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This initiative is designed to help Mauritania potential and desire to be a world leader in the
use its “world-class” wind and solar resources to field of hydrogen production from renewable
become Africa’s lowest-cost producer of green energy sources.”
hydrogen, Chariot stated. The country could Chariot’s acting CEO Adonis Pouroulis said:
“become one of the world’s main producers and “I am very excited by ... this agreement with the
exporters of green hydrogen and its derivative goal of quickly realising the potential of green
products, close to potential large European mar- hydrogen. In Mauritania, Chariot has a history
kets,” it said. of previous significant investments and bringing
Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy in world-class partners to projects, and we are
Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh made sim- looking forward to working with the govern-
ilar points, saying: “Developing Mauritania’s ment of Mauritania again to fast-track Project
green hydrogen industry promises to bring Nour. This is a potential large new market, set to
a combination of environmental, economic bring multiple benefits to all parties and deliver
and social benefits to our country. We have the positive impact to Mauritania.” ™

Eni launches Cabaça North at Block 15/06

ANGOLA ITALY’S Eni said last week that it had launched creating value on Block 15/06 through its Infra-
the Cabaça North development project at Block structure-Led Exploration [ILX] strategy, gen-
15/06 offshore Angola. erating a pipeline of fast-track subsea tie-backs,
In a statement, the Italian major reported thus maximising the utilisation of existing facil-
that it had begun extracting crude oil from ities in the area in a sustainable manner.”
Cabaça North, a field in the eastern section of its Equity in Block 15/06 is split between Eni,
licence area. It explained that it was using subsea the operator, with 36.8421%; Sonangol P&P,
tie-backs to deliver these barrels to the Armada an affiliate of the national oil company (NOC)
Olombendo, the floating production, storage Sonangol, with 36.8421%, and SSI Fifteen Ltd
and off-loading (FPSO) unit that serves as the (Angola), with 26.3158%. The partners brought
eastern hub of development at Block 15/06. the western development hub on stream in 2014,
Eni went on to say that it expected output with the Ngoma FPSO handling oil from the
levels at Cabaça North to peak at 15,000 barrels Cinguvu, Mpungi, Nzanza, Ochigufu, Sangos
per day of oil. This will “increase and sustain the and Vandumbu fields. The eastern development
plateau of the Armada Olombendo, a zero-dis- hub followed later, and the Agogo field may
charge, zero-process flaring FPSO with an over- eventually support a third development hub. ™
all capacity of 100,000 bpd,” it said.
Cabaça North is the second eastern section
of Block 15/06 that the Italian company has
brought on stream this year. It began early pro-
duction operations at the Cuica section of the
licence area in July and is aiming to do the same
at the Ndungu section of the block within the
next few months.
Eni expressed satisfaction with the new pro-
ject, saying: “The start-up of Cabaça North is
yet another example of how Eni Angola, in full
co-operation with ANPG [the National Oil,
Gas and Biofuels Agency] and partners, keeps The Cabaça North oilfield is in the eastern section of Block 15/06 (Image: Eni)

AGS awarded Ruvuma seismic contract

TANZANIA AFRICA Geophysical Services (AGS) of Oman data from Ruvuma, focusing primarily on the
has won a contract for a 3-D seismic survey of area where the joint venture hopes to drill the
the Ruvuma block in southern Tanzania. Chikumbi-1 exploration well. It is due to begin
According to a statement from UK-based work before the end of October, with the aim of
Aminex, a non-operating partner in the joint collecting as much data as possible before the
venture set up to develop the block, AGS will rainy season, and will wrap up its survey after
collect about 338 square km of 3-D seismic the rains subside.

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