| Key Facts |
Employees: 59
Total Average Daily Production in 2007: 39 MBOED
- Oil: 17 MBD
- Gas: 117 MMCFD
Crude Processing Capacity: --
Major Office Locations: Lagos |
Exploration and Production
ConocoPhillips’ involvement in oil production in Nigeria began in 1965 when its subsidiary company, Phillips Oil Co. (Nigeria) Limited, became a co-venturer with Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Today, ConocoPhillips has an interest in four onshore oil mining leases (OMLs) and exploration rights in one Nigerian deepwater oil prospecting lease (OPL) and one OML. In addition, ConocoPhillips has an interest in a gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant and plans to construct an LNG facility.
OMLs 60, 61, 62, 63
Operator: Eni (20.0%)
Co-venturers: Nigerian National Petroleum Co. (60.0%),
ConocoPhillips (20.0%)
An active exploration program continues on the four licenses, which are valid through June 2027. Three-dimensional seismic data coverage
is available for approximately 90 percent of the four license areas. Twelve flow stations, the Obiafu-Obrikom NGL plant and the Brass
River tanker loading terminal all support production.
- Obiafu-Obrikom: Engineering and construction is progressing on projects to add capacity at this gas plant.
- Samabri-Biseni: The first phase of development of this field was completed in 2003, and new production flows to an upgraded flow station at Idu. A major field study has been completed, and a new field development plan has been established.
- Irri-Isoko South: A drilling and completion program was initiated in 2005 and continued through 2007. An exploration discovery at Isoko South was made in early 2007, and production began later in the year. At Irri, a flow station started up in 2005 and now is delivering gas and condensate production to the Kwale flow station.
- Swamp area gas gathering: Projects are under way to gather gas from the swamp area of the Niger Delta to deliver to LNG plants, contributing to the Nigerian government’s initiative to eliminate gas flaring while increasing both gas and oil production. These projects include building a major new gas flow station at Ogbainbiri; a new pipeline currently under construction from Ogbainbiri to Obiafu-Obrikom; and a new oil and gas development at Tuomo; as well as several flowstation upgrades and new pipelines.
Kwale-Okpai Independent Power Plant
Operator: Eni (20.0%)
Co-venturers: Nigerian National Petroleum Co. (60.0%), ConocoPhillips (20.0%)
This 480-megawatt, gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant came on line in March 2005 and supplies electricity to PHCN, Nigeria’s national electricity supplier. The plant consumes 68 MMCFD of natural gas or 15 MMCFD of ConocoPhillips’ supply.
Nigeria LNG
ConocoPhillips has supply rights for more than 120 MMCFD of feedstock natural gas to the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island. The plant, in which ConocoPhillips does not hold an interest, began operating in 1999.
Brass LNG
Co-venturers: Nigerian National Petroleum Co. (49.0%), ConocoPhillips (17.0%), Eni (17.0%), Total (17.0%)
ConocoPhillips and its co-venturers signed a Shareholder Agreement in 2006 to progress the development of the Brass LNG facility in Nigeria’s central Niger Delta. The agreement covers front-end engi¬neering and design studies for the facility, which could include two trains, each nominally sized at 5 million metric tons per year.
Find out more at Brass LNG.
