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Puliti, for his part, said on February 28 that LNG consortium through its subsidiary Total
Saipem had already worked out an agreement E&P Mozambique Area 1, which holds a 26.5%
in principle with the French major on the rene- stake in the project.
gotiation of certain sections of the Mozambique The remaining equity in the group is split
LNG contract. between two Japanese firms, Mitsui and Japan
This should help “derisk the initial phase of Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC),
the project resumption in the best interest of which have a combined stake of 20%; Mozam-
Saipem and TotalEnergies, prior to return to bique’s national oil company (NOC) ENH,
the fixed contract for project completion,” he with 15%; Bharat Petroleum (India), with 10%;
commented. ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) (India), with 10%;
TotalEnergies had previously planned to Beas Rovuma Energy Mozambique (a 60:40
launch the Mozambique LNG project in 2024. joint venture between OVL and Oil India Ltd,
However, it has had to revise its plans in light or OIL), with 10%; and PTTEP (Thailand), with
of the attacks carried out by Ahlu Sunnah 8.5%.
Wa-Jamo (ASWJ), an Islamist militant group TotalEnergies and its partners aim to extract
with ties to Islamic State (Daesh). ASWJ began gas from Area 1, which lies offshore Mozam-
fighting for control of Cabo Delgado in 2017, bique in the Rovuma basin. They will process
and Mozambique’s government efforts to pacify the gas at the LNG plant and onshore complex
the province had limited success until the South- on the Afungi Peninsula. This facility will even-
ern African Development Community (SADC) tually have two gas liquefaction trains, each
and the government of Rwanda stepped in to with a capacity of 6.44mn tonnes per year (tpy),
carry out peacekeeping missions. and will use a dedicated fleet of LNG carriers to
The French giant operates the Mozambique export its production. ™

CPECC, TotalEnergies sign deal on

ground facilities for Tilenga oilfield

UGANDA CHINA Petroleum Engineering & Construc- National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), and
tion Co. (CPECC) has signed a deal with Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC). Con-
TotalEnergies to construct ground facilities for struction activities at the site commenced in the
Tilenga, one of the two oilfields that will support second quarter of 2021, and first oil is scheduled
the Lake Albert Development Project (LADP) for 2025.
in Uganda. CPECC has already partnered with China’s
Under the contract, the Beijing-based con- Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC) to con-
tractor will build two oil tanks, each with a struct the onshore facilities for the CNOOC-op-
capacity of 20,000 cubic metres, and several erated Kingfisher oilfield in the Albertine basin
other offsite facilities. CPECC expects to need of western Uganda. This work scope includes a
approximately 21 months to finish the work, and CPF with a crude processing capacity of 40,000
its contract includes a two-year operations and bpd, a pump station and well pads.
maintenance option. TotalEnergies’ Tilenga field is slated to come
Tilenga is being operated by TotalEnergies on stream around the same time as CNOOC’s
(France), and the French major has, in turn, Kingfisher field.
named a consortium set up by McDermott The two fields will eventually see their com-
International (US) and Sinopec International bined yields top 250,000 bpd, with 216,000 bpd
Petroleum Service Corp. (China) as its main flowing to world markets via the East Africa
contractors. Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The balance will
Under the $2bn service contract with be directed to a 60,000-bpd refinery in Uganda,
TotalEnergies, the partners will be responsible which will turn out fuels for consumption in
for development of six oilfields and will drill 426 local and regional markets.
oil wells there, producing up to 200,000 barrels EACOP is the midstream component of
per day (bpd). LADP, a $10bn initiative that aims to monetise
To this end, they will set up 31 well pads con- Uganda’s crude oil resources. It calls for the con-
nected to a central processing facility (CPF) via struction of a 1,443-km pipeline from Hoima
buried flowlines. in western Uganda to Tanga, a port on Tanza-
The Tilenga oilfield straddles the Buliisa and nia’s Indian Ocean coast. The pipeline will carry
Nwoya districts in the Lake Albert region and is oil from Tilenga and Kingfisher, and it will be
operated by TotalEnergies in partnership with heated to compensate for the waxy nature of the
CNOOC International, a subsidiary of China crude. ™

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