Zafiro Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Exxon
- Country: Equatorial Guinea
- Location: Block B, northwest of Bioko Island
- Production start: 1996
- Partners: Exxon - 71.25%, Devon - 23.75%, Government of Equatorial Guinea - 5%
- Type: Oil - New Zafiro Crude Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Zafiro was the first deepwater field to be brought on-stream in West Africa and is currently the main producing field in Equatorial Guinea
- The field utilises the Serpentina FPSO which was converted from the tanker, Amazon Eagle and is able to process up to 110,000 barrels per day of oil
Contractors
- Keppel: Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) conversion
- Mustang Engineering: FPSO engineering
- Manatee: Flow assurance lead role during FEED and start up planning, including development of operating strategies
History
- 1995 - Zafiro Oil Field discovered
- 1996 - Production launched
- 2003 - FSPO conversion completed
- 2003 - Initiation of production from the Southern Expansion Area
- 2008 - Devon Energy sells its stake to GEPetrol
Geology
Links
- Manatee Offshore References
- Fiberbond Offshore Platform References
- Devon Energy Increases Production From the Zafiro Field in Equatorial Guinea
- Keppel Shipyard on course to complete FPSO Serpentina conversion for Single Buoy Moorings Inc
- Devon Energy to Divest Assets and Terminate Operations in West Africa
- Devon Energy Agrees to Sell Assets in Equatorial Guinea for $2.2 Billion
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