Girassol Oil Field (Angola)

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Girassol Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Along with Rosa Oil Field (Angola), Girassol is a part of the GirRI Oil Project (Angola).

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Girassol	Operating	TotalEnergies	TotalEnergies (38.0%); Equinor (22.16%); ExxonMobil (19.0%); BP Exploration Angola Ltd (15.84%); Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (5.0%)	1996	–	2001

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Girassol Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	Recoverable reserves	630	million bbl	2021
oil	oil in place	1500	million bbl	2004

Table 3: Production from Girassol Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	oil	80.3	million bbl/y	2018
production	oil	73	million bbl/y	2001

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Girassol Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 17	Offshore, Angola	-7.6554, 11.7143 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the GirRI complex:

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