SONANGOL EYES EXPLORATION VENTURE

PRIDE/SONANGOL JV BUYS JACK-UP 

AEM understands that Sonamer Angola, a 51/49 joint venture between [...]

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD 

Elf Exploration Angola's eighth find on block 17 after that of Cravo in early September is going to have to [...]

KIAME PRODUCES NEARLY 8,800 BPD AND KIABO CONTINUES 

The small Kiame oil field which was put into production [...]

PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY 

The 51-49% joint venture between Pride International and Sonangol that owns the drillship Pride Africa has taken delivery of the [...]

TECHNIP'S LOCAL CONTENT CARD 

Technip plans to set up an engineering affiliate in Luanda in which Angola's national oil company, Sonangal, will hold a [...]

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON 

Already postponed several times, the final distribution of stakes on the first blocks in Angola's ultra deep offshore - 31, [...]

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS 

The government announced just before the New Year that it had signed three PSA's concerning blocks 21, 22 and 24 [...]

BLOCK O TO PROVIDE 600,000 BPD 

Initial development of the Kuito field on Angola's block 14 is going to be put back relative to earlier indications [...]

SONANGOL TO MARKET PRODUCTS IN NAMIBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA 

The state-owned Angolan company Sonangol plans to start marketing oil [...]

SONANGOL MOVES IN 

The state-owned Angolan oil company Sonangol was given a green light by president Laurent Kabila on Sept. 29 to set [...]

FOURTH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 

On Sept. 3 Elf announced its fourth discovery on block 17 in the deep Angolan offshore, Lirio. It follows Girassol [...]

OPERATORS READY TO SIGN 

The government is shortly to sign contracts with the operators chosen for blocks 23, 24 and 25 in the middle [...]

ROSA 1 DOES IT AGAIN 

Elf's Rosa-1 well in block 17 that targets a distinct part of the structure on which Girasol, the first discovery [...]

SONANGOL BUYS STAKE IN RIG 

Pride International has signed a joint venture accord with Sonangol for the ownership of the deepwater drillship Pride Africa that [...]

CONTRACT EXTENDED FOR PETROBRAS XI 

Chevron-Gulf has extended its contract with the jack-up Petrobras XI [...]

ARAMCO DROPS PETROGAL 

Saudi Aramco announced on Sept. 23 that negotiations on an agreement in July to take a 27.5% in Petrogal, Portugal's [...]

HOUSING PROJECT ON THE MOVE 

Plan to build homes for executives south of Luanda that [...]

MONEY IN ESCROW FOR CABINDA 

The U.S. Eximbank has guaranteed a loan of $86,6 million [...]

DISCOVERY IN BLOCK 2/92 

What had only been sketchy and unconfirmed news of a discovery in mid-May was transformed last week into a true [...]

SONANGOL KEEPS OCEAN PRODUCER ON KIABO 

Sonangol has issued a four-year extension starting on Jan. 1 [...]

NEW WELLS ON KIABO 

Sonangol Pesquisa & Producao is planning two new wells to build up production on Kiabo after this year. By putting [...]

NEW LOGISTIC PUSH 

A new offshore logistic base will be built in Luanda port in a move that coincides with efforts to repair [...]

BLOCK 14 PSA SIGNED 

A production sharing agreement for Block 14 was signed at the end of February. The accord had been put back [...]

SONANGOL-GLOBAL MARINE JV 

The government has given a green light to a move by Sonangol and the U.S. drilling contractor Global Marine to [...]

GARY SMITH REPORT A DAMP SQUIB? 

A "Report on Sonangol and Angolan Oil Dealing" signed Gary [...]

DEVELOPMENTS RESUME ON BLOCK 2 

Although Texaco's recent inquiries involving the drilling rigs it will need in Angola sowed some confusion in oil services circles [...]

BLOCKS 14, 15 AND 1 SOON SIGNED 

Companies that work together on the offshore Cabinda block, operator Chevron, Sonangol, Agip and Elf, met with oil minister Albina [...]

SONANGOL-PETROGAL 1991 PACT APPROVED 

The Angolese government recently gave its green light to an [...]

ADB LOAN FOR SONANGOL EXPECTED THIS YEAR 

A $60 million loan that the African Development Bank is [...]

QUICK TOUR 

Apart from a first meeting with Philippe Jaffré since the latter's appointment as boss of Elf Aquitaine (AEM 125) Angolese [...]

100% SONANGOL 

The original well and one of two appraisal wells drilled by Sonangol on its first development project have been producing [...]

SONANGOL RANKED FIRST 

Sonangol is the leading state oil company in central Africa, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest annual update of companies operating [...]

ADB LOAN FOR SONANGOL 

Planned for several years, the internal shakeup of Sonangol will be backed by the African Development Bank and other donor [...]

SONANGOL DROPS GNPC 

Sonangol has signed two agreements to put field 4/26 into production. They take the place of an accord Sonangol had [...]

AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR BLOCK 2/92 (TOTAL) 

Ever since Texaco decided at the end of 1991 to [...]

EXXON WITH SHELL ON BLOCK 16 

Oil minister Joao Landoite has indicated that Shell will be joined by Exxon on Angola's Block 16, according to the [...]

THE BALANCE OF FORCES 

A survey carried out by the British stockbroker County Natwest Wood Mackenzie (CNWM) has confirmed the extreme concentration of oil [...]

A SECOND REFINERY? 

Angolese oil and energy minister Joao Landoite has come out [...]

As production starts up on some of the development areas [...]

The Petrocontrol consortium that includes Total and a number of [...]

BLOCK 3: TWO NEW DISCOVERIES 

Operator Elf Aquitaine Angola (EAA) and Sonangol last week announced two new discoveries in block 3 with the first two [...]

SHELL'S DISCOVERY: SLIM RESULTS 

While Shell indeed struck oil on the first of a series of three wells it spudded last summer (AEM 76), [...]