The Energy Republic September Edition

NIGERIA OIL AND GAS
Totalenergies Commences Production from Ikike Field
TotalEnergies in Nigeria has
commence production from
Ikike Field. The oil field is
OML99. Totalenergies is the operator
having 40 percent stake in partnership
with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Company Limited NNPCL, 60 percent.
The company has announced that
production has started from the Ikike
field, in Nigeria.
Located 20 kilometers off the coast, at a
depth of about 20 meters, the Ikike
platform is tied back to the existing
Amenam offshore facilities through a
14 km multiphase pipeline. It will
deliver peak production of 50,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day by the
end of 2022.
The Ikike project leverages existing
facilities to keep costs low, and is
designed to minimize greenhouse gas
emissions: estimated at less than 4kg
CO2e/boe, they will contribute to reducing
t h e avera ge carbon i ntensity o f
TotalEnergies’ upstream portfolio. In
addition, 95% of hours were worked locally:
the jacket as well as the topside modules
were entirely built and integrated by local
contractors.
“ TotalEnergies is pleased to start
production at Ikike, which was launched a
few months before the Covid pandemic, and
whose success owes a lot to the full
mobilization of the teams. By tapping
discoveries close to existing facilities, this
project fits the Company’s strategy of focusing
on low-cost and low-emission oil projects,” said
Henri-Max Ndong-Nzue, Senior Vice President
Africa, Exploration and Production at
TotalEnergies.
In Nigeria, the company also operates an
extensive distribution network which includes
about 540 service stations in the country. In all
its operations, TotalEnergies is particularly
attentive to the socio-economic development
of the country and is committed to working with
local communities.
TotalEnergies in Nigeria has been present in
Nigeria for more than 60 years and employs
today more than 1,800 people across different
business segments. Nigeria is one of the main
contributing countries to TotalEnergies’
hydrocarbon production where the Company
produced 240 000 boe/d in 2021.
NLNG Launches GMOU, Signs Agreement With Six
Communities in River State
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has
launched the second phase of Global
Memoranda of Understanding
(GMoU) involving six new cluster
communities in Rivers State to actively
support community-driven sustainable
development.
The new agreements are with Okrika,
Kalabari, Egi, Ogba, Abua and Ekpeye
clusters. The implementation of the first
phase of the GMoU comprising Ogbum-nu-
Abali, Ubeta and Rumuji clusters is
underway with the commencement of
several projects in areas of road
construction, scholarships (64 scholarships
awarded), renovation and equipping of
markets, construction of police stations or
corpers’ lodge among others. The first phase
agreements were signed in 2021.
Under the GMoU framework, clusters will
ultimately be created to drive communityinitiated
projects through a Foundation that
will have a Board of Trustees, Steering
Committees, and Community Trusts. NLNG
will provide funds for these clusters and will
encourage them to seek additional funds
from other donors to finance development
initiatives in the respective communities.
In his remarks during the launching ceremony,
Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager, External
Relations and Sustainable Development, said
the GMoU was targeted at promoting a
harmonious relationship between NLNG and
the clusters of communities. He added that the
GMoU was framed to ensure that the
Company’s host communities are carried along
in terms of corporate social responsibility
projects and that the communities are
empowered to take the lead in driving their
development with support from NLNG and
other key development stakeholders.
“The GMoU builds the capacity of community
stakeholders in managing projects and selfsustaining
outcomes as well as promoting a safe
and secure environment within and between
communities, in which they can collectively
work to fulfil their development potential.
“This GMoU will give communities leverage
over developmental projects unique to their
needs and will contribute to improving the
socio-economic life of the citizens. Let me
assure you that we, at NLNG, are enthusiasts of
participatory sustainable development where
the community takes on a leadership role to
drive its growth with our support. The
communities will generate their development
needs and they will work out implementation
plans through partnerships and physical
oversight of the projects.
“We intend to mentor the communities by
encouraging non-governmental organizations
and international development agencies to
build the community stakeholders’ capacity in
managing projects and sustaining outcomes.
This development of the communities by the
communities and for the communities is a winwin
situation for everyone,” he stated.
He commended the Rivers State Government
for its support in setting up the GMoUs, adding
that the government’s provision of a congenial
atmosphere for NLNG and its enthusiasm for
the development of the rural communities
were enablers for the programme.
NLNG is owned by four Shareholders, namely,
the Nigerian National Petroleum Company
Limited (49%), Shell Gas B.V. (25.6%),
TotalEnergies Gaz & Electricite Holdings (15%),
and Eni International N.A. N. V. S.àr.l (10.4%).
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