Gimboa Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Sonangol
- Country: Angola
- Location: 85 km offshore the Angolan cost, in the block 4
- Production start: 2009
- Partners:
- Type: Oil / Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Gimboa project consists of three production and four water injection subsea wells, clustered around a central manifold and tied-back to a floating production storage and offloading unit, the [[[Gimboa FPSO]]]
+++ Contractors
- **Saipem:** Contract for the provision and management of a FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessel
- **Aker Kvaerner:** Project management, engineering, manufacturing, testing, delivery and installation support for the Gimboa subsea production system
- **Technip:** engineering, procurement, fabrication, testing, installation and pre-commissioning of:
* one production and one water injection flexible flowlines * one gas lift flexible pipe, * one service umbilical, * associated flexible risers system, and * flexible well jumpers
+++ History
- 2004 - Gimboa Oil Field discovered
- 2006 - Sonangol signed a contract with Aker Kvaerner for supply of the subsea production system
- 2006 - Saipem awarded FPSO contract
- 2007 - Additional reserves discovered
- 2009 - First production
+++ Geology
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