[Nigeria] CNOOC Limited announces Egina Field commenced production
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Initially discovered in 2003, the Egina field is the second development in production on the Oil Mining Lease(OML) 130 following the Akpo field which started-up in 2009. Mr. Yuan Guangyu, CEO of the Company said, "The successful commencement of production of Egina Field will strongly support the high-quality development of the Company and become a new growth driver to our overseas production."
CNOOC E&P Nigeria Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, holds 45% interest of OML 130 block, in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Limited which holds 24% interest is the operator, while Petrobras Oil and Gas BV holds 16% interest and South Atlantic Petroleum-SAPETRO holds 15% interest.
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