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Ikike field will help Nigeria bridge production gap – TotalEnergies

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TotalEnergies has said the commencement of production from its Ikike field would help to bridge Nigeria’s oil production gap which had declined in recent times.

Mr Mike Sangster, the Managing Director, TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria, made this known at the 2022 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) in Lagos.

Ikike project is a Joint Venture between TotalEnergies (40 per cent) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (60 per cent).

Located 20 kilometers off the coast, at a depth of about 20 meters, the Ikike platform is tied back to the existing Amenam offshore facilities through a 14km multiphase pipeline.

Represented by Mr Victor Bandele, the Deputy Managing Director, Deepwater, TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria, Sangster said the field would add 50,000 barrels per day to Nigeria’s oil production.

He said: “That kind of the project first is low capex, which is what Nigeria needs now. It is high profit, which is what Nigeria needs now and it’s helping to bridge the gap that we have caused by ourselves.

“Today, our Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota is 1.8 million barrels, we are producing less than 1.3 million.

“So, what for me is success is that we don’t waste the capacity that we should have as a country.

“When we are supposed to be producing 1.8 million, we should do more than that and be able to take benefits of what we have today.”

Sangster called for more collaboration among operators in the sector to optimise cost and improve efficiency in their operations.

He said there was a need for the industry stakeholders to work with the government in addressing the current security challenges such as pipeline vandalism and oil theft that was affecting the sector.

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TotalEnergies inaugurate 4 projects in South-South

TotalEnergies and its partners have inaugurated four projects in the southern states as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

TotalEnergies made the announcement in a statement posted on its website.

The statement said the projects included a maternal and child referral centre inside the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Cross River.

It said the other projects were borehole and water treatment plants project at Ikiri, Rivers, Warri in Delta, and Odukpani, in Cross River.

Mike Sangster, Managing Director, TotalEnergies Upstream Companies in Nigeria, said the partners were the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Prime 130 and Sapetro.

Sangster the projects were borne out of the need to mitigate the gaps in qualitative and technical education, maternal and child health, access to clean water, and women and youth empowerment.

He said the locations of these projects were carefully chosen for maximum impact, coming from the needs assessment carried out before the deployment.

“It is important to note that these projects were realised using the novel approach of “Project Managers”.

“This approach which is new in the industry, permits the delivery of projects in remote and challenging environments while ensuring the use of local expertise and stakeholder engagement.

“I am very happy the pilot projects were successful. We are using the Return on Experience, to improve our processes and deliver our second and third phases faster and better”, he said.

Also, Mr Bala Wunti, the Group Generel Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, said NNPC was committed to implementation of sustainable development community projects.

Wunti said: “These projects were borne out of the need to mitigate the gaps in health care, quality education, water, and women and youth empowerment in line with the relevant Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

“NNPC and its partners are socially responsible organisations committed to improving the livelihood of the citizens of our great country, Nigeria.”

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TotalEnergies, partners inaugurate 4 projects in South-East

TotalEnergies and its partners have inaugurated four projects in the south eastern part of the country, as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

TotalEnergies made the announcement in a statement posted on its website on Saturday in Lagos.

The statement said the projects included a maternal and child referral centre, mammography centre, as well as solar-powered treated borehole water facilities.

According to the statement, the Maternal and Child Referral Centre built inside the General Hospital, Baraki, Arochukwu in Abia, was inaugurated on April 1.

“The project is a fully equipped maternal and child referral centre, complete with state-of-the art facilities.

“They include a main reception and waiting area of 30 persons sitting capacity, wards for children, mother and neo natal, theatre, recovery and stabilisation rooms, two consultation rooms, nurse bay, technical room, and medical record office.

“The facilities include equipped laboratory, equipped modern theatre, delivery room with two multi-purpose delivery beds, two pharmacy stores and two changing rooms and a borehole installation.

The statement said it included a power supply of 60KVA generator, solar power of 15KVA installed, toilets for staff, patients, fully furnished with relevant seats, tables, examination bed, and air conditioning equipment.

It said TotalEnergies and its partners also inaugurated and handed over of a Mammography Centre at Imo State Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH).

