Kingfisher Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: CNOOC
  • Country: Uganda
  • Location: The Albert Basin
  • Production start: Production is scheduled for 2025
  • Partners: Tullow, Total
  • Type: Oil
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • The Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) is located in the southeastern part of Lake Albert
  • The field is to be developed together with the Tilenga Oil Field
  • Oil is to be transported via the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
  • The Project will comprise the following components:
    • Twenty production wells and eleven water injection wells on four onshore well pads situated along the eastern shoreline of Lake Albert;
    • A 40,000 bopd Central processing Facility (CPF) to be constructed on the Lake Albert Buhuka Flats;
    • A lake water abstraction station;
    • Production flowlines and water injection flowlines linking the wells to the CPF;
    • Supporting facilities including a permanent camp, a materials yard, a jetty and internal roads; and
    • A feeder pipeline to transport the stabilised crude from the CPF to a delivery point at Kabaale.

Contractors

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History

  • 2006 - Kingfisher-1 Well Test Produces 4,120 BOPD
  • 2009 - Eni agrees to buy Heritage's 50% interest
  • 2010 - Eni abandons deal and Tullow acquired Heritage stake
  • 2011 - Total and CNOOC sign MOU to join project
  • 2016 - Development and production licenses were issued by the government
  • 2017 - Total acquires an additional 21.57% interest from Tullow

Geology

Links

  1. ESIA Report
  2. Heritage Oil’s Kingfisher-1 Well In Uganda Test Produces 4,120 BOPD
  3. Heritage Oil Provides Uganda Work Program Update
  4. Eni to buy Heritage's 50% interest in blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda
  5. Uganda: Total finalizes its entry in Exploration and Production along with Tullow and CNOOC
  6. Uganda Sale and Purchase Agreements signed between Tullow, CNOOC and Total for $2.9 billion total cash consideration
  7. Total to acquire an additional 21.57% interest from Tullow in the Uganda Lake Albert Project
  8. Uganda And Tanzania: Final Agreements For The Lake Albert Resources Development Project