By Christie U. Omonigho
- TotalEnergies announces the start of production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 projects
- It will be adding a total of 60,000 barrels per day of production offshore Angola
- Low cost, low emissions projects leveraging existing facilities
- BEGONIA is the first development on Block 17/06
TotalEnergies (30%, operator) has just announced the start of production from BEGONIA, the first inter-block development in Angola. The project was achieved through the cooperation between the Angolan concession holder Agencia Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG), the partners of the block 17/06, Sonangol E&P (30%), SSI (27,5%), ETU Energias (7.5%), Falcon Oil (5%), and the partners of block 17 also operated by the French major.
Located 150 kilometers off the Angolan coast, BEGONIA is a 30,000 barrels per day project consisting of five wells subsea tied back to the PAZFLOR FPSO.
CLOV Phase 3, continued upsides on Block 17
TotalEnergies (38%, operator) also announced the first oil from CLOV Phase 3 in Block 17, in agreement with ANPG and its partners Equinor (22, 16%), ExxonMobil (19%), Azule Energy (15.84%) and Sonangol E&P (5%).
Located 140 kilometers from the Angolan coast, CLOV Phase 3 is a 30,000 barrels per day project consisting of four wells subsea tie-back to the CLOV FPSO.
“TotalEnergies, operator of Block 17 and 17/06, continues to actively deliver its low-cost and low-emissions developments to grow its upstream production by more than 3% in 2025,” Nicolas Terraz, President Exploration & Production at TotalEnergies stated. “With BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3, we are leveraging available production capacity in existing FPSOs of Block 17 (PAZFLOR and CLOV) while reducing costs and emissions.”
“Good news for the country, as those two First Oils will help Angola maintain its production levels above 1 million barrels per day. BEGONIA is the first project between Blocks in Angola with a significant component of Local Content and CLOV 3 is a great achievement resulting from intense work between the concessionaire and the B17 contractor group, operated by TotalEnergies. Projects like these are extremely important as they prove the innovative spirit and dynamism of the oil sector in Angola,” declares Paulino Jerónimo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels.
TotalEnergies says it has been in Angola since 1953, employing around 1,500 people across different business segments currently. It says it’s a key player in supporting the country’s sustainable energy transition, proving its capacity in several areas including, deep offshore operated assets which also represent more than 45% of the country’s oil production, service stations in partnership with Sonangol and renewable energy projects.