Palanca Oil Field (Angola)

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Palanca Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Along with 7 other assets (listed on Block 3/05 Oil and Gas Project (Angola)), Palanca Oil Field is a part of the Block 3/05 Oil and Gas Project (Angola).

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Palanca	operating^[1]	Sonangol^[1]	Eni SpA [12%]; Sonangol EP [30%]; Etablissements Maurel & Prom SA [20%]; Somoil Internacional de Petróleo do Brasil Ltda [10%]; Afentra [24%]^[1]^[1]^[1]^[1]^[1]	1981^[1]	–	1981^[1]	conventional^[1]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Palanca Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	original oil in place	587.0	million bbl	2022	^[1]

Table 3: Production from Palanca Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	275.0	million bbl	2022	^[1]
production	oil	19.23	million bbl/y	1988	^[1]

Location

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


Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 3/05^[1]	offshore, Angola^[1]	offshore^[1]	-7.0038, 12.3015 (approximate)^[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Block 3/05 Complex Project ():

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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