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OML 13: NNPCL, NOSL Hit First Oil, Ramp Output To 40,000 bopd

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd.) and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd. (NOSL) have announced the successful commencement of oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13 in Akwa Ibom State. The NNPC E&P Ltd. is an NNPC Ltd’s flagship upstream subsidiary, while NOSL is a subsidiary of Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Ltd (SEEPCO). Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., made this known in a statement on Sunday. Soneye said the production, which commenced on May 6 with 6,000…

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OML 11: Lekoil Nigeria Spuds Otakikpo Well 4, Surges Target to 10,000 bopd

Abibat Babalola

Lekoil Nigeria Limited has announced that its Otakikpo Joint Ventures successfully spudded one of the wells, Otakikpo-4 as part of the Phase 2 development expected to bring aggregate production to a targeted estimated 10,000+ bopd with 4,000+ net to LOGL by the end of 2022 Platforms Africa reports that the well is on Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11. In a statement sent to Platforms Africa, the company hannounced on behalf of the Otakikpo Joint Venture (“Otakikpo JV”) made up of Green Energy International Limited (“GEIL”), the Operator, and the Technical…

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OML 40 suffers 2nd explosion in 4 months, shuts-in 10,000 barrels

Efe Wellington

Another explosion on Tuesday, November 3, rocked a production facility in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 40, impacting about 10,000 barrels of oil per day. The explosion, checks by Platforms  Africa showed, occured four months after a similar incident at the same OML 40 killed seven people in July this year. The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which confirmed this in a late night statement on Tuesday, added that no casualty or injury was recorded from the explosion. The statement issued…

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