Chevron Corp. said its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. (Cabgoc), has started oil and natural gas production from its main Mafumeira Sul platform offshore Angola. Early production from the second-stage development started in October 2016 using a temporary production system.
Mafumeira Sul is 15 miles offshore Cabinda province in 200 ft of water on Block O (OGJ Online, Feb. 6, 2013). Mafumeria Sul is the second-stage development of Mafumeria field. The first phase was Mafumeira Norte, which started production in 2009.
Mafumeira Sul infrastructure includes a central processing facility, two wellhead platforms, 75 miles of subsea pipelines, 34 producing wells, and 16 water injection wells. Its design capacity is 150,000 b/d of liquids and 350 MMcfd of natural gas.
Chevron said that Mafumeira Sul production will be gradually ramped up to full capacity through 2018.
Cabgoc is the operator and holds a 39.2% interest in Mafumeira Sul. Partners are Sonangol EP 41%, Total SA 10%, and Eni SPA 9.8%.