Operators of the Bonga deepwater oilfield, SNEPCO has shut it down so as to be able to carry out turnaround maintenance and invariably attain continuous optimum operations at the field, Thiday reports.
The said maintenance will sure lead to a drop of about 200000 barrels in Nigeria’s daily crude oil production. The Bonga Oilfield is operated by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited under Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
According to the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Bayo Ojulari, the turnaround maintenance is aimed at ensuring optimal production with focus on safety and other invaluable benefits.
In his words: “The exercise will help ensure sustained production and reduced unscheduled production deferments. For the Bonga team, this is another opportunity to excel, having won the ‘Asset of the Year’ Award 2016 in the Shell Group, followed by runners-up in Norway and Malaysia. We are pleased that the award recognised the continuing collaboration towards optimum production with a focus on safety, cost and Nigerian content development which will be invaluable in the maintenance work,”
Shell Nigeria spokesman, Mr. Bamidele Odugbesan, said production from the field was shut down on March 4, 2017, and is expected to resume at the conclusion of the exercise next month.
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