b'UpstreamOnshoreStaatsolies Upstream Onshore directorate oversees the production of SaramaccaCrudefromoilfieldsintheSaramaccaDistrictofSuriname.With wells in Tambaredjo, Calcutta and Tambaredjo-Northwest, our annual production is ca. 6 million barrels. Our crude is transported to the Staatsolie RefineryatToutLuiFautviaa60-kilometerpipeline.movementmorefluidandeasiertopump.FOCUS ONAfter several years of preparation including an THE FUTURE: environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) and the building of a polymer plant, Advanced Technology forpolymer injection on a commercial scale isEnhanced Recovery slated to begin in 2021 in 15 injector wells.Cyclic Steam Stimulation(CSS, a thermal EOR technology)In order to help address the energy needs ofCSS involves injecting hot steam into oil our nation, Staatsolies annual production goaldeposits to stimulate production. We planis 6 MM bbls of Saramacca Crude. To achieveto start implementing CSS in multiplethis goal year after year despite the depletionwells in 2022.ofouroilfields,wedeployprovenEnhancedOilRecovery (EOR) and Improved Oil RecoveryBio-Enzymes(IOR) methods. (a microbiological EOR technology) With this recovery method, enzymes in a Challenging conditions in 2020 meant wesolution containing water are injected into could not pursue these recovery methods asdepositstorepeloil,decreasingitsflowaggressively as originally planned. However,resistance. Phase I of our bio-enzyme pilot we actively advanced our preparations to rampproject began in 2020, with the injection of back up EOR/IOR initiatives when the marketenzymes into four wells. Phase II, involvingenvironment allows. six more wells, is planned for 2021.Polymer Injection(a chemical EOR technology)Polymer Injection involves adding polymers to the water injected in wells to help make oil 16'