New oil discovery on Block 32, in the Angolan ultra deep offshore

Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.) and Total E&P Angola, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total, announce a new oil discovery with the sixth exploration well named Salsa-1, drilled on Block 32 in the ultra deep waters of the Angolan offshore. Drilled in a water depth of 1,806 metres, the Salsa-1 well tested at a rate of 3,686 barrels per day of oil, from a Miocene reservoir. The discovery is located in the southeastern part of Block 32, approximately 15 kilometres southwest of the Mostarda-1 discovery.