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Monday, August 3, 2020
The National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG), Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC), Sonangol EP, Total Petroleum Angola Limited and Eni Angola Production BV announce the start of production at the Nsinga oil field, located in area A of the Block 0 concession, off the coast of Malongo, in Cabinda Province.
Nsinga is the first oil field in the Block 0 concession to start production after the approval of Presidential Legislative Decree No. 6/18, of 18 May, which governs incentives for the development of marginal fields.
The Nsinga oil field is being developed through a phased intervention, in which the first wells are drilled from an existing platform. Phase 1, which starts production today, consists of four producer wells, drilled directionally, which will provide additional information for the design of specific development alternatives in Phase 2.
The Nsinga field wells were developed based on a new completion technology, which allows the production of the reservoir fluids and enhances the reduction of sand production.
For the President of the Board of Directors of ANPG, Paulino Jerónimo, “The start of production in this field represents the materialization of the efforts made in the last two years by the Angolan Executive, with the active contribution of the national concessionaire. It also represents the result of the Executive’s commitment to creating solutions for the balance and dynamization of the sector, namely in terms of creating incentives for the development of marginal fields and exploration in areas of development, as well as to make possible the exploration of gas in Angola, creating the necessary legislation for that purpose. With these and other decisions, the Government was able to meet the needs of international investors and mitigate the decline in oil production, which has been increasing since 2015.”
According to the Director General of Chevron in Angola, Derek Magness, “although Block 0 is over 60 years old, there is still a substantial amount of resources to be exploited. And with Nsinga we demonstrate our continuous capacity in search of innovative solutions, with a view to optimizing the production of the respective block.”
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