TotalEnergies finds hydrocarbons in Congo’s Moho licence

TotalEnergies, via its subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Congo, has made a hydrocarbon find successful the Moho licence country disconnected the seashore of the Republic of Congo pursuing drilling of the MHNM-6 NFW exploration well.

The Moho licence is operated by TotalEnergies EP Congo with a 63.5% stake, portion Trident Energy holds 21.5% and Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo retains 15%.

The find was made successful the Moho G operation and revealed a hydrocarbon file measuring astir 160m wrong Albian reservoirs.

A elaborate information acquisition and sampling run has been conducted to assistance aboriginal improvement decisions.

The Moho G discovery, alongside the earlier Moho F operation find, constitutes estimated recoverable resources of astir 100 cardinal barrels.

These are expected to beryllium developed arsenic a tie-back to the existent Moho facilities.

TotalEnergies exploration elder vice-president Nicola Mavilla said: “This caller find connected the Moho licence benefits from its proximity to existing accumulation infrastructure, allowing a abbreviated cycle, cost-effective tie-back development.

“By leveraging our method expertise and existing infrastructure, we are creating the conditions for aboriginal value-accretive accumulation for the company.”

Operated by TotalEnergies EP Congo, the Moho tract lies 75km offshore Pointe-Noire and has recorded beardown accumulation maturation since the Moho Nord task began successful 2017.

Current accumulation utilises 2 floating accumulation units, Alima and Likouf, achieving a combined output of astir 90,000 barrels of lipid equivalent per time (boepd).

In a related development, TotalEnergies has entered into a memorandum of knowing with Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) focusing connected exploration prospects.

The statement outlines a model for method practice involving a associated valuation of exploration opportunities successful Türkiye's Black Sea portion and globally.

Mavilla said: “We are pleased to motorboat this practice with TPAO, leveraging the method expertise of some companies to measure exploration opportunities successful the Black Sea portion and internationally connected a mutually beneficial basis.”

Last month, TotalEnergies and NEO NEXT Energy completed the merger of their UK North Sea upstream lipid and state assets, resulting successful the enactment of NEO NEXT+. The woody was antecedently announced successful December 2025.

NEO NEXT Energy is simply a associated task betwixt HitecVision and Repsol.

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