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Opportunities for Service Companies in Angola’s Energy Industry

Across the entire oil and gas value chain, both local and international service providers stand the chance to not only contribute to but drive the growth of Angola’s oil and gas industry. From detailed engineering services to procurement of equipment to technical construction activities, development opportunities are abundant.   Supporting Successful Upstream Projects Angola’s upstream oil and gas sector is poised for growth on the back of major new hydrocarbons discoveries in the country’s ultra-deepwater offshore acreages.

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Kaombo Sul Achieves a Milestone of 200 Million Barrels

The Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FPSO) Kaombo Sul by TotalEnergies, located in Block 32 of the national offshore, has reached the milestone of 200 million barrels of oil produced since its commencement of operations in April 2019. The Kaombo project consists of 6 fields spread over an area of 800 square kilometers. According to a document from the institution accessed by the Jornal de Angola, this achievement was only possible due to the work

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Rio-Tinto Signs Second Mining Investment Contract with Angola

On the 17th of January, 2024 the English-Australian mining giant, Rio Tinto signed a mining investment contract with the Angolan Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas in Luanda. The $5.7 million USD deal will grant Rio Tinto a 35-year exploratory license for the Moxico Concession. According to the company’s website, the exploration will primarily be seeking base metals such as copper, zinc, cobalt and titanium. The contract calls for an initial 5 years of

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Oil Edges Up Amid Middle East Concerns China Worries Restrain Growth

Oil prices edged up on Tuesday 30th of January, following a more than 1% decline in the previous session, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a major oil-producing region. Brent crude futures increased by 7 cents, or 0.07%, reaching $82.46 a barrel by 0734 GMT. Meanwhile, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose by 15 cents, or 0.31%, to $76.93 a barrel. Both contracts experienced a drop of over $1 on Monday 29th

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Sonangol denies commitments with Oil tanker attacked in the Red Sea

Sonangol stated on Monday that the Marlin Luanda, a vessel struck by a missile in the Red Sea region, does not belong to them and was not in service for the Angolan oil company. In a press release, the state-owned oil company refutes information circulating on social media and websites, claiming that the vessel was in their service, transporting fuel to Luanda. The Angolan state oil company emphasizes that the Marlin Luanda is not part

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NNPC Seeks Operators for Port Harcourt Oil Refinery

Nigerian oil company the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has launched a tender inviting private operators to operate and maintain the West African country’s Port Harcourt oil refinery. The tender aims to engage operations and maintenance companies that will ensure reliability and sustainability at the refinery to meet Nigeria’s fuel supply needs while ensuring energy security. The scope of the contract will cover various refinery business processes, including optimization of operations, maintenance, health and safety,

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EACOP Developers Seek $3B to Close Debt Financing Deal

Another three billion dollars in debt financing is required for the financial close of the five-billion-dollar East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), according to TotalEnergies’ shareholders meeting records for 2023. Designed to transport crude oil from Lake Albert in Uganda to the Port of Tanga on the Tanzanian coast, the 1,443-km megaproject is currently in its Engineering, Procurement and Construction phase and is estimated to be at least six months away from a Final Investment

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Angola Oil Production Averaged 1.098 M BPD in 2023

Angola’s crude oil production was steady throughout 2023, with output averaging 1.098 million barrels per day (bpd). According to the country’s national regulator, the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG), output during the period January 2023 to December 2023 equated to 400.72 million bpd, making the country the third largest producer in Africa. While production marginally declined from 2022 levels of 1.16 million bpd, December 2023 showed a slight increase in output, with production

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Nine companies selected to operate in the Lower Congo and Kwanza Oil basins

The companies and consortiums qualified to operate in the oil blocks of the Lower Congo and Kwanza Onshore Basins are already known from this fiscal year onwards. According to a statement released yesterday Jan 22nd by the National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG), the public tender for the Lower Congo and Kwanza Onshore Basins, open last year to national or foreign entities, resulted in the qualification of companies and constitution of contractor groups. According

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150,000 fuel retail outlets set to receive their fuel supply from Dangote

About 150,000 fuel stations run by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have been sanctioned to receive fuel supplies from the newly built private Dangote refinery. This was disclosed after a meeting between the officials from the Dangote refinery and executives of IPMAN. Fuel cost after the supply still remains unknown as there has been no full disclosure on the subject. A report from the Punch Newspaper disclosed that executives from the Independent

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