Luanda, April 27, 2026 - Angola's oil production for the month of March was 31,670,636 barrels, corresponding to a daily average of 1,021,633 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), against the 1,108,226 BOPD originally forecasted. Associated gas production during the same period was 83,383 million cubic feet, corresponding to a daily average of 2,690 million cubic feet (MMSCFD). Of this total, 1,112 MMSCFD were reinjected for reservoir pressure maintenance, 900 MMSCFD were made available to the ALNG plant, and 299 MMSCFD were used for power generation at oil facilities.
The ALNG plant produced 4,770,102 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) against the 4,795,297 BOE forecasted, representing a reduction of 0.53% and a daily average of 153,874 barrels of oil equivalent (BOEPD). These were distributed as 134,365 BOEPD of LNG, 8,660 BOEPD of Propane, 6,199 BOEPD of Butane, and 4,650 BOEPD of Condensates.
In the Cabinda Association, LPG production was 325,355 barrels, corresponding to a daily average of 10,495 barrels, divided into Propane (6,094 barrels), Butane (4,062 barrels), and onshore LPG (339 barrels).
Total production of oil and LPG was 32,373,666 BOE, corresponding to a daily average of 1,044,312 barrels of oil equivalent. The operational efficiency of the facilities was 85.94%, compared to the 94.77% initially planned.
For the period under review, Angola's liftings totalled 35,740,820 barrels, averaging 1,152,930 BOPD against a forecast of 1,027,581 BOPD. The Concessionaire lifted 6,860,890 barrels (all exported), representing 19% of total liftings. Sonangol UNEP lifted 6,745,724 barrels (all exported), representing 19%, and Sonangol E.P. lifted 2,225,449 barrels (1,855,491 exported and 369,958 delivered to the Luanda Refinery), representing 6% of total liftings. Of the total liftings, 35,370,862 barrels correspond to exports and 369,958 barrels were delivered to the Luanda Refinery.
During March, eleven drilling units were active: one onshore rig (Ideco 350 in the FS/FST Associations); five shallow-water units (Jack Up Shelf Drilling Tenacious and intervention vessel LWIV Hamad Eagle in Block 0, Jack Up Valaris V-144 in Block NGC, SMS ESSA in Block 2/05, and BORR GRID in Block 2/05); and five deep-water units (Valaris DS-9 in Block 15, Saipem 12K in Block 15/06, Sonangol Libongos in Block 15/06, Valaris DS-7 in Block 15/06, and Sonangol Quenguela in Block 32).
Work was performed on 22 wells: four intervention operations on producing wells (two completed, two in progress); 13 drilling/completion operations on development wells (four completed: two producers and two injectors, two producer wells suspended, and seven development producer wells in progress); and five abandonment wells (four abandoned and one in progress), totalling 9,040 metres drilled.
Production by Block (March 2026):
|
Block |
Oil (BOPD) |
Produced Gas (MMSCFD) |
|
Block 0 |
122,394 |
1,108 |
|
Block 2 |
15,109 |
45 |
|
Block 3/05 |
18,219 |
129 |
|
Block 3/05 A |
414 |
6 |
|
Block 14 |
38,236 |
32 |
|
Block 14K |
8 |
0 |
|
Block 15 |
157,488 |
609 |
|
Block 15/06 |
135,273 |
192 |
|
Block 17 |
306,513 |
192 |
|
Block 17/06 |
33,473 |
22 |
|
Block 18 |
41,294 |
43 |
|
Block 31 |
42,669 |
40 |
|
Block 32 |
107,580 |
74 |
|
FS |
233 |
0 |
|
FST |
2,452 |
7 |
|
Cabinda Sul |
263 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
1,021,633 |
2,690 |
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