Croatia Signs Grant Agreement to Drill Four Geothermal Wells for Urban Heating Croatia has approved a major new investment to expand the use of geothermal energy for district heating in four cities. Velika Gorica, Osijek, Vinkovci, and Zaprešić are set to receive an additional EUR 35.3 million for geothermal development, including the drilling of four new wells that could support urban heating systems by 2030. The funding marks the second phase of a broader geothermal program designed to convert Croatia’s underground heat resources into reliable, domestic energy for homes, public buildings, businesses, agriculture, and industry. Across the two phases, the total investment in the four locations is expected to reach approximately EUR 86 million. The project is significant because it moves Croatia’s geothermal strategy beyond exploration. The country is now preparing the infrastructure needed to create production-and-injection well pairs, establish closed geothermal systems, an...
FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba; Source: MODEC
French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has approved a final investment decision (FID) for an oil development project located in the Santos Basin, 300 km off the coast of Brazil. TotalEnergies announced the FID for the Lapa South-West oil development project on Monday, 16 January 2023. The French player operates this project with a 45 per cent interest, in partnership with Shell (30 per cent) and Repsol Sinopec (25 per cent).
David Mendelson, Senior Vice President, Americas at TotalEnergies Exploration & Production, remarked: “This latest development is an important milestone for TotalEnergies in Brazil that will increase its operated production in the pre-salt Santos Basin, a key growth area for the company. With its efficient engineering approach and synergies with existing facilities, this project illustrates TotalEnergies’ strategy of focusing on low-cost, low-emissions assets.”
The Lapa South-West project will be developed through three wells, connected to an existing FPSO – located 12 km away – currently producing in the northeast part of the Lapa field since 2016. This development represents an investment of approximately $1 billion.
The Lapa field is a pre-salt oil and gas field in the Santos basin, which lies within the core pre-salt cluster area previously known as Carioca before its declaration of commerciality in December 2013. Discovered in 2007, the Lapa field’s full commercial production started in late 2016 through the 100,000 b/d FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba MV27. This FPSO has an oil processing capacity of 100,000 barrels a day, a gas processing capacity of 177 million cubic feet a day, an oil storage capacity of 1.6 million barrels and a water injection capacity of 120,000 barrels of water per day.
The production start-up at the Lapa South-West project is expected in 2025, increasing production from the Lapa field by 25,000 barrels of oil per day, bringing the overall production to 60,000 barrels of oil per day. It's worth noting that TotalEnergies was also part of a consortium that won the award of an offshore exploration block in December 2022, during the first cycle of Brazil’s open acreage under a production-sharing regime bid held in Rio de Janeiro.
TotalEnergies is a major player in the energy industry and this new oil development project is a significant investment for the company. The focus on low-cost, low-emissions assets is also in line with the industry's current trend towards sustainable energy production. This new project will help increase the company's production in the pre-salt Santos Basin, which is a key growth area for TotalEnergies. The expected production start-up in 2025 will bring an increase of 25,000 barrels of oil per day and will bring the overall production to 60,000 barrels of oil per day
French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has approved a final investment decision (FID) for an oil development project located in the Santos Basin, 300 km off the coast of Brazil. TotalEnergies announced the FID for the Lapa South-West oil development project on Monday, 16 January 2023. The French player operates this project with a 45 per cent interest, in partnership with Shell (30 per cent) and Repsol Sinopec (25 per cent).
David Mendelson, Senior Vice President, Americas at TotalEnergies Exploration & Production, remarked: “This latest development is an important milestone for TotalEnergies in Brazil that will increase its operated production in the pre-salt Santos Basin, a key growth area for the company. With its efficient engineering approach and synergies with existing facilities, this project illustrates TotalEnergies’ strategy of focusing on low-cost, low-emissions assets.”
The Lapa South-West project will be developed through three wells, connected to an existing FPSO – located 12 km away – currently producing in the northeast part of the Lapa field since 2016. This development represents an investment of approximately $1 billion.
The Lapa field is a pre-salt oil and gas field in the Santos basin, which lies within the core pre-salt cluster area previously known as Carioca before its declaration of commerciality in December 2013. Discovered in 2007, the Lapa field’s full commercial production started in late 2016 through the 100,000 b/d FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba MV27. This FPSO has an oil processing capacity of 100,000 barrels a day, a gas processing capacity of 177 million cubic feet a day, an oil storage capacity of 1.6 million barrels and a water injection capacity of 120,000 barrels of water per day.
The production start-up at the Lapa South-West project is expected in 2025, increasing production from the Lapa field by 25,000 barrels of oil per day, bringing the overall production to 60,000 barrels of oil per day. It's worth noting that TotalEnergies was also part of a consortium that won the award of an offshore exploration block in December 2022, during the first cycle of Brazil’s open acreage under a production-sharing regime bid held in Rio de Janeiro.
TotalEnergies is a major player in the energy industry and this new oil development project is a significant investment for the company. The focus on low-cost, low-emissions assets is also in line with the industry's current trend towards sustainable energy production. This new project will help increase the company's production in the pre-salt Santos Basin, which is a key growth area for TotalEnergies. The expected production start-up in 2025 will bring an increase of 25,000 barrels of oil per day and will bring the overall production to 60,000 barrels of oil per day
Source: OFFSHORE ENERGY
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