Peter Uzoho
Bonga, Nigeria’s first deep-water oil asset growth has stated the corporate is an excellent producer as a result of efficient management, cutting-edge know-how, steady enchancment, built-in supply and collaboration with companions and stakeholders.
Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Firm Restricted (SNEPCo), Elohor Aiboni, acknowledged this yesterday throughout a presentation on the ongoing Offshore Know-how Convention (OTC) in Houston, Texas, United States.
Since approaching stream in November 2005, Bonga has maintained a monitor file of manufacturing that noticed it obtain 1 billion barrels of export on February 13, 2023.
Aiboni mirrored on the success components that enabled the milestone in a presentation titled: “The Bonga Journey to a Billion Barrels.”
Aiboni famous that Bonga has been constant, recalling that in 2014, 9 years after coming on-stream, it achieved half a billion barrels of crude and doubled it in 2023.
“Now we have labored relentlessly to make sure wonderful asset administration, undertaking and wells supply and deployment of know-how and improvements in our operations.
“These components, coupled with the supportive partnership of the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted and our co-venturers – TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Restricted; Nigerian Agip Exploration; and Esso Exploration and Manufacturing Nigeria Restricted, make Bonga stand out as a world-class funding case”, she stated.
Aiboni added that SNEPCo additionally loved the assist of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) and the Nigerian Content material Improvement and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) within the success of Bonga operations.
She spoke of the challenges of preserving the Bonga Floating Manufacturing, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel full because the asset ages and coping with sudden developments with subsea wells and gear.
“SNEPCo responded with a marketing campaign of operational excellence, which amongst different initiatives, led to the creation of a programme generally known as the Bonga Enterprise Enchancment Plan that frequently opinions and identifies enchancment initiatives and drives sustainability in operations and upskilling of workers”, she famous.
Aiboni identified that Bonga’s success story had been led by Nigerians who’ve been managing administrators of SNEPCo because it was established in 1993, in a deliberate coverage by Shell to develop indigenous manpower for deep-water operations in Nigeria.
She maintained that immediately, some 97 per cent of the SNEPCo workforce is Nigerian and general, Bonga has helped to create a brand new technology of Nigerian deep-water professionals.
“Our imaginative and prescient at SNEPCo stays to be the very best deep-water enterprise, powering progress and attaining web zero emissions consistent with Shell’s Powering Progress technique”, Aiboni added.
