TechnipFMC assessing platform, pipeline scope for Etinde offshore Cameroon
March 4, 2020
TechnipFMC will perform front-end engineering design for the proposed development of the IM gas condensate field in the Etinde permit offshore Cameroon.
(Courtesy New Age)
Conceptual Etinde field development scenario.
Offshore staff
EDINBURGH, UK – TechnipFMC will perform front-end engineering design (FEED) for the proposed development of the IM gas condensate field in the Etinde permit offshore Cameroon.
According to Bowleven a partner in the permit, TechnipFMC will work with the partners on the offshore and onshore elements of the FEED, with operator New Age undertaking reservoir engineering and subsurface development aspects of the wider FEED process.
Initial-phase proposals are for an unmanned wellhead platform with associated pipeline infrastructure connected to an onshore gas processing, storage and export facility.
(Courtesy New Age)
The Etinde permit (formerly block 7) is in shallow water in the Rio del Rey basin and comprises four proven reservoir intervals in the Pliocene and Miocene formations.
According to New Age, the main discoveries are within the Miocene Isongo formation with the Upper Isongo and Intra Isongo reservoirs having tested wet gas and oil in several wells across the block.
The deeper Middle Isongo formation has proven productive in the western part of the block by two wells, while a secondary pay interval is the Biafra formation tested dry gas in three wells within the Pliocene.
