On Saturday, nearly two decades after securing the initial rights, Total's CEO Patrick Pouyanné was in Luanda to snip the ribbon on a $16 billion oil project. It's not clear when he, or his peers, will be cracking open the bubbly in Angola again…
Angola, Africa's second largest crude producer, could partially list state oil company Sonangol, a spokesman for the ministry of mineral resources and oil said on Thursday.This follows comments by Mineral Resources and Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo…
Total and Sonangol have reached an agreement for the second phase of development of the offshore Zinia field, paving the way for a final investment decision for the project. Pazflor FPSO. Photo from Sofec…
Actemium Angola and Actemium Oil & Gas Maintenance have been awarded an offshore multidisciplinary maintenance contract by Total E&P Angola. Under the multi-year agreement, Actemium will continue the offshore maintenance of the Girassol…
Houston’s Vaalco Energy makes its exit from Angola discontinuing all operations, as the company picked up stake in Etame off Gabon in Q3 2016, narrowing its focus and reducing costs. Image of Gabon operations…
Technip's joint venture with Sonangol, Technip Angola Engenharia Limitada, has been awarded a three year engineering services contract by Total E&P Angola. The contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia and CLOV…
Global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company Harkand signed a new joint venture agreement with ESOPEG Lda in Angola, its first strategic partnership in the country and third in the region. The newly formed company Harkand Angola Lda…
Ceona, a SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has expanded its West African reach after entering into a strategic partnership with Interoil Angola. The partnership will see Interoil Angola, which is a key player in offshore support vessel management in West Africa…
French oil major Total has started production from its Dalia Phase 1A project, boosting the firm’s deep water Block 17 offshore Angola production by some 30,000 b/d. The Dalia Phase 1A project involves drilling of seven infill wells,…
Total achieved a milestone of producing a cumulative 2 billion bbl from its operated deep offshore Block 17 located 150km off the coast of Angola, Africa. CLOV. From Total. With the recent start up of CLOV…
ExxonMobil started oil production at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 subsea development project off Angola. The Kizomba B FPSO. From BP. Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha…
Italian energy company Eni started production two weeks ahead of schedule at the deep offshore Cinguvu oil field in the West Hub development project in Block 15/06 offshore Angola. The development is sited 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo…
The N'Goma FPSO is now on hire to Eni after achieving a 72-hour continuous production test in early December and receiving a Production Readiness Notice (PRN). The N’Goma FPSO is operating on the West Hub, on Block 15/06 offshore Angola…
Fugro has opened a new, 7000sq m facility in the SONILS Oil Service Centre in Luanda, Angola. Angola is now the second largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, after Nigeria, the firm said. “Our new site demonstrates Fugro’s strong commitment to the Angolan market…
Both Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa are rejecting Angola's proposed changes to the maritime borders, in which Angola seeks to increase its continental shelf length by more than 200mi. Gabon and the DRC have…
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