A multibillion-dollar oil project off the coast of Angola has passed the halfway development mark, as France’s TotalEnergies, Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Luanda-headquartered Sonangol EP, and the country’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) headed overseas to check on the construction of critical subsea hardware for the African project.
A delegation from ANPG, led by Administrator Ana Miala, together with representatives from TotalEnergies, Petronas, and Sonangol visited the OneSubsea facilities in Johor, Republic of Malaysia, at the end of last month to monitor the manufacturing of equipment that integrates the subsea production system (SPS) of the Kaminho project.
The delegation included Gaspar Fernandes, Member of the Operations Committee for Block 20 of ANPG; Mutombo Dondo, Deputy Director of TotalEnergies EP Angola; Rui Rodrigues and Steven Croguennec, Directors of Block 20 at TotalEnergies EP Angola and of the project, respectively; and representatives of the Block 20/11 partners from Petronas and Sonangol.
Visit to OneSubsea's facilities was made to check on the progress of the subsea production system for Kaminho; Courtesy of ANPG
During the visit, the delegation confirmed the planned schedule for the arrival in Angola, starting in 2027, of the equipment currently in production at OneSubsea's facilities in Malaysia. Before its offshore installation, this equipment will be tested by Angolan OneSubsea teams at the company's testing facilities in Sonils, Luanda.
Among the components being manufactured are 13 subsea Christmas trees, with a focus on safety, quality, and delivery of said equipment within the planned deadlines. The execution of the Kaminho project has already exceeded 50%.
The Kaminho project's subsea production system will be installed at a depth greater than 1,500 meters and will connect the wells of the Cameia reservoir to the system of pipelines that carry hydrocarbons to the FPSO Kaminho to allow them to be treated and separated into water, gas, and crude oil.
Following national and international legislation, after treatment the water will be discharged back into the sea, the gas will be fully reinjected into the reservoir with no routine flaring, and the crude oil will be stored in the FPSO hull and then exported to an oil tanker.
Located in Block 20/11, about 100 kilometers off the Angolan coast, Kaminho is scheduled to come online in 2028. With an investment of approximately $6 billion, this is the first major deepwater oil project in the Kwanza Basin, which is expected to open doors to new investment in the Angolan frontier.