Angola signed, last year, five service contracts with international oil companies, which totaled US$9.4 billion, according to data from Energy Capital & Power. According to the company, a leading global investment platform focused on the African energy sector, the five highest value service contracts were signed between 2022 and the current year. The contract with the highest value (US$7.8 billion) was signed in February this year by Azule Energy, the largest independent oil and gas
SODIAM is going to hold an electronic auction on May 19th, to sale 36 special diamond stones to the registered national and international buyers. According to a press release from SODIAM-E.P., viewing sessions will take place from 8th to 18th of May, at the company’s offices in Luanda, and the bidding process, which will be carried out only electronically, closes at 10am of May 19th. The document also explains that the auction is directed to
Rio Tinto is celebrating 20 years of production from its Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The Diavik diamond deposit was discovered in the 1990s as part of the largest mineral prospecting rush in Canadian history. Commercial production at Diavik began in 2003, and since then Diavik has produced over 140 million carats of rough diamonds through a combination of surface and underground mining. The Diavik production comprises predominantly white gem-quality diamonds
The investors of cutting and polish diamond in Angola said they are pleased with the announcement of exceptional measures to be implemented by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, in order to reduce Value Added Tax. According to Brás da Silva, representative of the Minas Raras company, the decision will ease the burden and boost the investment of factories and investors in the cutting and polish diamond area and, in the future, in
GIA, (Gemological Institute of America) will join Tracr, the world’s only distributed diamond blockchain platform that starts at the source of natural diamonds. GIA’s participation in Tracr will see the world’s leading diamond grading laboratory include an immutable record of the provenance of polished natural diamonds in its diamond grading reports for the first time as the industry continues to progress towards a unified approach for provenance assurance. Consumers purchasing a diamond traced from the
The Board of Sonangol expects to improve the company’s financial situation due to the entry into production, after several years of inactivity, of the oil field “Caco-Gazela Punja 3/05”, located in the Lower Congo Basin, with a production capacity of 2,000 barrels per day. The project is carried out by Sonangol, as operator, with a 25 percent stake, in a consortium in which China Sonangol Internacional also owns 25 percent, Maurel & Prom, 20 percent, Eni 12
Angola intends to stabilize production at around 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) over the next three years, according to research by the African energy consultant. According to the consultant, the country has a crude oil production on the rise – increasing by more than 580,000 barrels per month, from December 2022 to January 2023. The source ensures that the southern African producer has several notable Exploration and Research (E&P) projects that are in progress
The National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) is funding a health project with US$300,000, which will cover the whole country as part of its social responsibility activity. According to the Executive Director, Gerson Santos, investment in projects of a social nature should be seen as the socially responsible contribution of the oil sector to improving the living conditions of the population, through the synergies created between the Executive bodies, the companies and civil society
Australian oil and gas exploration company Invictus Energy has announced the discovery of light oil, gas condensate and helium at its Cabora Bassa project, located in the northern province of Zimbabwe. The discovery follows the analysis of mud gas collected from the drilling of the Mukuyu-1 well in late 2022, which identified 13 hydrocarbon bearing zones. “Results from the mud gas compositional analysis definitely proves the presence of hydrocarbons in multiple reservoir pay zones
On the 19th of this month, in Luanda, the Angolan National Diamond Trading Company (SODIAM EP) holds an electronic auction for the sale of 36 “special” diamond stones, open to registered national and foreign buyers. The viewing sessions will take place from today the 8th to the 18th, at the headquarters of Sodiam EP, in the country’s capital, and the bidding process, which will only be done electronically, closes the 10 am on the aforementioned
