Awawa

Awawa Oil and Gas Field Profile

Location

The Awawa Oil and Gas Field is located offshore Nigeria, specifically within the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 104. It is situated in shallow water, with depths ranging between 200 and 300 feet.

Coordinates

The exact coordinates for the Awawa field are 3.9184, 7.4534 (WGS 84).

Project Details

• Status: The Awawa Oil and Gas Field is currently operating.
• Operator: The field is operated by Seplat Petroleum, although it was previously managed under a joint venture involving ExxonMobil and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
• Ownership: The ownership is split between Seplat Petroleum (40%) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (60%).

Discovery and Development

• Discovery Year: The field was discovered in 2010.
• Development: The development of the Awawa field, along with the Yoho field, was part of a larger project that incurred a cost of approximately $1.3 billion. The project involved an early production system (EPS) using a temporary Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel, which later transitioned to a full-field development with the installation of the FPSO Falcon.

Production

• Oil Production: The Awawa field produces approximately 2.4 million barrels of oil per year (as of 2015 data).
• Gas Production: The field also produces about 153.76 million cubic meters of gas per year (as of 2015 data).
• Peak Production: The full-field development, which includes both Yoho and Awawa, reached a peak production of around 150,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) by January 2006.

Infrastructure

• FPSO Falcon: The FPSO Falcon, converted from the Amazon Falcon VLCC, is a key component of the production system. It has a storage capacity of 2.2 million barrels, and it is equipped to produce 100,000 bopd and 100 million cubic feet of gas per day.
• Wellhead Platforms: The full-field development includes 33 wells over wellhead platforms, a central production platform, and a living quarters platform.

Environmental and Operational Practices

• Gas Reinjection: To eliminate routine flaring and maximize oil recovery, the produced gas is reinjected into the reservoirs.

Reserves

• Estimated Reserves: The Yoho and Awawa reservoirs together have estimated reserves of 0.44 billion barrels of oil.

Historical Context

• Initial Production: The first oil from the Yoho field, which includes Awawa, came onstream almost two years ahead of the full-field start-up using the EPS system.
• Full-Field Start-Up: Full-field production began in January 2006.

Current Status

• Operator Change: Seplat Energy has acquired ExxonMobil's Nigerian joint venture business, which includes the Awawa field.