Eni and partners Petroci and Vitol have reached a positive FID for the third phase of the Baleine project in Côte d’Ivoire, Eni announced on Monday. The new development phase will follow the same model previously utilised by Eni in Côte d’Ivoire and involve the deployment of a new FPSO. Following completion, oil production will rise […]
Eni and its partners have approved the final investment decision for the Baleine Phase 3 offshore development in Côte d’Ivoire, advancing the next expansion phase of what the company describes as the country’s largest hydrocarbon discovery.
Marius Koffi, Côte d’Ivoire operations lead for the Oilfield Engineering and Services Group (OESG), talks to The Energy Year about renewed interest in Côte d’Ivoire among global companies following high-profile offshore discoveries and growing the company into an integrated upstream services provider.
Murphy Oil has plugged and abandoned its Caracal-1X exploration well offshore Côte d’Ivoire after the well encountered hydrocarbon shows, but failed to establish commercial volumes.
Vaalco Energy reported initial production of approximately 2,000 bopd from a new development well offshore Gabon and confirmed operatorship of a potentially material offshore project in Côte d’Ivoire.
Italian oil and gas major Eni has signed a binding agreement to sell a 10% stake in the Baleine offshore oil and gas project in Côte d’Ivoire to SOCAR, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Eni has signed an exploration contract with Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Renewable Energies for the CI-707 offshore block in the Abidjan basin, the company announced on Wednesday.
Eni has completed the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Côte d’Ivoire to global commodity trader Vitol, the companies announced on Thursday.
While the search for hydrocarbons has been ongoing in certain parts of Africa for decades with varying degrees of success, a slew of new oil and gas discoveries has pushed the continent to the forefront of global exploration hotspots. Given its string of recent discoveries, one of the countries in West Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, is forecasting a threefold boost in its oil output over the next three years.
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