Project Profile

Value: US$1.3b (upstream) & US$1.3b (construction of the Kudu power station)
Location: Production Licence 003, Block 2814A, Oranjemund
Reserves: 38 bcm 2C
Discovery year: 1974 (by Shell)
Start-up year: 2015
Estimated reserves: 1.8 tcf gas

Kudu lies 170 km off the southwest coast of Namibia and holds an estimated 1.8 tcf. Gas will be piped from the field to the proposed 800MWe gas fired power plant. The gas will be used to generate electricity from the Kudu 800MW CCGT Power Station, which is to be constructed and run by NamPower (Pty) Ltd and its partners.

Tullow, similarly to Shell\'s past history, left the field because it did not manage to develop it commercially. (November, 2014)

Geology

The reservoir rock  is Early Cretaceous aged ‘Aeolian’ sandstone  overlain with volcanic ash & basalt.

Field Development Plan (proposed by Tullow and later adapted by NAMCOR)

Three development wells will produce the gas via subsea wellheads and flowlines. The gas will be processed on board a Floating Production System (FPS) vessel prior to entering a 170km, 18” pipeline.  onshore the gas will be received at the KuduPower plant, with twin trains delivering 850MW output.


Operators:

BWKudu (subsidiary of BW Offshore): Operator with 56% interest

NAMCOR (National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia) with the support of the GRN (Government of Namibia):  44% interest

NamPower (downstream partners)

Contractors:

Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants: Subsea FEED contract  

GE Oil & Gas: Subsea trees

J P Kenny: Subsea FEED contract

Woodhill Frontier: Subsea FEED contract