FRENCH energy major Total has the green light to press ahead with its Clov project on block 17 offshore Angola, with main contracts awarded and partner approvals secured. Clov is the fourth block 17 development hub Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor. It will be similarly developed using subsea infrastructure tied back to a floating production and storage unit (FPSO).
Located some 140km from Luanda and 40km north-west of Dalia in water depths ranging 1,100-1,400m, the project will initially concentrate on four fields – Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta. Collective proven and probable reserves are 500million barrels of oil. The overall development plan uses technologies that have already proved effective on Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor.
Among contracts issued, only one major package appears to be in the public domain. After much speculation, Acergy was awarded a $1.3billion package for subsea-related engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation work.
A total of 34 subsea wells – Energy believes FMC has the wellheads contract – will be tied back to the Clov floater, which will have a processing capacity of 160,000 barrels of oil per day at plateau and a storage capacity of 1.78million barrels.