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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
in 2008, the field lies mostly on Block 3/15 of the UK sector and
partly on Blocks 29/6a and 29/6c of the Norwegian sector
i
.
In
Afghanistan
, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has
started oil production from Angot Field in northern Afghanistan.
The field is a part of three production- sharing blocks it received
in the country’s licensing round in 2011. The oil is being trucked to
Turkmenistan
ii
.
In
Angola
, Exxon Mobil announced that its subsidiary, Esso
ExplorationAngola has started production from the Kizomba Satellites
Phase 1project (Block15) offshoreAngola.The initial phase is expected
to ultimately produce 100 thousand barrels of oil per day, and recover
a total of approximately 250 million barrels from the Mavacola and
Clochas Fields, located 152 km off the coast of Angola in water depths
of approximately 1,370 m. Phase 1 of the project will develop 18 wells
with subsea tiebacks to two existing floating, production, storage and
offloading vessels
iii
, the phase aims also to optimize the capabilities
of on- block facilities to increase current production levels without
requiring an additional FPSO vessel.
Iran
has started preliminary production in the Yadavaran Oil Field
in the southwest that is shared with Iraq. Production would reach
20 thousand barrels of oil per day within one month. Iran plans to
increase the total production of the field to 180 thousand barrels per
day within the coming three years. Sinopec, which has been involved
since 2007 in exploiting the field, estimated the Yadavaran to hold
3.2 billion barrels of recoverable crude
iv
.
i
Oil and Gas Journal, 24/4/2012
ii
Oil and Gas Journal, 24/10/2012
iii
Oil Voice, 9/7/2012
iv
Oil Review Middle East, 14/2/2012
