![]() Last year, Chevron cuts its Nigerian workforce by around 25% as it looked to reduce costs and shore up revenues badly hit by the crash in global oil prices. ![]() Nigerian independent Conoil, which has a stake in six oil blocks in the Niger Delta, produced 14,000 b/d in 2019, according to company data. In 2019, Chevron produced around 194,000 b/d in Nigeria, according to company data, representing about 10% of Nigeria's total output of around 2 million b/d. OML 86, also located in central Niger Delta, has six fields, but only two are producing, at very low levels. OML 88 is a shallow-water block located in the central Niger Delta with two producing fields and significant gas reserves. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation holds the remaining 60% stake in both blocks.Īfter disposing off its 40% stakes in OMLs 83 and 85 in 2015, Chevron offered to sell its interests in OMLs 86 and 88 in 2016 but the process has taken a while. "Conoil emerged tops among the bids submitted for the acquisition of the 40% interest held by Chevron in OMLs 86 and 88," one source said. The spokesman however, said the process for the divestment of its interest in these blocks was still to be concluded. ![]() "The process of divesting Chevron's 40% interest in Oil Mining Leases 86 and 88 in Nigeria is ongoing," Chevron spokesman Ray Fohr told S&P Global Platts. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.Ĭhevron confirmed it is in negotiations to offload these two blocks, which have a combined potential of 60 million barrels in oil reserves. ![]()
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