Cuica Oil Field (Angola)

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Cuica Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Cuica Oil Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Cuica operating[1][2] Azule Energy Holdings[3][4][5] SSI Fifteen Ltd [26%]; Eni SpA [36%]; Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção SA [36%][2][5][2][5][2][5] 2021[5][6] – 2021[2] conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Cuica Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil oil in place 225.0 million bbl 2022 ​[7][6]

Table 3: Production from Cuica Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production oil 3.65 million bbl/y 2024 ​[1]
production design capacity oil 3.65 million bbl/y 2021 ​[7]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Cuica Oil Field

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 15/06[5] offshore, Angola[8][9] offshore[10] -6.234, 11.246 (approximate)[8][9]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://energycapitalpower.com/7-high-impact-wells-angola-2019-2023/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220326063556/https://www.offshore-energy.biz/eni-pumps-first-oil-from-cuica-field-offshore-angola/. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250319211715/https://www.worldoil.com/news/2023/7/17/african-energy-chamber-angola-fast-tracking-sustainable-oil-development-to-increase-production/. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230203074915/https://www.euro-petrole.com/eni-starts-production-of-the-cuica-field-in-the-eastern-area-of-block-1506-deep-offshore-angola-n-i-22601. Archived from the original on 03 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20221001200033/https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/africa/ep-africa/312964/eni-cuica-angola-discovery/. Archived from the original on 01 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230327142916/https://www.energycapitalpower.com/biggest-discoveries-in-west-africa/. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221208051727/http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/cuica-oil-field-offshore-angola/. Archived from the original on 08 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220317012608/https://www.eni.com/assets/documents/eng/reports/2019/ep_maps.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220525013126/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/cuica-oil-field/. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)