Production started at a key project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region at the Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2 integrated oil and gas development, project operator Shell announced on Wednesday.
"Peak production of around 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day is expected in 2019," the company announced.
Phase 2 follows the success of the first phase of the Gbaran-Ubie development, which was commissioned in June 2010, Shell said.
"Gas from Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2 will strengthen supply to the domestic market and maintain supply to the export market," said Andy Brown, Shell’s upstream director.
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the operator of a joint venture between the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with a 55 percent share, SPDC with 30 percent, Total E&P Nigeria Ltd with 10 percent and ENI's subsidiary Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited with a 5 percent stake.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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