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t of natural gas per day from Block 0 and Block 14 to the Angola LNG plant. Angola-Republic of the Congo Joint Development Area: The company operates and holds a 31.3 percent interest in the Lianzi development zone, located in an area shared equally by Angola and the Republic of the Congo. Democratic Republic of the Congo: The company has a 17.7 percent non operated working interest in an offshore concession. Republic of the Congo: The company has a 31.5 percent non operated working interest in the Haute Mer permit areas (Nkossa, Nsoko and Moho-Bilondo) and a 29.3 percent non operated working interest in the Kitina permit area, all of which are offshore. The licenses for Kitina, Nsoko, Nkossa and Moho-Bilondo expire in 2014, 2018, 2027 and 2030, respectively. Chad/Cameroon: The company has a 25 percent non operated working interest in crude oil producing operations in southern Chad, and an approximate 21 percent interest in two affiliates that own an export pipeline that transports crude oil to the coast of Cameroon. The Chad producing operations are conducted under a concession that expires in 2030. Nigeria: The company holds a 40 percent interest in 13 concessions, predominantly in the onshore and near-offshore regions of the Niger Delta. The company operates under a joint-venture arrangement in this region with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which owns a 60 percent interest. The company also owns varying interests in four operated and six non operated deepwater blocks. The company operates and holds a 67.3 percent interest in the Agbami Field, located in deepwater oil mining lease (OML) 127 and OML 128. During 2012, drilling continued on a 10-well, Phase 2 development program, Agbami 2, that is expected to offset field decline and maintain plateau production. The first well in this program commenced production in second quarter 2012. The leases that contain the Agbami Field expire in 2023 and 2024. The company holds a 30 percent non operated working interest in the deepwater Usan project in OML 138. Also in the deepwater area, the Aparo Field in OML 132 and OML 140 and the third-party-owned Bonga SW Field in OML 118 share a common geologic structure and are planned to be jointly developed. The project is expected to enter FEED in 2013. In the Niger Delta, the company reached a final investment decision in early 2013 on the Dibi Long-Term Project that is designed to rebuild the Dibi facilities and replace the Early Production System facility. The 40 percent-owned and operated Sonam Field Development is designed to process natural gas through Escravos Gas Plant, deliver 215 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to the domestic market and produce a total of 30,000 barrels of liquids per day. First production is expected in 2016. The company has a 75 percent-owned and operated interest in a gas-to-liquids facility at Escravos that is being developed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The 33,000-barrel-per-day facility is designed to process 325 million cubic feet per day of natural gas supplied from the Phase 3A expansion of Escravos Gas Plant. The company has a 40 percent-owned and operated interest in the Onshore Asset Gas Management project that is designed to restore approximately 125 million cubic feet per day of natural gas production from certain onshore fields that have been shut in since 2003 due to civil unrest. In deepwater exploration, the company has a 27 percent non operated working interest in oil prospecting license 223 where an exploration well was drilled in third quarter 2012. In addition, the company operates and holds a 95 percent interest in the deepwater Nsiko discovery in OML 140. Additional exploration activities are planned for 2013 and 2014. With a 36.7 percent interest, the company is the major shareholder in the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited affiliate, which owns and operates the 421-mile West African Gas Pipeline. The pipeline supplies Nigerian natural gas to customers in Benin, Ghana and Togo for industrial applications and power generation and has the capacity to transport 170 million cubic feet per day. L