Offshore Mag: SBM Offshore readies N’Goma FPSO offshore Angola

SBM Offshore has received formal production readiness notice (PRN) for the N’Goma FPSO from Eni for the block 15/06 West Hub development offshore Angola.

Following successful first oil in November 2014 and completion of the 72-hour continuous production test in early December, PRN goes into effect retroactively as of Nov. 28, 2014. The vessel is on hire from that date onward.

Eni operates block 15/06 on behalf of joint venture participants Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, SSI Fifteen Ltd., and Falcon Oil Holding Angola SA. The FPSO will operate under a 12-year lease and operate contract with Eni Angola SpA on the development.

The FPSO is owned by Sonasing and operated by OPS, a joint venture company formed by SBM Offshore (50%) and Sonangol (50%). N’Goma was previously on hire as FPSO Xikomba and was disconnected in 2011 from block 15 offshore Angola after eight years of operations.
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