Takula Oil and Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Chevron
• Country: Angola
• Location: offshore Cabinda
• Production start:
• Partners: Sonangol
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The Takula field is located approximately 40 km west-northwest of the Malongo terminal, offshore Cabinda, Angola, in water depths of 50-75 m
• The Takula Gas Processing Platform, added in 2008 is bridge-linked to an existing platform
• TGPP is a single-train facility designed as a 5,000-metric tonne, single-lift modular deck with facilities to process approximately 100 million standard cubic feet per day (scf/d) of sour gas for injection and delivery to the new onshore Cabinda Gas Plant.

+++ Contractors

• **Samsung:** Gas Processing Platform
• **Hyundai Heavy Industries:** Water Injection Platform
• **Saipem:**
  • Well Platform EPIC
  • EPIC contract for the Flare and Relief Modifications (FARM) Project
  • Takula Onshore Treating Facility
  • Installation of GPP Pipelines
• **AMEC Paragon:** AAGM Program - Front-end engineering design services & detailed engineering and procurement assistance
• **Emtunga:**MCC & switchgear module

+++ History

• 1971 - Takula Oil And Gas Field discovered
• 1999 - Onshore Treating Facility completed
• 2008 - The Takula Gas Processing Platform installed

+++ Geology

• The field consists of major oil accumulations in multiple reservoirs in carbonates of Lower Cretaceous age

+++ Links

1. Takula Oil Field, Cabinda, Angola
2. Emtunga Offshore Platform References
3. Hyundai Heavy Industries Platform References
4. Saipem Africa Pipeline References
5. Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Major Projects
6. Saipem Gas And Oil Production And Treating Facilities References
7. Samsung Platform References
8. Saipem wins new contracts worth euro 410 million in Gabon and Angola
9. AMEC Paragon contributes to successful installation of Chevron’s Takula Gas Processing Platform