Total, operator of Block 17 in Angola, together with the Angolan National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency,have announced the start of production from Zinia Phase 2 short-cycle project, connected to existing Pazflor’s FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit). The project includes the drilling of nine wells and is expected to reach a production of […]
Eni and bp have announced that they have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to progress detailed discussions on combining their upstream portfolios in Angola, including all their oil, gas and LNG interests in the country. The companies believe that combining their efforts in a new joint venture company would bring significant opportunities […]
The National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), as an National Concessionaire, announces, under the terms of Articles 6 and 7 of Presidential Decree No. 86/18, of 2 April, the opening of the Public Tender for the bidding of new oil blocks. The above announcement is within the scope of the General Strategy for […]
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) today announced the award of a 4D monitor marine seismic acquisition survey by Total E&P Angola (“Total”). “As the established global market leader in 4D monitor surveys Shearwater is pleased to announce the award of this advanced multisensor project by Total in Angola,” said Irene Waage Basili, the CEO of Shearwater. “We […]
PGS, in cooperation with ANPG, has begun a new fully prefunded MultiClient 3D survey in the Lower Congo Basin, near the river plume of the Congo in Angola Block 1/14. The acquisition phase will continue until April and fast-track data is expected in October 2021. Ramform Atlas is acquiring high-density 3D GeoStreamer data using a […]
The selling process of the oil company (Sonangol)’s stake in China International Holding (CSIH) may begin this year, according to the Privatisation Programme (Propriv) underway in the country. Created in 2004, China Sonangol International Holding has been based in Hong Kong, since September 6, 2012. Data compiled by ANGOP indicate that CSIH is owned by […]
Angola has secured three years of payment relief from Chinese creditors and expects to get more than $700 million in its next tranche of International Monetary Fund financing in the coming days, its finance minister said on Monday. Africa’s second-largest oil exporter has been seeking payment relief as it strives to overcome the hit from […]
The National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency, as a national concessionaire, has announced its intention to hold an international tender for the award of new oil concessions in Angola on April 30, 2021.There are nine blocks that are going to tender: three in the Terrestrial Basin of Lower Congo and six in the Terrestrial Basin […]
Total, operator, and its partners Equinor, ExxonMobil and BP have signed an agreement with national oil, gas and biofuels agency ANPG and state-owned Sonangol of Angola, to extend their consortium’s production licenses to 2045. As part of the agreement, Sonangol will obtain a 5% interest in Block 17 on the effective date and an additional […]
The election of Angola to the rotating presidency of the conference of ministers of OPEC has thrust Minister Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas of Angola to the forefront of efforts to stabilize global oil markets in 2021. The assumption of the Presidency of OPEC by H.E Diamantino could not have […]
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