Mafumeira Sul (pictured) is the second stage of the Mafumeira Field development and is located 15 miles (24 km) offshore Cabinda province in 200 ft (60 m) of water. The project includes a central processing facility, two wellhead platforms, about 75 miles (121 km) of subsea pipelines, 34 producing wells and 16 water injection wells.
Chevron produced first oil from the new South N’dola platform in Block 0 offshore Angola, two years after the start of construction.
This is connected via new and existing subsea infrastructure to the nearby Mafumeira offshore complex for processing and export.
This arrangement eliminates the need for dedicated oil and gas processing equipment at South N’dola, the company added.
Courtesy Chevron
In 2018, six new wells were drilled in Mafumeira Sul (pictured) and ramp-up continued at the main production facility with a total daily production averaging 52,000 bbl of liquids and 147 MMcf of natural gas exported to the Angola LNG plant.
Jeremy Beckman has been Editor Europe, Offshore since 1992. Prior to joining Offshore he was a freelance journalist for eight years, working for a variety of electronics, computing and scientific journals in the UK. He regularly writes news columns on trends and events both in the NW Europe offshore region and globally. He also writes features on developments and technology in exploration and production.
