Tilenga Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Total Energies
• Country: Uganda
• Location: Lake Albert
• Production start: 2025 (Scheduled)
• Partners: CNOOC, UNOC
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume: 200,000 (expected)

Description

• The Tilenga Project is located in the north of Lake Albert and constitutes License Areas (LA) 1 and 2.
• It includes the development of six fields and the drilling of around 400 wells from 31 locations. Production will be delivered through buried pipelines to a treatment plant built in Kasenyi, for the separation and treatment of the fluids
• The field is to be developed together with the Kingfisher Oil Field
• Oil is to be transported via the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Contractors

• McDermott and Sinopec: engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services
• Schlumberger: Directional drilling services, upper completions, lower completions, artificial lift solutions, and wellheads

History

• 2016 - Development and production licenses were issued by the government
• 2021 - Final agreement signed between Uganda and Tanzania on the pipeline, enabling project to advance
• 2021 - McDermott and Sinopec engineering awarded EPCC contract
• 2022 - Schlumberger Awarded drilling Contract

Links

1. Uganda National Oil Company
2. Uganda And Tanzania: Final Agreements For The Lake Albert Resources Development Project
3. McDermott receives Conditional Letter of Award for EPCC Contract of Tilenga Project
4. Schlumberger Awarded Extensive Service Contract for Tilenga Onshore Oil Development in Uganda by TotalEnergies