Chief Executive/Managing Director of Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Jacques Marraud des Grottes has pledged to faithfully implement the various Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) between the companies and the various communities where the companies are operating. According to him, the "transformation of local communities through development of the people and their environment remain part of our activities."
The company, he said, will:
- Continue to building good and fair relationship with the communities based on mutual respect.
- Listen to their needs and develop projects in partnership with communities and other stakeholders to make sure that projects will be sustainable in the long term.
- Capacity building and the development of economic activities, including agriculture, training and support for health programmes.
Mr. Marraud des Grottes made this known in his 2007 New Year message to Staff. The Chief Executive, who thanked all Staff for their contributions to the growth of the company in the past year, informed them of the greater challenges in the New Year considering the company's expansion profile.
He acknowledged the security challenges in the Niger Delta region of which the company has had its own share, and pledged that the company would "continuously protect our personnel and asset." This, it would do by anticipating "threats to our personnel, assets, and image while drawing from our past experiences."
Reviewing the past year, Mr. Marraud des Grottes informed that the company achieved a milestone in its gas monetization efforts at the close of 2006 as it successfully started the first gas export from its Amenam field to the Bonny NLNG on 30-Dec-2006. He was also pleased to announce that the company has successfully delivered the level of production forecasted and has progressed the various projects, such as the Edikan Water Injection and Ofon Phase 2 towards their sanction.
Mr. Marraud des Grottes had, at the beginning of 2006, identified the Ofon Phase 2 project as key to the company's planned zero flaring objective and for sustaining its mid term Joint Venture oil production.
Another major project for the company, in the deep offshore terrain, is the Akpo Project, which is progressing satisfactorily with intense activities in yards in Nigeria, Asia and Europe and with the beginning of the drilling of development wells.
Work is progressing on schedule in OML 130, which was converted from OPL 246, in 2006.
In its onshore OML 58 field, with the increased gas capacity, the field has been producing at a peak rate of over 100,00boepd of oil condensate and gas.
The past year also witnessed reorganization in the Onshore Division and this was geared towards ensuring total focus on the two large projects, the OML 58 Upgrade and the company's Independent Power Project (IPP). The IPP is expected to contribute about 400MW to the national grid when completed.
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