| 1962 |
Registration of the Company, then known as SAFRAP, in Nigeria on 9 May. |
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Allocation of the first concession, Oil Production License (OPL) 35 Onshore, Niger Delta. |
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| 1964 |
Drilling of the first Exploration Well and discovery of oil in the Obagi Field. |
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| 1965 |
Acquisition of Oil Production License (OPL) 48. |
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| 1966 |
Beginning of production from the company's first oil field in Nigeria , the Obagi Field, Oil Mining License (OML) 58, in Rivers State. |
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| 1967 |
OPL 35 converted to OMLs 56, 57, 58 and 59, located Onshore Niger Delta in Nigeria covering the present Rivers and Delta States of Nigeria. |
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| 1971 |
Joint Venture (JV) replaces concession-type agreement between Operators and the Nigerian Government. |
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Nigerian National Oil Corporation (NNOC) acquires 35%. |
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| 1972 |
Confirmation of substantial oil discoveries in OML 57 in Delta State. |
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| 1974 |
SAFRAP becomes Elf Nigeria Limited, following the world -wide change in name by the group. |
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NNOC, becomes Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and increases its equity in the Joint Venture to 55%. |
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| 1975 |
The company's oil production reaches 80,000 barrels of oil per day. |
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| 1979 |
Acquisition of three offshore concessions – OPLs 458, 459 and 465. |
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NNPC increases its participation in the Joint Venture to 60%. |
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| 1983 |
NNPC reallocates OPL 447 in the Anambra Basin, south-eastern Nigeria to Elf Nigeria. |
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| 1984 |
Relinquishment of the offshore concessions OPLs 458, 459 and 465. |
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| 1985 |
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government of Nigeria on the rules governing the oil business in the country. |
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Acquisition of three offshore concessions: OPLs 93, 95 and 97. |
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| 1988 |
First oil discovery in the company's offshore concessions. |
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| 1989 |
Acquisition of 5% Equity in the NNPC/Shell/Elf/Agip Joint Venture. |
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| 1990 |
Conversion of OPLs 93, 95, 96 and 97 to OMLs 99, 100, 101 and 102 located Offshore southern Nigeria. |
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| 1992 |
Elf Nigeria Limited becomes Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) to reflect its new and distinct status as Operator in the upstream sector of Nigeria 's economy. |
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| 1993 |
Commencement of oil production from the first offshore concession (OML 100) in the Odudu Oil Field. |
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Signing of Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for two deep offshore concessions (OPLs 222 and 223) and three onshore concessions in the Benue trough (OPLs 802, 804 and 807). |
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Acquisition of a further 5% Equity in the NNPC/Shell/Elf/Agip Joint Venture. |
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| 1995 |
"Farm-in" agreement to partially finance and tap production from some of Shell Nigeria's deep offshore concessions (OPLs 212, 219) and three concessions (OPLs 803, 806 and 809) in the Benue trough in northern Nigeria at 12.5%. |
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Launching of the Ofon Field Development Project. |
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| 1996 |
Launch of the Obite Gas Plant project. |
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| 1997 |
Beginning of production on the company's second offshore field Ofon in OML 102. |
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| 1998 |
Launching of the Amenam/Kpono Development Project. |
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UKOT Field discovery |
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| 1999 |
Production start-up of the company's first gas utilisation facility, the Obite Gas Plant (OGP) and NLNG Trains 1 & 2. |
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| 2000 |
Overall Nigerian offshore production for EPNL reaches 100,000 barrels of oil per day. |
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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Government and other major operators about equity participation and operations of the oil industry in Nigeria . |
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Worldwide merger between TOTALFINA and Elf Aquitaine Groups resulting in the creation of the TOTALFINAELF Group. |
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Launching of the Amenam/Kpono Development Project. |
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Discovery of Akpo Deep Offshore Field by TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI). |
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| 2001 |
Construction of drilling facilities for the Amenam/Kpono project in Warri, southern Nigeria, for use offshore. |
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| 2002 |
Drilling commences on Amenam/Kpono Field. |
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Signing of Amenam/Kpono Unitisation agreement by Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL), Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) and NNPC. The agreement outlines the ownership structure among the partners and arrangements for financing the project and operating the facilities by EPNL. |
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Final Investment Decision (FID) on NLNG Trains 4 & 5 and Amenam/Kpono Phase 2 (AKOGEP). |
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Discovery of USAN Field. |
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Naming ceremony and departure of the new Floating Storage and Offloading vessel called (FSO) Unity, in South Korea, where it was built. The vessel has a storage capacity of 2.4 million barrels of oil. |
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| 2003 |
Commencement of production on the Amenam/Kpono Field in the Atlantic Ocean, 30 km offshore from southern Nigeria, on 13 July. The field straddles two concession areas, OML 99 operated by EPNL and OML 70, owned by MPNU. At optimal production, 125,000 barrels per day will be pumped from the field for at least the next 25 years. |
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Start-up of NLNG Train 3. |
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Acquisition of a new deep offshore block (OPL 221) under a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the NNPC. |
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| 2004 |
Official commissioning of the Amenam Kpono Project in March. |
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Final Investment Decision (FID) for NLNG Train 6. |
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| 2005 |
Acquisition of OPL223 as Operator. |
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Discovery of hydrocarbons in the area west of the Usan Field (Usan 6) in deepwater Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 222, offshore southeastern Nigeria. |
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in May, authorized TOTAL, as Operator, to begin developing the offshore Akpo Field on Oil Mining License (OML) 130. |
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Farm-in Agreement with NorEast Petroleum Nigeria Limited for the Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 215, offshore southwest Nigeria. |
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Signing of Production Sharing Contract (PSC) agreement in July with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 223, offshore southeast Nigeria. |
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| 2006 |
Acquisition of 17% Equity of Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). |
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Farm-Ins in Nigerian companies’ concessions - Amni International Petroleum Development Company Limited (AMNI) on OML 112 & 117; and , NOREAST in OPL 215). |
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Acquisition of OPL 223 as Operator. |
