Girassol Oil Field (Angola)

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Girassol Oil Field is an operating oil field in Angola.

Along with Rosa Oil Field (Angola), Girassol Oil Field is a part of the Girassol complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Girassol	Operating	TotalEnergies	TotalEnergies (38.0%); Equinor (22.16%); ExxonMobil (19.0%); Azule Energy (15.84%); Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (5.0%)	1996	–	2001	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Girassol Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	Recoverable reserves	630	million bbl	2021	​
oil	oil in place	1500	million bbl	2004	​
oil	reserves	963.89	million bbl	2018	​

Table 3: Production from Girassol 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	80.3	million bbl/y	2018
production	oil	73	million bbl/y	2001
production	hydrocarbons	32.6	million boe/y	2021
production	condensate	22.82	million bbl/y	2021

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 17	Offshore, Angola	Offshore	-7.6554, 11.7143 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Girassol complex:

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