Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract by Italian energy major Eni and its partner Petroci for the Baleine Phase 2 project in the Ivory Coast.
Baker Hughes said that the award includes eight deepwater trees, three Aptara manifolds, the relevant subsea production control system, and flexible risers and jumpers.
The company will deliver a configured-to-order product portfolio across subsea production and flexible pipe systems. These deepwater trees and manifolds, supplemented with subsea production controls and flexible pipe systems, Baker Hughes claims, provide efficiency and cost-effectiveness under demanding conditions while their modular design aids in reducing lead times.
Baker Hughes did not go into the financial details of the contract and only described the deal as ‘major.’
“This collaboration between Baker Hughes and Eni is Africa’s first development project with clear Scope 1 and 2 carbon reduction goals and will deliver innovative technology that will enhance the energy security in Ivory Coast,” said Maria Claudia Borras, executive vice president of Oilfield Services and Equipment at Baker Hughes.
The Baleine project is the largest finding of hydrocarbons made by an energy company in the Ivory Coast, as well as the first commercial discovery made in the country, in the past 20 years.
The discovery has an estimated 2.5 billion barrels of oil and 3.3 trillion cubic feet of associated gas in place. It was made in July 2022 during the drilling of the Baleine East 1X well some 70 kilometres off the coast of Abidjan. Production is expected to start in mid-2023.
A few months ago, Eni and Petroci awarded a drilling deal in the Ivory Coast. Namely, Saipem was awarded a drilling contract worth $400m. The deal includes the use of the recently chartered drillship Deep Value Driller.
