Three million dollars is how much the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) will spend on a study aimed at locating abandoned oil blocks in the country. The expenditure was authorized by the Government and is intended to prevent the occurrence of spills, as happened in an abandoned well in Cabinda, which caused damage to the population and the environment. In presidential decree 139-D, cited by Expansão, the Executive states that since the
Somoil doubled, between 2020 and 2022, oil production from eight to 17 thousand barrels/day, due to the investment applied, in the last two years, in drilling and in new technologies, according to the chairman of the Executive Board. Edson Rodrigues dos Santos said that the Angolan oil company – Somoil, which operates in block 2/05, in shallow waters and in the FS&FST block, in the “Onshore”, in the municipality of Soyo, in the province of
Oil revenues in Angola rose 71.1% in the first half of the year, compared to the first six months of last year, despite production having increased by just 3.3%, according to consultancy Oxford Economics Africa.\ “Despite historically low levels of oil production, statistics from the Ministry of Finance continue to show a strong improvement in oil revenues, mainly due to higher prices”, write the analysts, noting that revenues reached 4.2 billion kwanzas. , in the
This Monday, at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, the granting of concessions for eight of the nine oil blocks in the Baixo Congo and Kwanza basins was approved. “The National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANGP), as National Concessionaire, holder of mining rights for prospecting, research, evaluation, development and production of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in Angola, announces that it was approved at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, this Monday,
With targets currently in place to meet a larger share of the global market, Africa’s top oil producing countries are seeking solutions to increase investment in the oil sector and tap into the continent’s 125.3 billion barrels of oil reserves. Taking advantage of Africa’s vast resources has been a top priority for some of the continent’s largest oil producers, with the industry relying heavily on the performance of high-quality oil rigs – platforms that are
Angolan oil production increased in June, when the Sunflower vine was the third most expensive in the world, according to a report by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released yesterday by the international press. The document indicates that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Kuwait also increased production that month, when Venezuela decreased, and that Angola’s oil was the third most expensive in the world among 13 OPEC member crudes, only
Brent oil, which serves as a benchmark for Angolan exports, was the third most expensive in the world among 13 crudes from the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), only surpassed by Algeria and Equatorial Guinea. According to the OPEC monthly report published this week, among the 13 types of oil that make up the OPEC reference basket, the Angolan Sunflower crop reached US$127.03 in June, also having the highest rise in
The country’s oil revenue during the first half of this year was estimated at 4.17 billion kwanzas as a result of the export of 209 million barrels at an average price of US$99.68, equivalent to more than 70 percent of annual forecasts. for the sector. The data are contained in the oil sector performance report, available since Monday on the Ministry of Finance’s institutional website. For the aforementioned indicators, for example, the National Concessionaire –
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) considers that Nigeria and Angola, the two biggest oil producers in sub-Saharan Africa, will not be able to produce the maximum allowed by quotas, at least for another year. According to OPEC’s latest report on world oil production, the region’s two biggest producers will not even be able to reach the production limit agreed several years ago due to “persistent underinvestment and maintenance problems”. Angola saw its production
Consultancy Fitch Solutions estimates that oil production in sub-Saharan Africa will fall 3.7% this year, dragged by the fall in Nigeria, but foresees a “brighter future” for the region’s gas. “We anticipate that production of crude, natural gas and other liquids will fall by 3.7% this year, impacted by the persistent decline in Nigeria, the region’s largest oil producer, which has been significantly affected by reduced investment in current wells and by a lack of
