📋 Tender Overview
Scope :
In the first phase, three production wells were tied back to the Firenze floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
Oil and gas supermajor, Eni, will invest $10 billion toward the development of the Baleine field offshore Ivory Coast. The investment will be made in three phases between 2023 and 2027 and will result in the production of 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd).
The Firenze FPSO was acquired by Eni from Saipem in December 2013.
The vessel underwent an upgrade to treat up to 15,000bbl/d of oil and around 25Mcfd/d of associated gas.
It set sail for the Baleine field in April 2023. Upon arrival, the FPSO was renamed as Baleine.
The oil from the FPSO will be transported via tankers, while the gas will be exported to the Abidjan plant via a dedicated gas pipeline.
The Phase II of the project is expected to start by the end of 2024, using a refurbished existing FPSO. The production level in the second phase is expected to increase to 50,000bbl/d of oil and approximately 70Mscf/d of associated gas.
In the third phase, the production will be further increased to 150,000 barrels of oil/day and 200 million cubic feet of gas/day.
The gas from the field will be used to meet domestic electricity market demands and for supplies to the regional market.