“The state-of-the-art facility includes a main reception and waiting area of 21 persons sitting capacity, radiologist’s office, mammography technicians’ bay and changing room two patients’ changing rooms.

“It also includes clinical examination room, treatment room, Bard Magnum Breast Lump Biopsy Set for image-guided breast lump biopsies, as well as the Senographe Pristina 3D equipment.

“This equipment delivers 3D imaging at lowest radiation exposure with superior diagnostic accuracy in the detection of breast cancer.

“It offers Digital Breast Tomosyntheses and Stereotaxy for enhanced image-guided biopsy and has capacity to process 120 examinations per day.

“It is ideal for screening exercises. The facility comes complete with a 40kva generator for stable power supply,” the statement said.

The statement quoted the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Prosper Success Ohanwawa, as saying that the facility would help in early detection which would in turn mitigate death cases arising from breast cancer.

It also quoted, Dr Ifeanyi Nwamba, Chief Medical Director, IMSUTH, as saying that provision of the facility by TotalEnergies and partners, demonstrated deep commitment to the state.

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TotalEnergies appoints new chairman

The Board of Directors of TotalEnergies Marketing Directors Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Mr Jean-Philippe Torres as the Chairman of the company.

This is contained in a notice posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. signed by the Company Secretary/Executive General Manager, Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, on Wednesday in Lagos.

The statement said the appointment was effective Nov. 25.

It said Torres started his working career as an analyst in the French Ministry for Economy and Finance.

He joined the Total Group in 1992 as a Financial Controller in the Combustible Fuels Division of Elf Antar France.

“In 1993, he moved to Elf Raffinage Distribution, as Treasurer in charge of the African affiliates.

“In 1995, he was the Sales and Marketing Manager for Elf Oil Zaire, and went on to hold a similar position in Senegal in 1997.

“In 2001, Torres was appointed Managing Director of Total Togo and Total Benin and in 2004, Managing Director of Fina Congo. In 2007, he was appointed Strategy and M&A Senior Project Manager, Total Raffinage Marketing, Paris.

“In 2011, he was appointed General Manager Retail and Fuel Cards of Total Germany,” said the statement.

It added that Torres became the Executive Vice-President North & Central America of Total Marketing & Services, Americas Division in 2014, was appointed Managing Director of Total Nigeria Plc in 2016 and left the Board in 2018 when he was appointed the Vice President East & Central Africa.

He became the Executive Vice President Mediterranean & Indian Ocean in September 2021 and Senior Vice President Africa TotalEnergies Marketing & Services in November 2021.

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Total Energies, NNPC to strengthen partnership

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and TotalEnergies have resolved to strengthen partnership to forge an effective delivery of services to stakeholders.
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari said when the new President, Exploration and Production of TotalEnergies, Nicolas Terraz and his delegation visited him in Abuja, on Friday.
“ We are very proud of the partnership you gave us, coming down to stay and work with us; we will continue to work together for the betterment of all our shareholders.
“We will continue to partner most especially with deepening gas production and reservation.
“I assure you that the NNPC will continue .to strive to ensure that our commitment is strong for the common good, especially as we are becoming a national oil company,’’ he said
Kyari said that NNPC would need TotalEnergies’ support on Energy Transition move to enable the country to catch up with the global community.
He commended the team for the visit and reiterated the willingness of NNPC to strengthen partnership with TotalEnergies.
In his remarks. Terraz thanked the GMD for receiving the delegation and noted that the visit was important after the company had rebranded as TotalEnergies.
He said that the visit was to strengthen the existing partnership with the NNPC.
Terraz said TotalEnergies was happy that its existing projects in Nigeria were going on well.
“Thank you for welcoming us and having good discussion on partnerships,’’ he said.

