Chevron has started producing natural gas from the Sanha Lean Gas Connection project in the shallow waters of Block 0.
The project will supply gas from the Sanha field to the 750 MW Soyo power plants and the 5 million tonne per annum (MMTPA) Angola Liquefied Natural Gas (ALNG) plant, boosting production capacity and strengthening exports.
The first stage of the Sanha Lean Gas Connection project will deliver 80 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d) of gas to the ALNG plant, while the second stage will add a further 220 MMscf/d through the commissioning of the booster compression module.
Chevron currently supplies the LNG facility with 300 MMscf/d via the Congo River Canyon Crossing Pipeline. (Chevron completed the drilling of a well intersection conduit beneath the Congo River’s submarine canyon—one of the largest in the world—as part of the Congo River Canyon Crossing Pipeline Project, a project it described as a subsea engineering feat when it was completed in 2015.)
At approximately 2,000 feet (610 m) beneath the seabed, the Congo River Crossing is Chevron’s largest-ever well intersection and was the most technically challenging aspect of the project. With the start of operations at the Sanha Lean Gas Connection project, the company will increase feedstock by a further 300 MMscf/d, bringing the total amount to 600 MMscf/d.
In 2021, the Sanha Lean Gas Connection project reached its Final Investment Decision (FID), leading to the design and construction of a new platform integrated with the existing Sanha facilities and the Congo River Canyon Crossing Pipeline.
