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Expro to build OPT facility for Marine XII

REPUBLIC OF CONGO HOUSTON-BASED Expro Group Holdings a fast-track basis is a recognised market differen-
reported on January 25 that it had signed a tiator and will further strengthen our presence
long-term production solutions contract with in the region. Expro’s experience and capabili-
Eni Congo, a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, in relation ties in empowering operators to quickly access
to the planned construction of a pre-treatment reserves can play a critical role in supporting
plant for LNG in the Republic of Congo (ROC). Africa’s significant and growing LNG indus-
In a statement, Expro explained that it had try, providing opportunities to support secure
agreed to design, construct, operate and main- energy supplies.”
tain the onshore pre-treatment facility (OPT) Eni has announced plans to install two FLNG
for Eni Congo in its capacity as operator of the vessels at Marine XII within the framework of a
Marine XII offshore block. It did not reveal the plan to utilise and monetise the block’s natural
exact value of the deal but said it expected to and associated gas reserves. These two units –
earn more than $300mn over the 10-year term the existing 600,000 tonne per year Tango FLNG
of the contract. and a newbuild 2.4mn tpy FLNG ordered from
The company will lease the facility while act- China’s Wison – will be able to turn out 3mn tpy
ing as its operator, Expro noted. of LNG.
The OPT will be built at a site near the The Italian company already extracts gas
Litchendjili gas plant, which supplies gas from from its offshore fields and pipes it to shore for
Marine XII to Central Électrique du Congo use at two onshore TPPs – namely, CEC and
(CEC), a nearby thermal power plant (TPP) at Central Électrique du Djeno (CED), which
Pointe-Noire, the statement said. The new unit account for the majority of ROC’s electricity
will be able to process around 80mn cubic feet production. It is now looking to expand into the
(2.27mn cubic metres) per day of gas and will LNG export arena in order to increase its rev-
support both electricity and LNG production, enues and meet energy demand in Europe. ™
Expro noted.
“The facility is designed to allow incremental
gas production for low-carbon electricity gen-
eration,” it explained. “It will link to Eni Con-
go’s offshore floating LNG (FLNG) operations,
supporting both the local energy market and
increased global demands for LNG to support
secure energy supplies.”
Expro went on to say that it had been selected
to carry out this project because it had a success-
ful track record in and technical expertise in the
delivery of fast-track modular production facil-
ities in West Africa and other parts of the word.
It did not list any examples.
Colin Mackenzie, Expro’s regional vice
president for Europe and sub-Saharan Africa,
expressed satisfaction with the deal. “We are
delighted to be able to extend our long-standing
partnership with Eni and our activity in West
Africa through securing this highly prestigious
contract,” he said. “Our expertise in designing,
engineering, delivering, building, operating
and maintaining modular production plants on The OPT will be adjacent to the Litchendjili gas plant (Image: New Age)

Reports surface of new Orange basin find

NAMIBIA SHELL (UK) has made a new discovery in the found hydrocarbons in Jonker-1, a well drilled
Orange basin offshore Namibia, according to a at Block 2913A. The sources did not specify
report from Upstream Online. whether the find consisted of crude oil, gas con-
Three informed sources told the publication densate or natural gas , but they did indicate that
earlier this week that the multi-national had it was an eastern extension of Venus-1x.

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