Lianzi Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Chevron
• Country: Angola
• Location:
• Production start: 2015
• Partners: Total 37%
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• Located 65 miles (105 km) offshore in approximately 3,000 feet (900 meters) of water, the Lianzi field will be developed via a tieback to the existing Benguela Belize Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) platform
• The £1.2 billion (US$2.0 billion) Lianzi development will include a subsea production system and a 27- mile (43 km) electrically heated flowline, the first of its kind at this water depth.

+++ Contractors

• **Subsea 7:**
  • EPIC SURF contract
  • EPCI topside contract
• **GE:** Supply of seven trees, nine subsea control modules (SCMs), topside and subsea controls distribution equipment and vertical connection systems
• **KBR:** Topsides design including multiple equipment packages
• **Nexans:** DEH Engineering Study

+++ History

• 2004 - Lianzi Oil Field discovered
• 2012 - Chevron Sanctions the Lianzi Project
• 2012 - Subsea 7 awarded SURF and Topside contracts
• 2015 - First oil produced

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Nexans Norway Umbilical References
2. ChevronTexaco Announces Deepwater Oil Discovery in the Shared Angola/Congo Zone
3. Chevron Sanctions the Lianzi Project Offshore Angola and the Republic of Congo
4. GE Wins US$165 Million Contract to Supply Subsea Technology for Chevron Oil Project in West Africa
5. Subsea 7 S.A. awarded Lianzi contract
6. Subsea 7 S.A. awarded $150 million Lianzi topside contract
7. KBR Awarded Subsea 7 Topsides Contract for Chevron Lianzi Offshore Project
8. Chevron Announces First Production from the Lianzi Development Offshore the Republic of Congo and Angola