The project is “more or less” on time, according to company officials, though there has been a few months’ slippage from the original schedule that was targeting first oil from Moho Nord in the third quarter of 2016.

Total has embarked on a massive development that will produce 100,000 bpd of crude from Moho Nord, which lies in the north of its Moho Bilondo permit, plus a further 40,000 bpd from Moho Phase 1B.

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