PAJ Oil and Gas Project (Angola)

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PAJ Oil and Gas Project is a discovered oil and gas project in Angola.

PAJ Oil and Gas Project is a part of the PAJ Oil and Gas Project (Angola).

PAJ Oil and Gas Project is also sometimes referred to as Palas-Astraea-Juno.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for PAJ Oil and Gas Project

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
PAJ discovered[1] Azule Energy Holdings[2] Other [4%]; BP PLC [26%]; Equinor ASA [13%]; China Petrochemical Corp [8%]; Sonangol EP [45%][3][3][3][3][3] 2005[4] – – conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of PAJ Oil and Gas Project

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
crude oil reserves 150.0 million bbl 2022 ​[5]
gas Remaining recoverable reserves 132.52 million m³ 2021 ​[6]
gas reserves 19547.7 million m³ 2022 ​[4]

Table 3: Production from PAJ Oil and Gas Project

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production design capacity crude oil and condensate 25.35 million bbl/y 2027 ​[7][2]

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for PAJ Oil and Gas Project

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 31[5][8] offshore, Angola[9][2] offshore[10] -6.1041, 10.6341 (approximate)[9][2]

The map below shows the approximate location of the project:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241203004032/https://energycapitalandpower.africa-newsroom.com/press/enis-guido-brusco-joins-angola-oil-and-gas-aog-2024-as-company-targets-increased-gas-output?lang=en. Archived from the original on 03 December 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://energycapitalpower.com/6-african-og-projects-targeting-fid-in-h2-2024/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20250319222447/https://oilandgas.world/viewtopic.php?t=1289. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129183925/https://www.energycapitalpower.com/natural-gas-projects-angola/. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230215172845/https://au-afrec.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/African%20Oil%20%26%20Gas%20Domestic%20Market.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-natural-gas-data-reveals-trillions-of-dollars-of-upcoming-gas-projects. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221207194133/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/paj-complex-conventional-oil-field-angola/. Archived from the original on 07 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250319225621/https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-block-31-paj-4580324/. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2014/70174koning/ndx_koning. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ (PDF) https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/12ffd75a-a9b8-477f-a18b-fe57f11cd6cb/Angola-TowardsanEnergyStrategy.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)