Plutao Oil Field (Angola)

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Plutao Oil Field (Plutã) is an operating oil field in Angola.

Along with Marte Oil and Gas Field (Angola), Saturno Oil and Gas Field (Angola), and Venus Oil and Gas Field (Angola), Plutao is a part of the PSVM Oil and Gas Project (Angola).

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Plutao	Operating	BP Exploration Angola Ltd	BP Exploration Angola Ltd (26.67%); Sonangol E.P. (25.0%); Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (20.0%); Equinor (13.33%); Other (15.0%)	2002	–	2013

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Plutao Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production design capacity	oil	25.55	million bbl/y	2013

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Plutao Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 31	Offshore, Angola	-6.1041, 10.6341 (exact)

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

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