In a new offshore project investment, TotalEnergies and AMNI have taken the final investment decision on Nigeria's Ima gas field.[18] The development covers the OML 112 and 117 licences in shallow waters near Bonny Island, with TotalEnergies holding 40 percent as operator and AMNI the remaining 60 percent.[18]
The partners plan a single platform connected to Nigeria LNG by a 22 kilometre pipeline.[12][18] Production is expected to start in 2028 and reach a plateau of 350 million cubic feet a day, according to TotalEnergies.[18] Those figures describe the planned development, not current output.[18]
TotalEnergies expects Ima to supply about a third of the gas required for the ongoing Train 7 expansion, which would raise the liquefaction plant's capacity from 22 million to 30 million tonnes a year.[18] The company holds a 15 percent interest in Nigeria LNG.[12][18] Ima follows the Ubeta gas project, sanctioned in 2024 and expected to begin production next year.[12][18]
The planned platform would receive electricity from shore and have permanent methane detection and monitoring, with no flaring, TotalEnergies said.[18] The company also said all key contractors would be Nigerian companies and around 60 percent of the development workforce would come from host communities.[18]
Sources: [12] https://www.rigzone.com/news/totalenergies_approves_new_upstream_project_for_nigeria_lng-23-sep-2026-184683-article [18] https://totalenergies.com/newsroom/nigeria-totalenergies-launches-the-ima-gas-development-to-supply-nigeria-lng-liquefaction-plant/?lang=eng