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Climate change: TotalEnergies seeks commitment to carbon neutrality

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TotalEnergies has called for a collective commitment from petroleum industry stakeholders to carbon neutrality by 2050 in order to combat climate change.
Mr Mike Sangster, Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd., made the call at the 2021 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) on Monday in Lagos.
The conference has as its theme: “The Future of Energy – A Trilogy of Determinants: Climate Change, Public Health, and the Global Oil Market.”
Sangster, represented by Mr Victor Bandele, Deputy Managing Director, Deep Water, Total E&P Nigeria, noted that there was a clear relationship between climate change and public health.
He added that the industry must address concerns over its contribution to climate change.
According to him, the production and use of energy contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
He said: “Therefore, meeting the climate challenge will mean embarking on energy transition, i.e. transforming the way we produce and use energy.
“TotalEnergies believes that climate change is a reality and requires the collective mobilisation of society. The 2015 Paris Agreement generated a groundswell of awareness of the climate emergency.
“Five years later, the target recommended by the experts is a carbon-neutral society by 2050. This is a demanding goal that we must all, collectively, commit to.”
Sangster said since 2015, TotalEnergies had steered a determined course to new energies, in line with its ambition to provide reliable, affordable and clean energy.
“This means that the future of energy is changing, and if we must remain relevant in the energy market of the future, then we must continue to adapt.
“Together with society, we are adapting to a world-class player in the energy transition with a target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,” he said.
Sangster stated that the decade 2020-2030 would be a decade of change for TotalEnergies as it would become a broad energy company.
He said the company’s production and sales mix would change significantly by 2030.
“It will be 50 per cent gas; 35 per cent oil and liquid biofuels; 15 per cent electricity, mostly renewable.
“By 2050, the mix would be 40 per cent renewable power, 40 per cent gas and 20 per cent liquid products.
“The third leg of the trilogy is global oil market innovation, which I believe will fuel the engine of the energy transition,” he said.
Sangster explained that there was no other industry better positioned than oil and gas industry to lead the crusade on clean energy and carbon neutrality.
“We have the technology; we have the capability; we have the people and the balance sheet,” Sangster said.
He said the industry must strive to achieve the market innovation to strike a balance between meeting the energy needs of a growing world population and meeting same in a sustainable, carbon-neutral manner.

Total to go Ahead With Ikike Oil Project in Nigeria

TotalEnergies invests $60bn in Nigeria

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Mr Victor Bamidele, Deputy Managing Director, Deep water District. TotalEnergies, says the company has invested over 60 billion dollars in exploration and other projects in Nigeria.
Bamidele disclosed at the Ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja, on Monday.
He spoke on the topic : Expanding the Nigerian Content Frontiers through. intra-African Trade”
” TotalEnergies as we are now called has being in Africa for more than 80 years, and have been working in exploration activities in Nigeria for over 60 years.
” In the upstream sector we have a diversifying portfolio in Nigeria with facilities spanning in onshore, deep waters and LNG, we are very proud of strong partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) and various partners over the years.
” Our upstream branch plays a significant economic and Social role in the Nigerian contributing about 15 per cent of the country’ s production.
” Nigeria as one of our core area of activities is also crucial to TotalEnergies group accounting for 12 per cent of equity production.
“In the past few years ago, TotalEnergies has invested approximately about 10 billion in the country through executing development projects,” he said.
He added that over the years the companies activities had helped in creating jobs and many other benefits in spite the challenging environment it operates.
Represented by Olalere Babasola, Executive Manager, Government Relations, he said that as a Company, TotalEnergies strongly believed in the vast potentials in Nigeria.
He noted that EGINA Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels(FPSO) was completed in 2018 and currently investing in the development of IKIKE Project.
He said that Egina was developed in 2013 after the NOGIC act was established adding that it remained the companies third biggest FPSO project that had boosted local content.
He noted that Egina in terms of employment ensured over 47 million manpower development about 77 percent of the total project work load adding that 60 per cent of fabrication was also in country among many others.
“EGINA has increased Nigeria’s crude oil production capacity by 10 per cent, ” he said.
” IKIKE development field is with OML 99, 20 kilometer offshore, is being developed as a statelite terminal in spite its size and content objective .
” Our target is to achieve 90 per cent local content with 100 per cent project management in country, 100 per cent detail and basic engineering in Nigeria, 100 per cent procurement by locals 3000 direct jobs, refresher and on the job training,” he said
According to him, the project is expected to facilitate entry level training for 80 geo science students in the country.
Commenting on the topic, he said that the topic was apt as there were currently 18 oil producing countries in Africa.
According to him, African countries are among the top producers of oil globally adding that the combine production is about 7.9 million per day in 2019.
This, this he said had made the sector important anf must bring value to the continent through effective implementation of local content.

