Kizomba C

Location and Block Details

• The Kizomba C oil project is located in Block 15, offshore Angola, approximately 145 kilometers off the coast[4|.
• The project is situated in water depths of about 2,400 feet (800 meters).

Project Participants and Ownership

• The project is operated by Esso Exploration Angola, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, which holds a 36% stake.
• Other participants include BP Exploration (Angola) Limited with 26.67%, Eni S.P.A. with 20%, and Equinor (formerly Statoil-Hydro) with 13.33%. Sonangol, the Angolan state oil company, is the concessionaire with a 10% stake.

Project Details

• The Kizomba C development targets the Mondo, Saxi, and Batuque oil fields.
• Production from the Mondo field began in January 2008, while Saxi and Batuque started production in August 2008.

Production and Reserves

• The project is designed to develop approximately 600 million barrels of oil from the Mondo, Saxi, and Batuque fields.
• The expected peak production rate from the three fields is around 200,000 barrels per day, with Mondo alone anticipated to plateau at 100,000 barrels per day.
• As of 2021, the remaining recoverable reserves for the Kizomba C project were estimated at 53.24 million barrels of crude oil and condensate.

Infrastructure

• The Kizomba C development features two Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessels and 36 subsea wells, making it the largest subsea development operated by ExxonMobil affiliates worldwide.
• The FPSOs are capable of processing and storing significant amounts of oil, with each FPSO having a storage capacity of 2.2 million barrels of oil, similar to the Kizomba A and B FPSOs.

Investment and Local Content

• The project involved significant investment, with nearly $1.5 billion spent on local goods and services, including contracts for in-country fabrication, logistics support, training, and development of Angolan personnel.
• Local Angolan companies played a crucial role in the project, providing subsea manifolds, helidecks, laydown modules, umbilicals, anchor piles, and specialized turret components fabricated in Angola.

Production History

• Production from the Kizomba C development began in January 2008 with the Mondo field, followed by Saxi and Batuque in August 2008.

Environmental and Operational Considerations

• The project's environmental impact was assessed as part of the broader Block 15 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which considered the cumulative effects of multiple developments in the block.

Technological and Operational Achievements

• The project utilized ExxonMobil's "design one, build multiple" strategy, which helped in completing the Kizomba C Mondo FPSO in a record time of 23 months from project approval to first oil.
• The project demonstrated ExxonMobil's capabilities in deepwater execution and its commitment to strengthening local business capabilities in Angola.