CI - 27 Gas Field Expansion

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The development objective of the Block CI-27 Gas Field Expansion Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to maintain the availability of clean natural gas for lower cost power generation. The project has two components: The first component is upgrading of the existing foxtrot platform. Foxtrot is the only field in Block CI-27 currently in operation. Gas and a small volume of oil are transported via pipelines to the Vridi terminal in Abidjan, where the gas is sold to the Azito and Compagnie Ivoirienne de Production d’Electricite (Private IPP) (CIPREL) power stations and the oil to the Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (Ivorian Refining Company) (SIR) refinery. The supply lines and facilities that service the existing foxtrot platform will be reconfigured to ensure reliability and uninterrupted gas supply after the field expansion. The second component is addition of a new production platform, wells and pipelines to develop the adjacent Marlin field within the CI-27 block. Under this component the Marlin field will be developed as a new separate four-leg fixed platform with eight slots and five wells. The Marlin platform was ordered in February 2013, after a 2-year delay, resulting from the unstable political situation in Cote d'Ivoire, and gas payment arrears of the power sector.