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At International Level:
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Available data indicate accelerated exploration and production
from deep waters, especially in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore
Brazil, and show Angola and Nigeria in West Africa as a prominent
exploration and production hub, thanks to a spate of discoveries in
Congo Basin within the last few years.
Many oil and gas fields were put on production in different areas
of the world. Following are some examples
i
:
Deepwater activities in West Africa extended from Mauritania to
Angola, with Nigeria and Angola accounting for about 78% of total
offshore oil and gas production in West Africa from 2001 to 2011.
During 2009 -2012, Angola accounted for 17 of a total 47 deep
offshore oil and gas discoveries made inWest Africa, within the same
period Ghana came second with 11 discoveries, the country is poised
to significantly increase its production in the future
ii
.
In
Australia
, Buru Energy Ltd. has started oil production from
the Canning Basin onshore Western Australia. The company put its
Ungani-1 sidetrack wildcat on extended production test beginning
with test rates in excess of 2,000 barrels of oil per day
iii
.
In
Scotland
, Total has started production from Islay natural Gas
Field straddling the UK- Norwegian sector line in the North Sea 440
km northeast of Aberdeen. Production from a single well, completed
subsea in 120 m of water and tied back to the Alwyn North platform,
has reached 15 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day. Total
estimates reserves at 17 million barrels of oil equivalent. Discovered
i
These data do not represent all the new fields that were brought to production in the world
in 2012, but only a part that OAPEC could follow up through published information.
ii
Global Oil & Gas Capital Expenditure Breaks $1 Trillion Barrier, Global Data, 23/8/2012.
iii
Oil and Gas Journal, 1/6/2012.
