Eni, PetroCi celebrate FPSO to develop Ivory Coast largest offshore field

Italian oil rm Eni, with its partner PetroCi, has celebrated the sail away of the FPSO Firenze to the giant Baleine oil and gas eld o shore Ivory Coast.

The FPSO Firenze, which sailed away from Dubai, will allow the production start-up of the Baleine eld, Ivory Coast’s largest hydrocarbon discovery.

According to Eni, the Baleine eld, “Whale” in French, has an estimated oil in place of 2.5 billion barrels and 3.3 trillion cubic feet of associated gas.

“The development of Baleine will also be Africa’s rst net-zero emission project (Scope 1 and 2),” Eni said.

The FPSO Firenze, to be renamed Baleine after arrival in Ivory Coast, has been refurbished and upgraded in order to allow it to treat up to 15,000 bbl/d of oil and around 25 Mcfd/d of associated gas. The entire gas production will be delivered onshore via a newly built export pipeline. Eni said Thursday, April 6, 2023 that the installation of the subsea production system and well completion campaign were underway and to ensure production start-up by June 2023.

“Eni’s phased development model and fast track have proven to be e ective, as the project is set to start production less than 2 years from the Baleine 1X discovery well and one and a half years after the

FID. Eni is already progressing swiftly on the second phase of the project forecasting a start-up of production by December 2024 after having taken the FID in December 2022,” Eni said.

The Baleine eld extends over blocks CI-101 and CI-802. Eni also owns interests in four other blocks in the Ivorian deep water: CI-205, CI-501, CI-401, and CI-801, all with the same partner, PetroCi Holding.

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