Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project (Angola)

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Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in Angola.

The project consists of the following units:

• Cobalto Oil and Gas Field (Angola)
• Plutonio Oil Field (Angola)
• Paladio Oil and Gas Field (Angola)
• Cromio Oil and Gas Field (Angola)
• Galio Oil and Gas Field (Angola)

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project

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
Greater Plutonio	Operating	Azule Energy	BP (46.0%); Sinopec International (37.72%); Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (16.28%)	1999	2004	2007	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
crude oil and condensate	remaining recoverable reserves	134.15	million bbl	2022	​
oil	estimated	750	million bbl	2022	​
oil	2P and 2C	220	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	600	million bbl	2020
production	oil	27.74	million bbl/y	[not stated]
production	oil and condensate	65.05	million bbl/y	2013
production	hydrocarbons	15.8	million boe/y	2022
production	oil	29.2	million bbl/y	2022
production design capacity	oil	80.3	million bbl/y	[not stated]

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for Greater Plutonio Oil and Gas Project

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 18	Offshore, Angola	Offshore	-7.9437, 12.1458 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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