Shell’s Bonga Records 3.395 Million Barrels of Oil Production in June – Report
Shell Nigeria’s Bonga field produced a total of 3,395,007 million barrels of oil in June.
This means an average daily production of 113,166.9 barrels per day.
However, the June figure is lower than 3,790,062 million barrels and 3,555,910 million barrels recorded in May and April, respectively.
This is according to the Nigerian Upstream Petrolatum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), in its Oil Production Status Report, seen by Majorwaves.
Bonga, Nigeria’s first deep-water exploration and production vessel, in February 2023, hit a 1-billion-barrel oil export mark.
This milestone was reached three months after a major turnaround maintenance (TAM) of the facility was completed ahead of schedule.
The Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Elohor Aiboni, was quoted in a statement as describing the milestone as a celebration of excellence, leadership and focused delivery that has brought significant benefits to Nigeria and Nigerians.
“One billion barrels is an exciting milestone,” said Aiboni, SNEPCo’ s first female Managing Director, adding, “I’m incredibly proud of all of our employees and contractors who’ve contributed to the success of the Bonga FPSO and the attainment of this remarkable achievement.”
Bonga, a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel which began operations in 2005, is anchored 120 kilometres offshore in the Gulf of Guinea and has consistently delivered value in national revenue, local capacity development of Nigerian engineers and funding support to the service industry, in addition to its many social investment programmes in health, education and sports. When it came on stream, it increased Nigeria’s oil production capacity by 10 per cent.
“We are building a leading safe, simpler, and cost-disciplined deep-water business that brings value to our partners, shareholders,and Nigerians, which remains a heartland for Shell.”
According to Aiboni, the integrated delivery approach, continuous improvement, and the support lever offered by the technological prowess of the Shell Group are the pillars of SNEPCo’s excellence delivery.
“We are building a leading safe, simpler, and cost-disciplined deep-water business that brings value to our partners, shareholders, and Nigeria, which remains a heartland for Shell,” she said.
The Bonga FPSO vessel has enjoyed significant expansion over the years with the further drilling of wells in Bonga Phases 2 and 3 and through a subsea tie-back that unlocked the near Bonga Northwest field in August 2014.
Bonga Northwest can produce approximately 65,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day and was named Engineering Project of the Year 2015 at the prestigious Platts Global Energy Awards in New York.
