Offshore production leverages FPSO capacity
Production begins at offshore projects
ANGOLA: TotalEnergies officially started production from the Begonia and Clov Phase 3 offshore projects, leveraging ullage in the PAZFLOR and CLOV floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO) to add a total of 60,000 barrels a day of new production.
In effort to minimise costs and with a focus on reducing carbon intensities, these two subsea tie-back projects deliver additional production leveraging available capacity on existing FPSO’s.
Representing the first inter-block development in Angola, the Begonia concession includes 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 TotalEnergies.
Located 150 kilometres off the Angolan coast, Begonia is a 30,000 barrels per day project consisting of five wells subsea tied back to the Pazflor FPSO.
The Clov Phase 3 in Block 17 is a operated by TotalEnergies and includes ANPG and its partners Equinor (22,16%), ExxonMobil (19%), Azule Energy (15.84%) and Sonangol E&P (5%).
Located 140 kilometres 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,” stated Nicolas Terraz, President Exploration & Production at TotalEnergies.
“With Begonia and Clov Phase 3, we are leveraging available production capacity in existing FPSOs of Block 17 while reducing costs and emissions.”
Commenting on the news, Paulino Jerónimo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels noted that there was a significant local content component in the Begonia field and that the success was a result of those involved. “Projects like these are extremely important as they prove the innovative spirit and dynamism of the oil sector in Angola,” he said.
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