Benguela Oil Field (Angola)

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Benguela Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Along with Lobito Oil Field (Angola), Tomboco Oil Field (Angola), and Belize Oil Field (Angola), Benguela is a part of the Benguela Belize-Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) Oil Project (Angola).

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Benguela	Operating	Azule Energy	Azule Energy (35.0%); Equinor (30.0%); Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (25.0%); Acrep SA (10.0%)	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Benguela Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	EUR	750	million bbl	2010

Table 3: Production from Benguela Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	oil	2.77	million bbl/y	2007

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Benguela Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 14	Offshore, Angola	-5.4833, 11.5 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Benguela Belize-Lobito Tomboco (BBLT) complex:

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