In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu‘s instruction to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to enhance output from the country’s oil and gas resources, the company has officially declared the start of oil production from the Akpo West Field, marking a successful commencement.
The milestone, which is the result of meticulous planning, strategic collaboration, and unwavering dedication from all stakeholders involved in the project, will add 14,000 barrels per day of condensate to the nation’s production.
This will be followed up by the production of about 4 million cubic meters of gas per day by 2028.
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The development of Akpo West, which is on Petroleum Mining Lease PML 2, formerly OML 130, leverages the existing Akpo Floating Production Storage and Offloading FPSO facility via a subsea tie-back to keep costs low and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
The milestone was enabled by the strategic leadership of the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, Mr. Mele Kyari, and the Upstream Directorate of NNPC Ltd., whose support played no small role in propelling the operators to actualise the short- and mid-term hydrocarbon production goals of the President Tinubu administration.
Located 135 kilometres offshore, Akpo West is one of the discoveries on PML 2 with proximity to the Akpo Main, which started up in 2009 and produced 124,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2023.
PML 2 is operated by TotalEnergies with a 24% interest, in partnership with CNOOC 45%, Sapetro 15%, Prime 130 16%, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. as the concessionaire of the Production Sharing Contract PSC.
