Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Block NC 41, 68 miles off the coast of Tripoli
Production: 600 MMscfd of sales gas and about 30,000 barrels of condensate.
Water depth:190 m / 627 ft
Start-up: 2005
The Bahr Essalam Field is located about 68 miles off the coast of Tripoli. The field structure is an ENE/WSW trending narrow and elongated anticline about 31 miles long and 2.4 miles wide located in the central part of area NC41. The project involves a Gas field where gas and associated condensate are produced from (26) wells; (15) platform wells and (11) sub-sea wells. The production is gathered on the platform where the gas is primarily dehydrated and approximately 20 MMSm3/day of sour gas delivered to Mellitah gas plant for further treatment by 36’’ sea-line (110 km), the un-stabilized condensate is delivered to Mellitah process plant by the 10’’sea-line for stabilization. Exploration activities in the field started in 1977 and 1979 by the drilling of wells C1 and C2, followed by another five exploratory wells. The development plan calls for two phases; Phase I included drilling 26 development wells which were put on production in Sep 2005 whereas Phase II will consist of drilling 10 additional development wells.
Operator:
Mellitah Oil & Gas (Tripoli-based joint venture between Eni and Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporatio): 100%
Contractors:
Technip: From concept to project delivery, Technip will build on its integrated model combining its subsea and offshore capabilities. The overall scope of work will see Technip perform the overall design, detailed engineering and deliver the project management, as well as procurement, installation, tie-ins, pre-commissioning and commissioning. This will be associated with the provision of a gas gathering system, comprised of production pipelines, subsea isolation valve (SSIV), umbilicals, as well as extensive diving and installation campaigns. It will also include modifications to the Sabratha platform regarding the topsides. All offshore mobilisations will be undertaken from Malta. The offshore installation is scheduled for the second half of 2017 through to the second half of 2018. A range of vessels from the Group’s fleet will be involved, including Deep Energy Pipelay vessel, Deep Arctic Diving Support Vessel, and G1200 S-Lay vessel. (May 2016)