TotalEnergies SE launched three projects in Angola, including Begonia oil field, Quiluma gas field, Maboqueiro gas fields, and a photovoltaic project.
Begonia, the first development of Block 17/06, is 150 km off the Angolan coast and consists of five wells tied back to the Pazflor FPSO already in operation on the block. After commissioning, expected in late 2024, it will add 30,000 b/d to the FPSO's production.
Quiluma and Maboqueiro, Angola's first non-associated natural gas projects (NAG1), will supply the Angola LNG plant. Production is scheduled to start mid-2026.
The company will construct the Quilemba photovoltaic plant in the southern city of Lubango with initial capacity of 35 Mw, with the possibility of adding 45 Mw in a second phase. The plant should come on stream end 2023.
TotalEnergies is operator at Block 17/06 (30%) with partners Sonangol P&P (30%), SSI (27.5%), ACREP/Somoil (5%), Falcon Oil (5%), and PTTEP (2.5%).
Eni is operator of NAG1 project (25.6%) with partners TotalEnergies (11.8%), Chevron (31%), Sonangol P&P (19.8%), and bp (11.8%).
TotalEnergies holds a 51% interest in Quilemba solar with affiliates of Sonangol EP (30%) and Angola Environment Technology (Greentech, 19%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).