Construction works of the Central processing facility (CPF) for
the Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) in Kikuube district currently stand at
70 percent.
The China National Offshore Oil Company, Uganda (CUL) is
the operator of KFDA on behalf of the Joint Venture Partners (JVPs) comprising
TotalEnergies Exploration, and Production, Uganda (TEPU) with the majority
participating interest of 56.67%, Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) with 15%,
and CNOOC Uganda Limited (CUL) with 28.33%.
The Central processing facility (CPF) will have the
capacity to process forty thousand (40,000) barrels of oil per day during peak
production.
The processed crude oil will be transported to the Delivery
Point at Nyamasoga village in Kabaale parish, Kabaale sub-county in Hoima district through a 10” inner diameter Feeder
pipeline that is approximately forty- eight (48) km long.
Currently, the construction works of the CPF being executed by CCJV are steadily progressing
well with the CNOOC officials stating that it will be ready by December 2025.
The major components of the Central Processing Facility include the installation of the
on-spec tanks, sludge storage area, construction of Pipeline investigation gauge
(PIG), Construction Fuel gas compressor, water treatment plant, Separators, Fire
water pump, warehouse, fire water tank, substation, office building, Basic
sediment and water plant (BS$W) and truck loading skid among other facilities. These
are all crucial pieces of equipment needed for the CPF to effectively operate.
Other works at the facility construction of over eighteen (18) km
of buried flow lines, a Lake Water Abstraction station together with supporting
infrastructure, which includes camps, a Support base, a Materials yard, a
Safety checkpoint, a jetty, and access roads.
Joseph Omwasa, a Communications Engineer with CNOOC Uganda Limited told
Uganda Radio Network (URN) in an interview that, construction and installation
of the key equipment that are crucial for the central processing facility to
fully operate are being undertaken vigorously and that by December 2025, the facility will be ready.
//Cue in: “When the fluid…
Cue out:…shall be ready.”//
Engineer Omwasa says some of the key remaining works at the
facility are pipe fitting for oil and gas, construction of a substation, testing the
equipment, construction of a warehouse, working on the underground flare package,
fire water station and the office building among others.
//Cue in: “Currently civil works…
Cue out:…then the warehouse.”//
The final investment decision (FID) for KFDA was announced
in February 2022 alongside that for the sister project Tilenga and the East
African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
The Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the KFDA Project
was completed in February 2018.
The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) was
completed, and a certificate was issued by the National Environment Management
Authority in February 2020.
The development of the Kingfisher field is planned to be
undertaken through onshore drilling of thirty-one (31) Development Wells from
four (4) wells using one (1) drilling rig.
On January 24th, 2023, President Yoweri Museveni launched
spudding (drilling) following the successful erection of a rig; LR8001
specially designed for the deep offshore oil wells.
