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Angola draws majors into new offshore exploration push

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TotalEnergies is developing the $6 billion Kaminho project in Angola's Kwanza Basin, with first production scheduled for 2028.

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Angola has recorded a series of offshore developments involving TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Shell, and QatarEnergy, including two discoveries, new exploration acreage, and planned investments. TotalEnergies said it had made a discovery with the Acacia-5 well on Block 17, where it holds a 38% operating interest. The company is developing the discovery through existing infrastructure, with Acacia-5 due to be tied back to the Pazflor FPSO and add about 6,000 barrels per day. TotalEnergies also has interests in Blocks 17/25 and 32/21 in the Lower Congo Basin. The company will operate both blocks with a 40% stake. ExxonMobil will hold 40%, while Sonangol E&P will take the remaining 20%. The blocks are located near TotalEnergies' existing operations on Blocks 17 and 32, where six FPSOs are producing. Furthermore, the French major announced plans for around $10bn in investments in Angola over the next five years. The company is targeting production of around 450,000 barrels per day in the country and is developing the $6bn Kaminho project in the Kwanza Basin, with first production scheduled for 2028. In a separate announcement, ExxonMobil announced it made a discovery on Block 15. The Vicango Este-01 exploration well, around 370 km northwest of Luanda, is the 20th discovery on Block 15, which has produced more than 2.7bn barrels over the past three decades. Another supermajor, Shell...

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Jan 1, 2028
Location
Angola

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