Angola
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November 05, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. has expanded its exploration acreage in African oil producers including Nigeria and Angola, where it sees the potential for a production revival despite years of decline.
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November 05, 2024
Angola is a strong destination for oil and gas exploration, said Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino Pedro Azevedo. Recent regulatory reforms have positioned the country as a highly competitive market for foreign investment.
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October 15, 2024
Baker Hughes has secured an order to supply centrifugal and electrical-driven Integrated Compressor Line (ICL) compressors to Saipem for TotalEnergies’ Kaminho FPSO unit in offshore Angola.
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October 09, 2024
Shearwater Geoservices Holding AS has been awarded a major offshore project by TotalEnergies to conduct a deepwater ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey in Angola.
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July 26, 2024
TotalEnergies sold its stake in 18 Nigerian onshore oil licenses to Chappal Energies. This reflects a trend of junior explorers and African national oil companies acquiring onshore assets as global majors focus on offshore projects.
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July 24, 2024
Boasting 18 discoveries in Block 15 alone, ExxonMobil is intensifying its exploration and production activities in the country, aligning with national objectives to maintain production above 1.1 MMbpd through 2027.
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July 17, 2024
Etu Energias has entered a deal to acquire Galp Energia’s stake in Block 32, Block 14, and Block 14K offshore Angola for $443 million. The acquisition transaction includes Galp’s 5% non-operating stake in Block 32, 9% non-operating stake in Block 14, and 4.5% non-operating stake in Block 14K.
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Angola’s 2025 oil and gas licensing round underscores attractive exploration opportunities in Africa
July 14, 2024
With details for Angola’s 2025 licensing round announced earlier this week, African exploration markets are making a push for upstream investment by deploying more attractive terms and offerings for global investors.
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July 10, 2024
Following a call for tender, Vallourec has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies to supply almost 5,000 tonnes of OCTG solutions and associated services for the Kaminho deepwater project on Block 20, 100 km offshore Angola.
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July 09, 2024
Angola’s 2025 limited tender will feature Block 40, Block 25, Block 39 and Block 26 in the Benguela basin as well as Block 22, Block 35, Block 37, Block 38 and Block 36 in the Kwanza basin. Additionally, the country has four onshore blocks available; 11 blocks on permanent offer; and five marginal fields ready for exploration.
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June 03, 2024
The FPSO Agogo is scheduled to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2025 as part of the Agogo integrated west hub development project offshore Angola. With a field development plan encompassing 36 wells, including both production and injection wells, the project demands high-quality solutions to ensure reliable operations.
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May 15, 2024
The offshore discovery was made in the Kizomba B development area in Block 15. Drilling took place between February and April 2024, in water depths of 1,200 m. The well encountered reservoirs of Miocene age, and reached a final depth of 3,013 m.
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May 12, 2024
Existing production infrastructure supports the development of new concessions in Angola, as the country seeks large-scale upstream investments to boost oil production.
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January 05, 2024
The African nation’s December exit from OPEC came after the group imposed a much lower production limit. The tighter cap was too much for Angola, which is making efforts to boost investment after many years of underinvestment and production decline.
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December 27, 2023
The three licenses cover an area of approximately 8,700 km2 in the deep and ultra-deep waters of the Angolan offshore.
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December 21, 2023
Angola announced it’s leaving OPEC following 16 years of membership amid a dispute over oil production quotas, while the cartel tries to buoy global prices.
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December 12, 2023
The presence of nearby hydrocarbon accumulations in older reservoirs, coupled with the evidence of oil charge to Upper Miocene units, provides great encouragement that the reprocessed ANG Block 16 dataset can lead to further exploration success.
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December 01, 2023
Angola, Africa’s second-largest crude producer, will produce 1.18 MMbpd from January, above the 1.11 MMbpd quota set out in the OPEC agreement on Thursday.
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October 31, 2023
Chevron and the Angola Government plan to evaluate various projects related to nature-based and technological carbon offsets, lower-carbon intensity biofuels and products such as hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and the creation of a regional center of excellence to incentivize and attract lower carbon investments.
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October 02, 2023
Angola, Africa’s third-biggest oil producer, pumped 3.27 MMboe in the second quarter, compared with 3.23 MMbbl in the three months through March, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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September 28, 2023
The project will include the best available technologies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, and the facilities will be designed for zero flaring, with the associated gas entirely reinjected into the reservoirs.
