More than half of the work on Woodside’s Sangomar project in Senegal has been completed, while a subsea portion of the work is lagging behind. While it continues to expect first oil in 2023, Woodside has revised the schedule for the Sangomar subsea installation campaign.
“Subsea equipment manufacturing is progressing and the second drillship, the Ocean BlackHawk, is expected to commence operations in mid-2022,” said Meg O’Neill, Woodside CEO.
The company said that at the end of the first quarter, the Sangomar Phase 1 project was 56% complete. It expects subsea installation to begin in the third quarter of 2022, the Australian company said. It should be noted that the equipment is still being delivered to Senegal.
A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel will be used by the project. The vessel is a converted VLCC. The tanker arrived at a Chinese shipyard in February 2021. The company named it Léopold Sédar Senghor, in tribute to the first president of Senegal. Woodside says the conversion work will continue despite COVID-19 restrictions, especially as work on the second dry dock is completed.
Quốc Gia drilling
The Australian company also said that Senegal had agreed to a two-year extension of exploration of an area covering SNE North-Spica. The area was planned to be explored with a well in 2021. Woodside has already mentioned drilling the SNE North-2 well in the second half of this year. If the company finds oil in this well, it could then transport it to the FPSO.
The partners drilled the SNE North-1 well in 2017, finding 24 metres of crude oil column over three intervals. The oil was slightly lighter than that found in the SNE field.
The Ocean BlackRhino arrived in July 2021 to begin a 23-well drilling program on Sangomar. In the third quarter of 2021, Woodside discussed the possibility of selling a stake in its Senegalese licenses, targeting 40-50%. However, this was not mentioned in the company’s recent quarterly update.
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