ExxonMobil subsidiary begins pipeline fill operations on Chad Cameroon
project
Posted: 29 July 2003
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration
and Production Chad, Inc began pipeline fill operations on the Chad-Cameroon
Oil Development and Pipeline Project on July 24, 2003.
The pipeline has been completed one year ahead of the original
schedule, along with facilities for one of the three oil fields
under development.
The pipeline extends 660 miles from the oilfields in southern Chad
to a Floating, Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel located seven
miles offshore Kribi, Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea.
Construction will continue on the central treating facilities in
Chad and full production is targeted to start by year-end 2003.
Drilling operations are continuing on the remaining two fields.
When completed, production of 225,000 barrels per day is anticipated
from the wells and facilities in these fields.
"To date, the project's overall worker safety record has been
exemplary, with over 50 million hours worked without a lost time
accident on project construction and drilling sites," said
Rex Tillerson, senior vice president, Exxon Mobil Corporation.
To highlight the start of pipeline operations, project inauguration
ceremonies will be held in Chad late September and in Cameroon in
late October.
The project represents an unprecedented effort in the areas of
socioeconomic planning and public consultation.
The consultation process, which began in 1993, has provided the
opportunity for tens of thousands of citizens to have input into
the planning. In addition, multiple levels of monitoring by external
groups has verified the project's compliance with its commitments
under the Environmental and Socioeconomic Management Plans.
The Consortium developing the project is comprised of subsidiaries
of ExxonMobil (operator, 40 per cent interest), Petronas (35 per
cent interest) and ChevronTexaco (25 per cent interest).
For more information see www.exxonmobil.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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