Closed deals. Gas exploration in the Quiluma and Maboqueiro fields starts in 2026

Negotiations for the start-up of the new gas consortium in Angola were closed. According to an announcement by the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) and Eni, the New Gas Consortium (NGC) has closed the Final Investment Decision for the Quiluma and Maboqueiro gas project, whose gas exploration will start in 2026. “The National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency, Eni and the partners of the New Gas Consortium (Chevron, Sonangol, BP and Total) inform

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Lucapa finds giant pink diamond said to be Angola’s largest in last 300 years

Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has recovered a rare 170-carat pink diamond at its prolific Lulo mine, believed to be the largest of its kind found in Angola in the last 300 years. The massive pink stone named the “Lulo Rose” will be sold later this year through an international tender conducted by Angolan state-owned diamond trading firm Sodiam. Lucapa has a 40% stake in the Lulo mine, which hosts the world’s highest dollar-per-carat alluvial diamonds. The rest is

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Angola raised 11.8 billion dollars in the second quarter of this year with oil exports

Angola raised 11.8 billion dollars in the second quarter of this year, with the export of 103.6 million barrels of crude oil, 75.5 percent more than in the same period in 2021, according to official data. The data are contained in the Balance of Exports of Crude Oil and Natural Gas for the second quarter of 2022 presented this Tuesday by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas. In the period in question, the

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Angola pocketed 1.1 billion dollars in gas exports in the second quarter of this year

Angola pocketed 1.1 billion dollars in the second quarter of this year, with the export of one million metric tons of gas, 6.63 percent less compared to the same quarter of 2021, according to official data. According to the Balance of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Exports for the second quarter of 2022, presented this Tuesday by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, gas exports in the second quarter of this year represented

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Angola, Egypt Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

Angola is pursuing improved cooperation with Egypt as the country looks at strengthening trade and investment within the energy, industry and commercial sub-sectors. Leveraging Egypt’s expertise, particularly within oil, gas, renewable energy and industrial engineering, the southern African country has prioritized foreign investment, intra-African trade and economic diversification. Speaking during the opening of an economic forum between the two countries this month, Angola’s ambassador to Egypt, Nelson Manuel Cosme, emphasized that the country is officially open

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ANPG spends three million on study to locate abandoned oil blocks in the country

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

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Five countries dominate foreign investment in the Angolan economy

The United States of America, France, Italy, China and the United Kingdom were the countries that, in the first quarter of this year, stood out in terms of the origin of foreign direct investment in the oil sector in Angola, according to the report by the National Bank of Angola. Regarding the non-oil sector, the same source says that South Africa and Belarus stand out. In relation to the balance of direct investment, in the

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Somoil raises oil production to 17,000 barrels/day

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

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Focus Economics confirms Angola’s growth of 3.2 percent this year

The consultancy Focus Economics predicts that the Angolan economy will grow 3.2 percent this year and accelerate to up to 3.6 percent in 2024, also forecasting an expansion below the average of sub-Saharan African countries. “Growth is expected to accelerate significantly this year, in a context in which the easing of restrictions related to the pandemic boosts domestic demand, while the external sector benefits from high raw material prices”, write analysts at Focus Economics. ,

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Energy transition: country can save 275 million liters of diesel per year

According to the Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, the replacement of thermal energy by solar energy represents a saving of 275 million liters of diesel per year for the country. The head of the Energy portfolio spoke to the press at the inauguration of the Biópio photovoltaic power plant, in the municipality of Catumbela, in the province of Benguela. The Biópio photovoltaic plant, as well as the Baía Farta plant, inaugurated this

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