Chad-Cameroon oil development project partners report first oil 
operations 
 
By OGJ editors 
HOUSTON, July 29 -- Partners in the Chad-Cameroon oil development 
project Monday reported first oil operations and the startup of 
pipeline fill activities. 
	Once central treating facilities and drilling operations 
are completed, the $3.5 billion project is expected to reach oil 
production of 225,000 b/d, project partner ChevronTexaco Corp. 
said. 
	The pipeline, which was completed a year ahead of schedule, 
will transport oil more than 660 miles from Bolobo, Miandoum, and 
Kome oil fields, near Doba in Chad, through eastern Cameroon, and 
on to an export terminal facility at Kribi, Cameroon, in the Gulf 
of Guinea. From there, oil will be shipped to a floating storage 
and offloading vessel 7 miles offshore for export. 
	Partners in the project are ExxonMobil Corp. unit Esso 
Exploration & Production Chad Inc., operator with 40%, 
ChevronTexaco 25%, and Malaysian oil company Petronas 35%. 
	Construction on the project began in October 2000, pipeline 
installation began in 2001 in parallel with construction of oil 
field processing facilities, and first drilling of the planned 
300 wells started in late 2001 (OGJ Online, Oct. 19, 2000). 
	ExxonMobil said that the project is expected to produce for 
Chad an economic development value of $2.5-8.5 billion over its 
life, depending on oil price volatility. 



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