The start of phase 2 in the field Baleineoff the coast of Ivory Coast, is scheduled to come on stream at the end of 2024 and will increase the field's production to 50,000 barrels per day of oil and around 70 million cubic feet per day of gas, according to the project developer's outlook.
The third phase of the field's development aims to increase production to 150,000 b/d of oil and 200 million cubic feet per day of gas.
Italian oil and gas giant Eni has announced that it will begin producing oil and natural gas from the Baleine field on 28 August 2023, less than two years after its discovery.
Baleine is "the largest hydrocarbon discovery in the Ivorian sedimentary basin". and the "first zero-emissions project" in Africa, according to Eni. Production is managed jointly with the Ivorian oil company Petroci.
Initially, production will be handled by a floating unit capable of processing 15,000 barrels of oil per day and around 25 million cubic feet per day of associated gas.
The project According to ENi, the project "uses the best available technologies to reduce emissions" of greenhouse gases. The "remaining emissions will be offset". through various initiatives, "In particular, the supply of improved ovens to local communities, eliminating the need to use wood or charcoal for cooking..
Eni's presence in Ivory Coast dates back to the 1960s with Agip Ivory Coast. Eni re-entered the country in 2015 and currently holds interests in blocks CI-101 and CI-802 - where the Baleine field extends - as well as four other deepwater Ivorian blocks: CI-205, CI-501, CI. -401 and CI-801, all with the same partner, Petroci Holding.
