.33%; Esso, 20%; and BP, 16.67%
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:


+++ Description

  • The field is located in Block 17, 135 kilometers offshore Angola in a water depth of around 1,300 meters
  • It covers an area of approximately 230km².
  • The Dalia field is comprised of 71 wells, 31 for water injection, 3 for gas injection and 37 producers tied into 9 manifolds.
  • The subsea installation consists of 40 kilometres of insulated production flowlines linked to eight hi-tech flexible risers specially manufactured for the project and taking the fluid up to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel
  • The Dalia FPSO has a design capacity of 240,000 barrels per day of crude oil and two million barrels of storage capacity. It will has a total liquids handling capacity of 405,000 barrels per day and a gas compression capacity for up to 8 million standard cubic metres of gas per day.
  • The **Dalia Phase 1A project** involves the drilling of seven infill wells tied back to the Dalia Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit


+++ Contractors

  • **Stolt Offshore:** Dalia FPSO Topsides
  • **Aker** has delivered 71 subsea tree systems to this field
  • **Samsung Heavy Industries:** FPSO Hull

+++ History

  • 1997 - Dalia Oil Field discovered
  • 2000 - Basic engineering started
  • 2002 - Stolt Offshore S.A. Joint Venture Awarded [[[Dalia FPSO]]] Topsides Contract
  • 2003 - Samsung Heavy Industries awarded FPSO hull contract
  • 2006 - First oil produced
  • 2015 - Total starts up production from Dalia Phase 1A


+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. TotalFinaElf launches basic engineering studies for development of Dalia oil field in deepwater Block 17 offshore Angola
  2. Total awards subsea contract to Aker Solutions
  3. Stolt Offshore S.A. Joint Venture Awarded Dalia FPSO Topsides Contract
  4. Saipem wins offshore construction contracts for USD 490 million offshore Angola
  5. Fairmount Fleet Gathers In Okpo For The FPSO Dalia Tow To Angola
  6. Dalia Starts Production Offshore Angola
  7. Angola: Total starts up production from Dalia Phase 1A on deep offshore Block