Espoir Oil Field

Summary Information

Operator: CNR
Country: Ivory Coast
Location:
Production start: 2002
Partners: Canadian Natural - 58.67%, PETROCI Holding (20%), Tullow - 21.33%
Type: Oil & Gas
Estimated Reserves: estimated recoverable reserves of 93 million barrels of oil and 180 billion cubic feet of natural gas
Production Volume:

+++ Description

Oil produced from the Espoir East and West reservoir is processed, stored and offloaded from the floating production storage and offtake vessel (FPSO) Espoir Ivorien FPSO, which is located between the two wellhead towers. The FPSO is connected to the towers by flow lines.
The FPSO has a total capacity of 40,000 barrels of oil per day. The oil will be sold directly from the FPSO and the natural gas will be transported to shore where it is sold for power generation in Abidjan, the major city of Côte d’Ivoire

+++ Contractors

**Prosafe:** FSPO conversion and operation
**Keppel:** Construction and installation of an internal turret and the installation and integration of the complete topside equipment package for the FSPO
**Saipem:** Wellhead platform and sealines - EPIC
**Tecon:** Detail structural design of the three leg jacket and deck
**NKT Flexibles:** Supply of flexible pipes and ancillary items
**SapuraKencana Drilling:** Drilling, sidetracking, completion and other associated works

+++ History

1997 - Tullow originally acquired an equity interest in the Espoir Field
2001 - Espoir Ivoirien FPSO conversion completed
2002 - Production started
2004 - The West Espoir development project, sanctioned
2006 - First oil production from the West Espoir development
2007 - CNR International (CNR) has awarded Prosafe a variation order for the upgrade of the FPSO
2014 - SapuraKencana awarded drilling contract

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