TotalEnergies and AMNI reach FID on Ima gas field offshore Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Nigerian independent AMNI International Petroleum Development Company have taken a final investment decision to develop the Ima gas field in shallow waters offshore Nigeria.
The field straddles Oil Mining Leases 112 and 117 near Bonny Island. TotalEnergies will operate the project with a 40% interest. AMNI holds the remaining 60%.
Ima was discovered in 1973 and previously produced oil. The new development targets non-associated gas. Plans call for a single platform tied to the Nigeria LNG plant by a pipeline of about 22 kilometers. First gas is targeted for 2028.
At plateau, the field is designed to produce about 350 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, equivalent to more than 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. That output is expected to supply roughly one-third of the gas needed for Nigeria LNG’s Train 7 expansion, which is intended to raise liquefaction capacity from 22 million tonnes per year to 30 million tonnes per year. TotalEnergies holds a 15% interest in Nigeria LNG.
The development is designed as a low-cost, low-emissions project, with power supplied from shore, no routine flaring, and permanent methane detection and monitoring. Partners have said key contractors are expected to be Nigerian companies and that about 60% of the development-phase workforce is expected to come from host communities.
Reported project costs have ranged from about $800 million, as cited by NNPC, to $1.108 billion, as reported with independently confirmed gross reserves of about 1.28 trillion cubic feet of non-associated gas.
Nicolas Terraz, President of Exploration & Production at TotalEnergies, said: “We are very pleased to announce the FID for the Ima gas project, marking a new milestone in the deployment of our integrated gas strategy in Nigeria. After the Ubeta project sanctioned in 2024 and expected to start-up next year, Ima demonstrates again our ability to unlock new low-cost and low-emissions gas resources, following the incentives introduced by the Nigerian Government for non-associated gas developments.”
NNPC has described Ima as one of the larger recent upstream gas investments in Nigeria and the fourth major gas development to reach FID since the 2024 oil-sector reforms.
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