Angola: Total Launches CLOV Development on Block 17

Summary:

As operator of Block 17, Total announces the launch of development of the CLOV project and the awards of the principal contracts. This project is the fourth development pole in Angola’s deep offshore Block 17, after Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor. Drilling will start in 2012 and first oil is expected in 2014. Located approximately 140 kilometres from Luanda and 40 kilometres northwest of Dalia in water depths ranging from 1,100 to 1,400 metres, the CLOV development will lead to the four fields - Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta – coming on stream. The proved and probable reserves are estimated at approximately 500 million barrels of oil. Yves-Louis Darricarrère, President of Total Exploration & Production, declared: “After Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor, the launch of the CLOV development is a new milestone in Total’s long history in Angola demonstrating the technological capability that we have to successfully manage major projects”. The overall development plan for CLOV u

Angola: Total Launches CLOV Development on Block 17

abarrelfull 12 Aug 2010 10:35

Angola: Total Launches CLOV Development on Block 17

As operator of Block 17, Total announces the launch of development of the CLOV project and the awards of the principal contracts. This project is the fourth development pole in Angola’s deep offshore Block 17, after Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor.

Drilling will start in 2012 and first oil is expected in 2014.

Located approximately 140 kilometres from Luanda and 40 kilometres northwest of Dalia in water depths ranging from 1,100 to 1,400 metres, the CLOV development will lead to the four fields - Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta – coming on stream. The proved and probable reserves are estimated at approximately 500 million barrels of oil.

Yves-Louis Darricarrère, President of Total Exploration & Production, declared: “After Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor, the launch of the CLOV development is a new milestone in Total’s long history in Angola demonstrating the technological capability that we have to successfully manage major projects”.

The overall development plan for CLOV uses technologies that have already proven effective on Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor. A total of 34 subsea wells will be tied back to the CLOV Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit, which will have a processing capacity of 160,000 barrels of oil per day and a storage capacity of approximately 1.8 million barrels. The CLOV FPSO, through a unique processing and storage system, will produce two types of oil: one with a 32 to 35° API gravity from the Oligocene reservoirs (Cravo-Lirio) and the other, more viscous, with a 20 to 30° API gravity from the Miocene reservoirs (Orquidea-Violeta).

The installations have been designed to limit environmental impact. Measures include eliminating flaring under normal operating conditions, recovering heat from turbine exhaust and recovering vent gases.

A significant part of the CLOV development will be carried out in Angola, as part of Total’s commitment to increasing local content in its projects.

The Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary Total E&P Angola operates Block 17, with a 40% interest, alongside Statoil (23.33%), Esso Exploration Angola (Block 17) Limited (20%) and BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd. (16.67%).