Okpoho and Okono Oil Fields

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Summary Information

  • Operator: ENI
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Location: Block OML 119
  • Production start: 2002
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • The Okpoho and Okono Fields are located in Block OML 119 (former Block OPL 91), are 34 miles (55 km) from the Nigerian coast, in water depth ranging from 210 to 250 ft (65 to 75 m).
  • The produced oil is exported through a permanently stationed FPSO, Mystras FPSO, with offloading via a shuttle tanker.


+++ Contractors

  • **Saipem & Single Buoy Moorings (SBM):** Supply, installation and operation of an FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading)
  • **Saipem:**
    • Wellhead platform and sealines - EPIC
    • Conceptual Study and Basic Design
    • Okono/Okpoho Gas Export Feasibility Study
  • **FMC Technologies:** Subsea equipment
  • **Tecon:** Basic and detail structural design of the Okpoho wellhead platform

+++ History

  • 2001 - Saipem & Single Buoy Moorings awarded FPSO contract
  • 2002 - Production starts on the Okono field

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Eni Okono Okpoho, FMC Technologies
  2. Tecon Platform References
  3. Serimax Africa Pipeline References
  4. Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project References
  5. Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Engineering Refe
  6. Saipem wins a significant offshore contract in Nigeria
  7. Production Starts in Record Time at the Okono Field in the Nigerian Offshore