Angola is home to significant upstream potential, as demonstrated by the sharp contrast between its proven and estimated reserves: 9 billion versus 57 billion barrels of oil and 11 trillion versus 27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Its three major basins – Kwanza-Benguela, Namibe and Lower Congo – hold development opportunities across each stage of the exploration life-cycle, from frontier exploration to mature producing areas. As oil and gas explorers seek prospects with lower
Angola’s hydrocarbon market has seen rapid expansion since initial discoveries of oil and gas in 1955. As global energy majors flocked to the market and the government aligned relevant state actors with the burgeoning industry, progress across the entire energy value chain kicked off. In 2023, the country’s standing as an E&P hub has been solidified even further owing to a variety of reasons from proven resources to attractive investment policies to location. Proven Hydrocarbon
The Government does not supply crude oil at prices lower than those of the international market to the refineries being implemented in the Angolan petrochemical industry, nor does it not stop exporting “a single barrel of oil” for these units, declared the president of the Executive Committee of the Angolan refinery. Luanda. “It is a false problem to think that the Government of Angola is obliged to supply raw materials for refineries at a low
The naming ceremony for the Suezmax oil tanker took place yesterday in the city of Mokpo. The president of Sonangol Marine Service, João Almeida, said that the company will no longer charter ships to meet its objectives in this segment. According to João Almeida, it is an oil tanker that increases the fleet, which goes from 9 to 10 ships. João Almeida said that, by the end of the year, the fleet could have one
Sonangol received, this Monday 10th April, in the city of Mokpo (South Korea), the new oil tanker, named “Kulumbimbi”. The oil tanker built at the Hyundai Sambo Heavy Industries shipyards cost the Angolan oil company US$68 million. The ship will have a crew made up of 80 percent Angolans and a useful life of 20 years. It is part of the Suezmax line, with the capacity to transport 1 million barrels of crude, within internationally accepted
The cut in production by the OPEC+ members (groups of oil exporting countries + Russia), in the last six days, resulted in an appreciation of prices by at least six dollars. Negotiations for a barrel of Brent, oil that is the benchmark for exports from Angola, rose from USD 79.7 recorded between Friday and Sunday of last week, to USD 85.4 registered on Friday, a price that goes up to Sunday, and may change depending on
Sonangol now has one more vessel for operations to transport crude oil. The naming ceremony for the Suezmax oil tanker takes place today in the city of Mokpo. The president of Sonangol Marine Service, João Almeida, said that the company will no longer charter ships to meet its objectives in this segment. According to João Almeida, it is an oil tanker that increases the fleet, which goes from 9 to 10 ships. João Almeida said
Angola and Namibia intend to increasingly strengthen cooperation in the area of oil and mineral resources, JA Online learned this Wednesday 5th April, as part of the visit of the Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, who is in Windhoek , for a visit at the invitation of his counterpart, Tom Alweendo. According to the Angolan official, the workday allows “to see Namibia’s experience in the exploration of diamonds in the sea,
The National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), as National Concessionaire and holder of mining rights for prospecting, research, evaluation, development and production of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons throughout Angola, made known, at the end of March of this year, which on September 30, 2023, will proceed with the Launch of the Tender for the Attribution of Petroleum Concessions of Bid 2023, for the oil exploration of the Onshore Basins of the Lower Congo
Aircraft refueling on Angolan soil got cheaper this March, compared to February, according to the table published by the Regulatory Institute for Petroleum Derivatives (IRDP) of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas. The reduction was an average of 30 kwanzas for each reference litre, but which represents, overall, a significant saving for operators. According to the same IRDP table, for this month of April, the Adjustment Reference Price – Platts (PRA) is now
