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Posted on February 5, 2025
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TotalEnergies delays its Namibia oil project decision to 2026, reducing output to 150,000 barrels/day due to high gas content and breakeven challenges.
PARIS -French oil major TotalEnergies expects to take a final investment decision (FID) on its Namibian offshore oil discovery in 2026, CEO Patrick Pouyanne said on Wednesday at a press briefing.
The development would have a production capacity of 150,000 barrels per day, down from an initial 160,000 barrels per day discussed at its investor day in October.
Pouyanne had previously targeted the end of 2025 for a decision on FID at a results call last April.
The French oil major has said it is struggling to achieve breakeven at under $20 per barrel, an internal requirement for FID.
Promising offshore discoveries in Namibia, which has no oil and gas production, have been complicated by a high amount of gas that will make development more expensive.
Last month BP wrote down its Namibian discoveries, while Chevron declared its initial findings commercially unviable.
(Reporting by America Hernandez and Benjamin Mallet in Paris, Editing by Louise Heavens and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
The article discusses TotalEnergies' delayed investment decision for its Namibia oil project, now expected in 2026.
The delay is due to high gas content and challenges in achieving breakeven costs under $20 per barrel.
The new production capacity is set at 150,000 barrels per day, down from the initially discussed 160,000.
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