Perenco Congo has confirmed a significant funding venture with the development of a brand new offshore platform, Kombi 2. Kombi 2 is at present underneath building on the Nieuwdorp shipyard (Netherlands) by Dixstone, a sister firm of Perenco, which gives built-in options for the oil and gasoline trade.
To mark Perenco’s funding, the corporate hosted the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Mr. Bruno Jean Richard Itoua, on a tour of the yard and to see the work underway on the Kombi 2 platform. Throughout the Minister’s go to, Perenco Congo and its companions, SNPC, AOGC, and Petrocongo, reaffirmed their dedication to accountable, sustainable, and value-creating growth for the Congolese oil sector.
About Kombi 2
This offshore infrastructure, which might be put in on the Kombi-Likalala-Libondo II (KLL II) allow, will allow to:
Recuperate roughly 7 million cubic toes of gasoline per day (MMcfg/d), decreasing the carbon footprint and higher using the useful resource;
Generate the mandatory electrical energy utilizing two gasoline generators linked to a 33 kV electrical hub;
Improve floor therapy and develop an extra 10 million barrels of reserves by means of the optimization of current wells
Combine a well-bay module to accommodate new wells, with a possible of 10 million further barrels.
The Kombi 2 building venture, together with the upcoming drilling phases, represents an funding of over $200 million. The platform is anticipated to go away the Netherlands in October 2025 and turn into operational in Pointe-Noire in early 2026.
“This venture demonstrates a strong, lasting partnership constructed on mutual belief,” stated Armel Simondin, CEO of Perenco. “For over twenty years, Perenco has been working alongside the Republic of Congo to develop the nation’s sources whereas strengthening infrastructure, native experience, and power sovereignty.”
“Kombi 2 is totally consistent with our dedication to efficiency, operational security, and environmental accountability,” added Stéphane BARC, Managing Director of Perenco Congo. “This new milestone demonstrates our means to mix technical innovation, compliance with essentially the most demanding requirements, and a direct contribution to the nation’s growth.”
The current renewal of the Ikalou II and Likouala II permits, for an preliminary interval of 20 years, consolidates Perenco’s presence in Congo, and can result in a worldwide funding plan estimated to just about $900 million, together with work-over campaigns, growth drilling and the set up of state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Pushed by this long-term imaginative and prescient, Perenco Congo reaffirms its dedication to help the expansion of the Congolese oil sector, and to contribute to the Congolese authorities’ ambition to attain nationwide manufacturing of 500,000 boed by 2030.
