Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, Chevron’s subsidiary in Angola, and Block 0 partners, have successfully produced first oil from the South N’dola project.

Assembled in Cuanza Sul and Cabinda provinces, in Angola, the South N’dola project will develop hydrocarbon resources in Block 0 delivering oil to the Malongo Terminal and associated gas to Angola LNG, reinforcing the country’s energy infrastructure.

“This project exemplifies CABGOC's commitment to develop local content and efficiently develop resources within the Block 0 concession,” said Frank Cassulo, managing director of Chevron's Southern Africa. “During the construction phase, the project created more than 800 jobs for Angolan workers across Cabinda and Cuanza Sul and awarded several contracts to local business partners. The South N’dola Project upholds our 70-year legacy of business in Angola, by Angolans, for Angola.”

The project comprises several key components:

• A wellhead platform with the jacket weighing approximately 1,100 tones, standing about 73m tall, constructed in Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, and topsides weighing around 600 tons, fabricated in Malembo and assembled in Malongo, Cabinda.
• Around 12 production wells, forecast to produce approximately 25,000 barrels of oil per day and 50 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.
• A production pipeline 15km long which goes from the wellhead platform to the Mafumeira complex facility.
• A deck extension to the Mafumeira Production and Processing Platform that receives the production from South N’dola and channels it through the Mafumeira processing system.

The wellhead platform applied minimum-facilities design which leverages existing available processing capacity in Mafumeira and features a solar energy – battery system that powers the facility- a demonstration of CABGOC’s commitment to sustainable development.

KeyFacts Energy: Chevron Angola country profile