Total Completes $1 Billion Onshore Three OMLs Divestment
Total has completed the divestment of its stake in onshore OML 24 and OML 18, amounting to over $1 billion with OML 29 sold to Aiteo Eastern E&P, a Nigerian company, for $569 million.
“The sale of these non-operated onshore blocks in Nigeria is yet another example of our strategy of dynamic portfolio management, achieved at attractive valuations,” said Patrick de La Chevardiere, CFO at Total. “These transactions also reduce our exposure to non-operated blocks onshore Nigeria, and allow us to focus on our core, operated developments, such as the Egina project.”
Total holds a 10% stake in several onshore blocks in Nigeria via the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) JV alongside the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (55%), SPDC (30%, operator) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (5%). Since 2010, Total has divested its interests in eleven onshore blocks to Nigerian companies, in line with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s aim of developing Nigerian companies in the sector.
