Mpungi field offshore Angola comes onstream

Eni has started production from the Mpungi field in the West Hub Development Project, in block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore. Start-up of Mpungi, which follows the West Hub’s first oil from the Sangos field in November 2014 and the Cinguvu field in early April 2015, will bring ramp up production to approximately 100,000 b/d of oil in 1Q2016.

The West Hub Development Project encompasses the development of the Sangos, Cinguvu, Mpungi, Mpungi North, Ochigufu and Vandumbu fields in a water depth ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 metres. The wells are arranged in clusters and connected to the N’Goma floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which has a treatment capacity of 100,000 b/d of oil.

‘The third start-up milestone of the West Hub Development Project has been achieved both on budget and on schedule. This achievement reflects our ability to deliver major projects and confirms our excellent track record in terms of efficiency, technology and innovation,’ commented Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi.

Eni is also continuing its exploration programme in block 15/06. If successful, new discoveries would be connected to the existing production infrastructure with an important reduction of time and costs production.

Eni is the operator of block 15/06, with a 36.84% stake. The other partners of the joint venture are Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (36.84%) and SSI Fifteen (26.32%) Block 15/06 also includes the East Hub Development Project, which is under development and will start producing in 2017.