The government of Senegal has approved the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore, and Sangomar Deep Offshore joint venture exploitation plan, granting Woodside Petroleum Ltd. an exploitation authorization for Sangomar field development (OGJ Online, Dec. 5, 2019).
Start of work depends on final execution of the Host Government Agreement with Senegal and the approval and award of key contracts.
Woodside, operator for the development phase, said the development concept is a stand-alone floating production storage and offtake (FPSO) facility connected to 23 subsea wells and supporting subsea infrastructure.
The FPSO is expected to have a production capacity of 100,000 b/d of oil and will process the oil for direct offloading to export markets via tankers. First oil is targeted for early 2023.
The FPSO will be designed to allow for integration of potential future development phases, including gas export to shore and future subsea tie backs.
The current shareholding is Capricorn Senegal Ltd., a Cairn Energy PLC subsidiary, with 40%, Woodside 35%, FAR Ltd. 15%, and Senegal national company Petrosen 10%.