Government of Yement today informed Nexen that the company’s application to extend the Block 14 (Masila) Production Sharing Contract has not been accepted, and that a newly Yemen national company will take over the operatorship of the block upon the PSC expiry on December 17.
Marvin Romanow, Nexen’s President and CEO said: “While we’re disappointed we did not receive an extension, we’re proud of the accomplishments we’ve achieved there. Our operations at Masila have generated significant value for our company, enabling us to deploy the cash flow to build our current portfolio of legacy assets.”
Nexen explained on its website that decrease in the company’s all round production volumes as a result of the contract expiry will be reduced by the start-up of the Usan project, offshore Nigeria, which is expected to begin production in the first half of next year.
The Usan field was discovered in 2002 and is located some 100 kilometers offshore in water depths ranging from 750 to 850 meters. The field development plan includes a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with a storage capacity of two million barrels of oil.
[mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff , November 23, 2011