Name and Location
Moho-Bilondo Nord deep-water field development, off the Republic of Congo (ROC).

Project Description
The project involves the development of the Moho-Bilondo Nord deepwater oilfield, located 80 km off the ROC, in water depths ranging from 540 m to 660 m.

Two of the four reservoir structures discovered, namely Mobim and Bilondo, which are buried under 1 100 m and 1 200 m of unstable sediment respectively, have been brought on stream to date.

Moored to the bottom by 12 anchors, the Moho-Bilondo Nord floating production unit (FPU) handles, receives and processes production. Surplus gas is sent to the Nkossa field for injection and the crude oil is exported to the onshore Djéno terminal. The FPU is connected to the subsea production system by flexible lines insulated from the cold and by control cables.

The FPU is 188.5 m long, 34 m wide and 12.5 m high. It is designed to handle 90 000 bbl/d and 60-million cubic feet of natural gas a day.

Value
An estimated $10-billion.

Duration
The development and production rights for Moho-Bilondo expire in 2030.

Client
France’s Total (operator) (53.5%), US-based Chevron (31.5%) and Congolese national oil company, Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (15%).

Key Contracts and Suppliers
FMC Technologies (subsea system, including subsea trees, jumpers, manifolds, production control and intervention systems); Acergy (engineering, procurement, supply and installation of umbilicals and flowlines, as well as engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of the pipeline connecting the FPU to the terminal); Hyundai Heavy Industries (engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the FPU); and Doris Engineering (front-end engineering design for the FPU processing equipment and the mooring system).

Latest Developments
Total forecasts that an investment of $10-billion is required to develop the Moho-Bilondo Nord offshore project. The company estimated in 2010 that the field contained about 300-million barrels of oil and that a decision on the development could be taken by mid-2011.

The capital expenditure will be split among the three companies, as will the profits, after which the government will receive its share of production under the production sharing contract, which specifies the tax regime.

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
Total media relations, tel +33 1 4744 4699 or fax +33 1 4744 6821.