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Eni said in September that the structure discov- similar point.
ered in the Baleine-1x exploration well appeared In remarks made during a conference call on
to extend into Block CI-802, an adjacent licence earnings, Gattei said that Baleine would be “the
area. first [project] in Africa to reach net-zero emis-
Eni has 90% stakes in both Block CI-101 and sions, Scope 1 and 2.” ™
Block CI-802, with the remaining 10% stakes
held by the national oil company (NOC) Petroci
Holding. The Italian major has also teamed
up with Petroci to explore three other blocks
located offshore Côte d’Ivoire – CI-205, CI-501,
CI-504.
The company has also been talking up its
plan for reducing the Baleine project’s car-
bon footprint. CEO Claudio Descalzi said last
month that Eni was “designing for the first time
an upstream project with net-zero operational
emissions since the beginning.” Speaking on
October 29, he described the net-zero plan for
Baleine, which will be used to deliver gas to the
Ivorian domestic market, as a pioneering indus-
try move.
Descalzi was speaking a little more than a
week after Eni’s CFO Francesco Gattei raised a Gas from the Baleine field will be delivered to the domestic market (Image: Eni)

Savannah Energy makes first gas

deliveries to FIPL Afam in Nigeria

NIGERIA SAVANNAH Energy, a UK-based independent Nigeria power sector.”
energy company that is active in Nigeria and FIPL is an affiliate of Sahara Group, a Nige-
Niger, says its Accugas subsidiary has started ria-based energy and infrastructure conglomer-
selling natural gas to FIPL Afam, a thermal ate with operations in over 42 countries across
power plant (TPP) owned by First Independent Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Kola
Power Ltd (FIPL) of Nigeria. Adesina, the managing director of Sahara’s
The firm made an announcement to this power division, said last week that he expected
effect last week, saying in a statement that it was the gas supply agreement to benefit both sides.
upholding the terms of an agreement concluded “In order to bring energy to life, we at Sahara,
with FIPL in early 2020. The deal was the first through our diversified power assets, continue
new gas sales agreement that Savannah has to seek partnerships that enhance our cus-
signed within the last five years, the statement tomer experience and quality of life by ensur-
reported. ing the health of the electricity value chain,” he
Accugas is using a newly constructed pipe- remarked. “We believe with Savannah we have a
line to send gas to FIPL Afam, which has a gen- partnership that works.” ™
erating capacity of 180 MW, the company said.
It noted that its subsidiary was slated to deliver
25mn cubic feet (708,000 cubic metres) per day
of gas during the first week of operations and
added that the maximum volume of shipments
would be 35 mmcf (991,100 cubic metres) per
day.
Savannah’s CEO Andrew Knott commented:
“First gas sales to FIPL Afam represents a great
milestone for Accugas and Savannah and the
achievement of a key performance goal for 2021.
This marks our entry into the high-growth Port
Harcourt Industrial area. We look forward to
developing our relationship further with FIPL
over the coming months and are excited to con-
tinue our role as the gas supplier of choice to the Savannah is supplying gas to the FIPL Afam plant (Photo: FIPL)

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