Operated by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, the East Area Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) II project involves the recovery of 275 million barrels of natural gas liquids from associated gas produced in East Area reservoirs from Blocks OML 67, 68 and 70.
Major components of the project include an offshore natural gas liquids extraction complex, more than 200km of new natural gas and natural gas liquids pipelines, and expansion of the existing onshore Bonny River Terminal for fractionation of the liquids into commercial products and offloading.
The natural gas liquids project is part of an integrated approach to significantly reduce flaring in conjunction with the existing East Area Additional Oil Recovery project. The projects are expected to significantly reduce flaring and improve oil recovery through reservoir pressure maintenance.
In addition, the East Area NGL II project will produce at its peak about 50,000 barrels of natural gas liquids per day. It is designed to ultimately recover 275 million barrels of natural gas liquids and utilize 950 million standard cubic feet of gas daily.
Mark Albers, senior vice president of ExxonMobil, said: The East Area NGL II project was completed ahead of schedule with outstanding safety performance and demonstrates ExxonMobil’s ongoing commitment to helping meet the world’s growing need for energy. In addition, this project represents the first time a major oil and gas joint venture in Nigeria has completed a financing package exclusively through Nigerian financial institutions.
