Offshore staff
MILAN — Eni, in partnership with PetroCi, celebrated the sailaway of the Firenze FPSO to the Baleine Field offshore Côte d'Ivoire.
The FPSO will allow production startup of the Baleine Field, which is the largest hydrocarbon discovery in Côte d'Ivoire to date, with an estimated oil in place of 2.5 Bbbl and 3.3 Tcf of associated gas. The development of Baleine will also be Africa's first net-zero emission project (Scope 1 and 2).
The Firenze FPSO, that will be renamed Baleine after its arrival in Cote d’Ivoire, has been refurbished and upgraded to allow it to treat up to 15,000 bbl/d of oil and about 25 Mcfd/d of associated gas. The entire gas production will be delivered onshore via a newly built export pipeline. The installation of the subsea production system and well completion campaign are underway and will ensure an accelerated startup of production by June 2023.
Eni's phased development model and fast track have proven to be effective, as the project is set to start production less than two years from the Baleine 1X discovery well and one and a half years after the FID. Eni is already progressing swiftly on Phase 2 of the project forecasting a startup of production by December 2024 after having taken the FID in December 2022.
The Baleine Field extends over blocks CI-101 and CI-802. Eni also owns interests in four other blocks in the Ivorian deepwater: CI-205, CI-501, CI-401, and CI-801, all with the same partner, PetroCi Holding.
04.07.2023
