Cobo Oil Field (Angola)

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Cobo Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Cobo	Operating	Sonangol E.P.	Sonangol E.P. (30.0%); Maurel & Prom (20.0%); Eni S.P.A. (12.0%); Somoil (10.0%); Afentra (24.0%)	1990	–	1993	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Cobo Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	original oil in place	396	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Cobo 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	169	million bbl	2022
production	oil	17.12	million bbl/y	1996

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 3/05	Offshore, Angola	Offshore	-7.0058, 12.3373 (approximate)

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

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