ExxonMobil noted that the development has a capacity of 600 million barrels of oil from the Mondo, Saxi and Batuque fields. Plateau production from the three fields is anticipated to reach a total of 200,000 barrels a day.
The Kizomba C development includes two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels and 36 subsea wells, reportedly making it the largest subsea development operated by ExxonMobil affiliates worldwide.
ExxonMobil stated that the Mondo FPSO took 23 months from the project approval to first oil. The Kizomba C Mondo project brings the total of ExxonMobil worldwide startups to seven since January 2007.
In addition to Esso Angola, which is the operator with a 40% stake, the other participants in Block 15 are BP Exploration Angola, Eni Angola Exploration and StatoilHydro Angola with 26.67%, 20% and 13.33% stakes, respectively. Sonangol is the concessionaire of the block.