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TotalEnergies’ invests more on renewables in Nigeria

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TotalEnergies says its investments in Nigeria will tend more toward renewable sources of energy as the company moves to become one of the world’s top five in renewables by 2030.

Mrs Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, the Executive General Manager, Total Country Services, made the disclosure on Wednesday at a virtual news briefing.

Popoola-Mordi said Total had on May 28, 2021 transformed into TotalEnergies as an active player in the global energy transition and its commitment to combating climate change.

According to her, TotalEnergies is targeting to reduce its carbon emission by 40 per cent in 2030 with the goal of getting to zero carbon emission by 2050.

Popoola-Mordi said TotalEnergies would continue to invest on oil, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, biomass, wind and solar.

She said the company would be investing about 60 billion dollars in renewable projects to be financed over 10 years.

Popoola-Mordi noted that Nigeria was very vital to TotalEnergies operations and would receive some parts of the funds to accelerate the energy transition.

She said as part of the transition, TotalEnergies would soon begin the rebranding of all its filling stations across the country to reflect the new name, logo and direction.

Popoola-Mordi said: “Energy is life. We all need it and its a source of progress to contribute to the sustainable development of the planet facing climate challenge.

“We are moving forward together toward new energies. Energy is reinventing itself, and this energy journey is ours.

“Our ambition is to be a world-class player in the energy transition. That is why Total is transforming and becoming TotalEnergies.

“This new name and new visual identity embody the course TotalEnergies has resolutely charted for itself.

“TotalEnergies is a broad energy company committed to producing and providing energies that are ever more affordable, reliable and clean.’’

Also, Mr Charles Ebereonwu, Country Communications Manager, Total Companies in Nigeria, said Total was operating in about 130 countries and had been in operations in Nigeria for more than 60 years.

Ebereonwu noted that Nigeria was central to TotalEnergies transition due to its abundant gas resources and sunlight for solar projects.

He said 77 TotalEnergies filling stations had been solarised already, adding that the company would also key into the Federal Government’s Decade of Gas Development initiative to further drive the objective.

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Total changes name to TotalEnergies

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Total has changed its name to TotalEnergies as the company moves to become one of the world’s top five in renewables by 2030.

The company made the announcement in a statement posted on its website, saying the decision was approved at the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting in Paris, France.

It said the shareholders approved, almost unanimously, the resolution to change the company’s name from Total to TotalEnergies, thereby anchoring its strategic transformation into a broad energy company in its identity.

Mr Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies said in tandem with this name change, TotalEnergies was adopting a new visual identity.

He said: “Energy is life. We all need it and it’s a source of progress.

“So today, to contribute to the sustainable development of the planet facing the climate challenge, we are moving forward, together, towards new energies. Energy is reinventing itself, and this energy journey is ours.

“Our ambition is to be a world-class player in the energy transition. That is why Total is transforming and becoming TotalEnergies.”

According to him, this new name and new visual identity embody the course TotalEnergies has resolutely charted for itself.

He said TotalEnergies would be a broad energy company committed to producing and providing energies that are ever more affordable, reliable and clean.

The chairman said the company produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.

He said: “Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible.

“Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.

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Buhari, Chairman of Total in Paris discuss investment in oil, gas

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President Muhammadu MBuhari has today granted audience to Chairman/CEO of Total, Mr Patrick Pouyanne, in Paris, France where he discussed the need for improved fiscal stability  and attractiveness that are necessary for continuing investment into Nigeria’s vibrant oil and gas industry.

The CEO emphasized the great potentials of Nigerian hydrocarbon industry.

He provided assurances to Mr President of his company’s commitment to continue to invest in Nigeria particularly in gas production and  supply for both domestic  and export through Nigeria’s LNG

The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC), Mr Mala Kyari said Total had confirmed long term investments in Nigeria, and had consistently exceeded targets in gas production.    

He said the NNPC had already designed solutions to some of the challenges in the oil and gas sector, particularly on tax.”

Others in attendance at the meeting were the Hon. Ministers of Trade & Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo; Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama;

Also at the meeting was NNPC’s Group General Manager,  National Petroleum Investments Management Services(NAPIMS), BalaWunti.

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