Shell Makes FID on Nigeria’s Bonga North Project

Energy major Shell – through its Nigerian subsidiary Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited  – has reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Bonga North Deepwater Development in Nigeria. The project, an extension of the active Bonga field in OML 118, is designed to sustain production at the Bonga facility, with first oil expected by 2030. 

The Bonga North project targets a production capacity of 100,000 barrels per day and includes the development of 16 wells – including 8 production wells and 8 water injection wells – as well as modifications to the Bonga Main FPSO. It will tie-back to the existing FPSO through newly installed subsea hardware.

The Bonga field began operations in 2005 and achieved its one-billionth barrel of crude production in 2023. With the Bonga North development, Shell seeks to maintain output from this key deepwater asset.

According to Shell’s Integrated Gas and Upstream Director Zoë Yujnovich, Bonga North “is another significant investment which will help us to maintain stable liquids production from our advantaged upstream portfolio.”