(AGENPARL) – Fri 01 August 2025 Eni announces start-up of Agogo Integrated West Hub offshore
Angola
San Donato M.se (Milan), 1 august 2025 – Eni announces the start of production from the
Agogo Integrated West Hub (Agogo IWH) development project, operated by Azule Energy
in block 15/06 in the lower Congo Basin, offshore Angola.
Agogo IWH involves the full field development phase of two fields, Agogo and Ndungu, with
combined reserves of approximately 450 million barrels and an expected peak production
of approximately 180 Kbopd. The beginning of production was achieved thanks to the
successful start-up of the Agogo FPSO, which takes place after only 29 months from FID,
significantly ahead of plan and around 12 months faster than industry average for deepwater
projects of similar scale, whilst maintaining constant focus on safety.
The development of Agogo and Ndungu, which was initiated by Eni before establishing Azule
Energy, fully reflects and exemplifies Eni’s Low Carbon, Fast Track development model,
aimed at maximizing value whilst minimizing time-to-market, subsurface risks and carbon
emissions.
The model leverages Eni’s Developing while Appraising phased approach where fields are
initially put into production through the exploitation of early phases, which allows to de-risk
full field development. In particular, Agogo phase 1 was started up in 2020 with a record
time-to-market for deepwater developments, only 9 months after discovery.
Also, this model leverages in-house engineering capabilities and computational power,
which allow parallelization of subsurface studies, engineering and procurement during front
end loading, and foster a strong grip on the execution phase.
Agogo FPSO integrates a variety of best-in-class and innovative technologies aimed at
minimizing GHG emissions including full electric topside and marine systems and the first
offshore combined cycle power generation system of this size. A pioneering pilot Carbon
Capture and Storage (CCS) unit is also installed onboard the FPSO, to recover remaining
CO2 volumes. Agogo is the first FPSO in Angola where operational carbon emissions are
fully offset.
Agogo IWH project is operated by Azule Energy, a bp and Eni company, with a 36.84% stake
alongside partners Sonangol E&P (36.84%) and Sinopec International (26.32%).
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