TotalEnergies, APA Greenlight $10.5 Billion Suriname Oil Project

  • French major, US firm announce Suriname’s largest investment
  • Suriname’s state oil company may take up to 20% in the project
TotalEnergies announced a $10.5 billion offshore project in Suriname that will use a floating production vessel similar to those operating in Brazil.Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg
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TotalEnergies SE and APA Corp. approved a $10.5 billion project to develop the first oil discoveries off Suriname, with a view to pumping crude as soon as 2028.

The GranMorgu project, which will cost $1.5 billion more than forecastBloomberg Terminal last year, includes a 220,000 barrel-a-day floating production unit, the French major and the US firm saidBloomberg Terminal Tuesday. The Sapakara and Krabdagu fields on Block 58, about 90 miles offshore, hold recoverable reserves estimated at more than 750 million barrels.