TotalEnergies Fast-Tracks Oil Fields To Boost NLNG Train 7 Feedstock

The Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Train-7 project now underway is ready to receive feedstock in volume as TotalEnergies fast tracks to key prolific oil fields which would deliver significant benefits to the project.

The French energy giant says the Ubeta deepwater project and Ima shallow water offshore field are on course to achieve first oil in 2027 and fourth quarter (Q4) of 2028, respectively.

The two projects are expected to boost gas supply to the nearby Nigeria LNG Limited.

The Deputy Managing Director of TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria Limited in charge of Deepwater Assets, Mr. Victor Bandele, made the disclosure at a special panel session at the Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) 2026, which held in Lagos.

He said the field development is going as planned following the incentives provided by President Bola Tinubu’s administration in 2023/2024 to encourage investments on gas projects.

Bandele explained that the incentives provided by President Tinubu’s administration encouraged TotalEnergies and other operators to launch new deepwater projects on gas.

It is reported that each of the two gas projects can produce up to 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), which is about 300 million standard cubic feet per day (scf/d) of gas.

While the Ubeta field is located in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58, 80 kilometres offshore Port Harcourt, the Ima Field is also located offshore Port Harcourt, under the AMNI/TotalEnergies Joint Venture.

Bandele recalled that since TotalEnergies brought the Egina deepwater oil field on stream in 2018, oil and gas operators have not brought any other deepwater projects on stream due to a lack of incentives.

“I am happy today to speak about projects that have matured because of the shift in processes.  We know there were incentives for offshore natural gas, and that was in 2023/2024. So, what did TotalEnergies do? We took the Final Investment Decision (FID) on Ubeta in 2024. The Ubeta project is ongoing as we speak. It is one of the projects with the highest local content, as many Nigerian companies are participating. And Ubeta should be in production next year. So, incentives improved; projects sanctioned and projects will be delivered,” Bandele explained.

“I think that is the trend we are desperate to see in Nigeria. Today, we are working on concluding FID for the Ima project with our partner. The FID is imminent, and first oil is planned for Q4, 2028,” he added.

Gas from the two projects will be sent as feedstock to the Nigeria LNG facility, whose train 7 is currently under construction at Bonny Island. 

TotalEnergies and several other gas operators, including Shell and NNPC Limited, agreed in August 2025 to supply 1.29 billion cubic feet of gas feedstock per day to NLNG.