Plutonio Oil Field (Angola)

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Plutonio Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Along with Cobalto Oil and Gas Field (Angola), Cromio Oil and Gas Field (Angola), Galio Oil and Gas Field (Angola), and Paladio Oil and Gas Field (Angola), Plutonio Oil Field is a part of the Platina Oil Project (Angola).

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Plutonio operating[1] Azule Energy Holdings[2] Azule Energy Holdings Ltd [36%]; Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção SA [16%]; SSI Fifteen Ltd [37%]; BP PLC [10%][2][2][2][2] 1999[1] 2004[1][3] 2007[4] conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Plutonio Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil reserves 44.0 million bbl 2021 ​[2]

Table 3: Production from Plutonio Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production oil 54.75 million bbl/y 2014 ​[5]
production condensate 2.89 million bbl/y 2021 ​[6]
production hydrocarbons 16.4 million boe/y 2021 ​[6]
production oil 10.95 million bbl/y 2021 ​[2]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 18[7] offshore, Angola[8] offshore[9] -7.8659, 12.1726 (exact)[8]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project (Angola):

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230320115434/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/greater_plutonio/. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129051806/https://www.world-energy.org/article/21434.html. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250516172426/https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/company-news/article/16802295/bp-receives-authorization-for-greater-plutonio. Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://www.offshore-energy.biz/bp-and-enis-angolan-jv-turns-to-aker-solutions-for-work-on-two-fpsos/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221006210746/https://cdn.ogj.com/files/base/ebm/ogj/document/2012/01/content_dam_ogj_en_downloadables_research_center_surveys_worldwide_oil_field_production_historical_leftcolumn_downloadable_histwwfldprod2019.xls. Archived from the original on 06 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://eiti.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/1%C2%BA%20Relato%CC%81rio%20ITIE%20Angola_31.12.2021%20%28EN%29.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230201115340/https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-block-18-greater-plutonio-557856/. Archived from the original on 01 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://downloads.climatetrace.org/sector_packages/fossil_fuel_operations.zip. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)