Africa-Press – Angola. The Tubias-13 well, in Block KON11, in the Onshore Kwanza Basin, in Luanda, begins to be drilled this Friday, September 1st, after 27 years inoperative.
Located in the municipality of Cabo Ledo, in Luanda, the operation of Block KON11 is the responsibility of the consortium formed by Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (30%), as operator, Brite’s Oil & Gas (25%), Grupo Simples Oil and Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide (20% each), as well as Omega Risk Solutions Angola (5%), according to the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas (MIREMPT).
Members of the Angolan Executive, the National Concessionaire – National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) and representatives of the aforementioned oil companies are expected for the said ceremony.
At this moment, the technical procedures are in progress to guarantee the execution of the contract within the standards of safety and respect for the environment required by the industry.
The resumption of exploration activities in Block KON11 represents an important milestone for the Angolan oil industry, as it is the effective reactivation of operations in an onshore block without activity since the 1990s.
In Angola, national oil production remains at 1.1 million barrels per day (BOPD), which is expected to remain this year, whose crude comes from 16 oil concessions, 13 in the maritime zone (offshore) and three in the terrestrial (onshore).
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