Perenco Inaugurates New Production and Training Platform offshore DRC
Independent Anglo-French oil and gas company Perenco has inaugurated a new offshore platfrom, named Magisus in Muanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The offshore facility, which was launched by H.E Didier Budimbu, Minister of Hydrocarbons, DRC and Wivine Moleka, Deputy Minister of Hydrocarbons, DRC will be leveraged by Perenco to increase oil production by enabling the independent to connect new wells drilled in 2023 and 2024.
The facility’s gas compression capabilities will help Perenco to avoid gas flaring in oil and gas production and reduce carbon footprint by avoiding 120,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
The facility also serves as Perenco’s skills and workforce training barge. Having trained over 417 employees and subcontractors in the DRC, the training centre will drive the company’s local content agenda in the central African country through the provision of tailor-made practical skills in the logistics and hydrocarbons sector.
Perenco is currently the only company producing hydrocarbons in the DRC with a production capacity of 25,000 barrels of oil per day.
