: ''For the Sheffield Wednesday striker see Akpo Sodje'' Akpo fields Discovered in 2000, the Akpo field is located in ultra deepwater of Nigeria. Situated on OML 130 approximately from

Port Harcourt Port Harcourt (Pidgin: ''Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)'' is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is locate ...

, Akpo's water depths range from . A gas and condensate field, Akpo is operated by Total, holding a 24% interest in the project. Other participants in the license include CNOOC with 45% interest, Petrobras with 16%, NNPC with 10% and Sapetro with 5%

Field Development

Beginning in 2005, the Akpo field development project includes 44 wells—22 production wells, 20 water injection wells and two gas injection—of which 22 have already been drilled, tied-back to an FPSO. The subsea infrastructure consists of 110 kilometers of a complex ...

Activities

BJ Services Completes Major Subsea Ops Offshore Nigeria Type: Subsea Equipment Nov. 2009 - A subsea pipeline pre-commissioning operation performed by BJ Services Company was completed on the Akpo field in the Oil Mining Lease 130 Block, roughly south of Port Harcourt, Nigeria in water depths of . The company performed a series of pre-commissioning services on the field's flowlines and umbilicals. Akpo achieved first production in March 2009, and peak production of of condensate a day and per day of gas is expected during the fourth quarter of 2009.

Sources

* http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=22216 * Oil fields of Nigeria Natural gas fields in Nigeria {{gasfield-stub