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Total and partners launch $16B ultra-deep Kaombo project offshore Angola

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Total and its joint venture partners have made the final investment decision to develop the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola. Associated gas will be exported to the onshore Angola LNG plant. France-based Total has been present in Angola since 1953. Location of Kaombo. Click to enlarge.

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Total installs first subsea gas/liquid separation in 800 meters of water in Angolan deep offshore for heavy oil

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Begun in December 2007, development of the Pazflor oil field 150 kilometers (93 miles) offshore Angola is one of the biggest projects currently operated by Total. A number of technological challenges—including subsea gas/liquid separation, a first—are being met to bring the field on stream. Pazflor SSU. Click to enlarge.

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ExxonMobil brings Kearl oil sands expansion online ahead of schedule; overall capacity doubling to 220K barrels per day

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PFT technology processes bitumen on-site to remove water and solids and improve bitumen quality. Energy needs are further reduced through the installation of energy-saving cogeneration facilities. The bitumen is then blended with condensate to create a diluted bitumen product. Kearl has an API gravity of 22.6 wt% sulfur and 8.9

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INPEX and Total launch the $34B Ichthys offshore Australia LNG Project; entire 8.5 Mt/y LNG output already sold for 15 years

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The Ichthys project consists of the development of the Ichthys gas and condensate field offshore North West Australia lying in 260 meters (853 feet) of water depth and the construction of an 889-kilometer (552-mile) gas transmission pipeline together with an onshore LNG plant near Darwin in the Northern Territory.

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