The TotalEnergies Limited said it will unveil its shallow water 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) Ima gas field project in Nigeria by 2026.
The Country Chairman/Managing Director, TotalEnergies Nigeria, Matthieu Bouyer, disclosed this yesterday at closing of the Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week 2025 in Abuja.
Speaking at a strategic panel session tagged “Pragmatically Achieving Energy Abundance’’, Bouyer said the project would feed the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), one of the largest LNG plants in the world.
Bouyer said the company was committed to increasing oil and gas production in a sustainable manner.
“Ima is another gas-field project offshore, which we intend to unveil in the coming year.
“It is a 70,000 barrels per day field; so that is already 140 barrels per day to accumulate by the two gas projects.
“So that is significant; NLNG is one of the largest plants in the world, and today I think it is starting to get more gas.”
He said the company had been careful of emissions while growing energy.
“We have been investing significantly in the past 15 years in Nigeria with a big project such as Egina,OML 13/2018, Ikike OML 99/2022, and Akpo West OML 130/2009, which we started in 2024.
“And we have been drilling continuously up to this time on our deep offshore in the past two and a half years.
“So, the commitment to the country is undeniable, and we believe in Nigeria, in the resources, in the country, and we believe that there is a great future in Nigeria.
“In 2024, we inaugurated the Ubeta OML 58 project; Ubeta is a significant gas lag field onshore, which will supply gas to Nigeria Lequeified NG, and to the domestic market.’’