Kuito Oil Field (Angola)

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Kuito Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Kuito Operating[1] Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited[2] Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (31.0%); Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (20.0%); Somoil (29.0%); Eni S.P.A. (20.0%)[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kuito Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil reserves 1004.21 million bbl 2018 [4]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Kuito Oil Field

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 14[5] Offshore, Angola[6] -5.577, 11.527 (approximate)[6]

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501100148/https://totalenergies.com/media/news/press-releases/angola-totalenergies-sells-its-non-operated-interest-block-14. Archived from the original on 01 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230602072711/https://www.verangola.net/va/en/012023/Energy/34035/Somoil-makes-entry-in-blocks-14-and-14K.htm. Archived from the original on 02 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.galp.com/corp/en/investors/publications-and-announcements/investor-announcements/investor-announcement/id/1430/galp-to-divest-from-angolan-upstream-assets https://www.verangola.net/va/en/012023/Energy/34035/Somoil-makes-entry-in-blocks-14-and-14K.htm, https://www.galp.com/corp/en/investors/publications-and-announcements/investor-announcements/investor-announcement/id/1430/galp-to-divest-from-angolan-upstream-assets. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230919165634/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328805992_Continental_Slopes_of_the_West_Africa_Region_A_Unique_Treasure_of_Hydrocarbons. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://onepetro.org/WPCONGRESS/proceedings-abstract/WPC17/All-WPC17/WPC-32117/202148?redirectedFrom=PDF. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Annex Fact Book 2019: EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION - MAPS OF ACTIVITY AREAS" (PDF). Eni. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.