French oil firm Total has today announced first gas from its Timimoun field in south-western Algeria.
With the start of production underway, the field will look to yield around 5 million cubic meters of natural gas per day, which equates to 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).
The Timimoun filed is jointly operated between Sonatrach at 51%, Total at 37.75% and Cepsa at 11.25%.
Total say that the Algerian well will produce gas through 37 wells connected to a gas processing facility connected to the GR5 pipeline to move the gas from the Timimoun field to the town of Hassi R’mel.
Arnaud Breuillac, president of exploration and production at Total, said: “The launch of Timimoun is a new step in the Group’s history in Algeria, where we are a long-term partner. Achieved within the planned budget, the project will contribute to Total’s production growth in 2018.”
Last year, Total agreed a pact with Sonatrach that it hoped would strengthen the partnership and settle “outstanding differences” between the two companies.
In earlier disputes between the firms, Total had sought arbitration against Algeria for changing profit-sharing terms on oil and gas contracts in the mid-2000s.
Total pledged to work with Sonatrach on new upstream projects, including the Timimoun natural gas project, which both firms expected to produce around 1.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year at plateau.
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