Alfort Petroleum expects to contribute a 10 percent contribution to the increase in Angola’s oil production, estimated at 1.2 million barrels of oil/day, a strategy adopted after the company recently won the contract for the block 8, in the onshore Cuanza Basin. Speaking to Jornal de Angola, the director general of Alfort Petroleum, Carlos Pallete, said that the ambition of the Angolan oil company is to position itself among the major operators in the oil
The construction of an oil pipeline between the two countries remains a central issue in relations between Angola and Zambia, with the Zambian energy minister visiting the country to learn about the works in progress. Peter Chibwe Kapala arrives in Angola this Wednesday – where he will return for the second time in less than a year – returning to Zambia on July 9, according to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, in a
The National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) forecasts a turnover in the oil sector, for the next five years, of around US$66 billion. This forecast includes the extension of production licenses already signed between ANPG and the operators, namely in Blocks 15, 17, 18 and also in Block 0, as well as activities related to the exploration and development of oil projects and operational and administrative. If confirmed, this forecast translates into an
Angola overtook Nigeria as the largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa in May, according to data from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), by pumping 1.1 million barrels a day. Angola’s production fell from 1.183 million barrels a day pumped in April to 1.162 million in May, but benefited from an even greater drop by Nigeria, whose production fell from 1.219 million barrels in April to 1.024 million the following month, thus losing the
The Cabinda Refinery equipment was tested on May 2, in Houston, at the facilities of VFuels, the company responsible for its construction. The result of the Factory Acceptance Test was positive, followed, now, by the shipping phase to Angola and, later on, its assembly in Cabinda. The Factory Acceptance Test verifies and certifies that the equipment produced and packaged meets the functionality and the defined objectives, before delivery at the destination, being one of the decisive
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