East Hub Development Project Oil and Gas Fields

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Summary Information

  • Operator: ENI
  • Country: Angola
  • Location: Block 15/06, Offshore
  • Production start:
  • Partners: ENI - 35%, Sonangol - 55%, Falcon Oil - 5%, Petrobras - 5%
  • Type: Oil & Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • The East Hub project foresees the production of the Cabaça North and South-East discoveries
  • It will utilise the Armada Olombendo FPSO, converted from a VLCC class tanker
  • The FPSO will utilise an external turret with 18 risers and umbilicals connected to the turret. The FPSO will also have a storage capacity of 1,800,000 barrels while having a crude oil production rate of 80,000 bopd* oil production, 120,000 bwpd* water injection and 120,000 MMscf* gas handling capacities.

Contractors

  • **Bumi Armada:** Supply and operation of FPSO
  • **Keppel:** FPSO conversion including refurbishment and life extension works, upgrading of living quarters to accommodate 100 personnel, installation and integration of an external turret mooring system and topside process modules
  • **FMC Technologies:**
    • Subsea production systems
    • subsea multiphase boosting pumps, manifolds, and installation support services
  • **Technip:** Project management and manufacture of about 15 kilometers of dynamic and static steel tube umbilicals

History

  • 2006 - ENI awarded the block
  • 2009 - Cabaça North discovered
  • 2010 - Cabaca South East discovered
  • 2014 - Bumi Armada awarded FPSO contract


Geology

Links

  1. ENI in Angola
  2. Eni signs Production Sharing Contract for exploration Block 15/06 in Angolan deepwater
  3. Eni makes a new significant oil discovery offshore Angola
  4. Eni: major oil discovery offshore Angola
  5. Bumi Armada Signs FPSO Contract With ENI For The Chartering, Operations And Maintenance For Block 15/06, Angola
  6. Keppel secures S$153 million in contracts from repeat customers
  7. FMC Technologies Awarded $393 Million Subsea Systems Contract for Eni's Block 15/06 East Hub Project Offshore Angola
  8. Technip awarded umbilical supply contract by ENI
  9. FMC Technologies Awarded Subsea Contract for Eni's Block 15/06 West Hub Development