Nigeria's NNPC protects .2 bil funding to create 36 oil wells

Posted by Branch Dougherty on February 1st, 2021

State-owned oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Company said on Sunday it secured a .2 billion finance from foreign and also domestic banks to fund boring in 36 overseas as well as onshore wells focused on including 41,000 b/d to Nigeria's petroleum result. The finance packaged by a consortium of lenders led by Standard Chartered Financial Institution and the United Bank of Africa, is to cover NNPC's 60% share of the exploration procedures in areas collectively owned with US oil significant Chevron. "The financing plan ... is an essential part of the Accelerated Upstream Funding Program started by NNPC to attend to the seasonal obstacle experienced by the Federal Federal government in providing its counterpart funding of [joint venture] upstream activities," NNPC said in a declaration. HEDP will be made use of for the advancement of 23 onshore and 13 offshore wells in 3 oil blocks-- OML 49, 90 as well as 95-- jointly owned by NNPC as well as Chevron, over 2015-2018, NNPC claimed. The well growth program would be executed in two phases, with the first stage targeted at supplying 21,000 b/d of crude oil and condensate from 19 wells, and also 120 MMcf/d of gas by 2016. The 2nd phase, consisting of 17 wells, is predicted to produce 20,000 b/d of crude and also condensate and also 7 MMcf/d of gas production in between 2016 and 2018. The joint venture between NNPC and Chevron accounts for Nigeria's third largest oil result. According to NNPC, the financing-- in addition to supplementing its cash telephone call commitment-- would certainly aid to preserve existing manufacturing degrees in the short-term in addition to change depleting gets. Cash-strapped NNPC has actually battled over the years to money its average 57% equity share in joint endeavor operations with foreign partners consisting of Shell, ExxonMobil, Overall and Eni. In 2012, United States major ExxonMobil inked a .5 billion lending manage NNPC to assist the state-owned oil firm finance its share of a joint venture oil expedition project targeted at adding 55, 000 b/d of crude oil and 85 MMcf/d of gas to Nigeria's outcome. In June, Nigeria's oil sector auditors, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Effort, or NEITI, suggested to the federal government to implement a phased divestment of its equity in joint ventures with the international oil companions, to reduce the funding problems and leakage of money due to corruption and waste which have actually hindered the nation's bid to increase manufacturing.

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