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Oil Majors in <strong>Angola</strong>´s Petroleum Sector – The scramble intensifies<br />

The start of a new wave of oil driven prosperity<br />

Figure 15: New Oil blocs licensed<br />

In January 2011 Sonangol, <strong>Angola</strong>´s oil<br />

concessionary, auctioned 11 new blocks in <strong>Angola</strong>´s<br />

deep Atlantic waters. Crude production has<br />

declined to about 1.65 mbpd in 2011 due primarily<br />

to a drop in production in block 18, one of <strong>the</strong> most<br />

prolific blocks, held by BP. <strong>Angola</strong>´s new oil blocs<br />

are said to be geologically similar to <strong>the</strong> pre-salt<br />

deposits that have been found off <strong>the</strong> cost of<br />

Brazil, in <strong>the</strong> Santo, Campos and Espirito Santos<br />

basins which have increased Brazil´s proven<br />

reserves by in <strong>the</strong> region of 100bn barrels of oil and<br />

gas reserves. It is widely anticipated that <strong>Angola</strong>´s<br />

deep water blocks will prove to be as prolific and<br />

medium term expectations are that <strong>Angola</strong>´s<br />

production will increase to 2.5 - 3m bpd by about<br />

2015.<br />

<strong>Angola</strong>´s proven oil reserves increased from 4bn<br />

barrels in 1998 to 13.5bn barrels in 2010. At<br />

current prices <strong>the</strong>se reserves would be valued in<br />

<strong>the</strong> region of US$ 1.35tn, which translates to about<br />

18 years of future production at 2m bpd. Due to<br />

new fields coming on stream as well as ongoing<br />

exploration activities, this remains a moving target.<br />

Chevron Corporation<br />

Bloomberg ticker: CVX:US<br />

Market Cap:<br />

US$ 210bn<br />

PER: 7.9x<br />

Figure 16: Chevron 1 yr price chart vs MXEF:IND<br />

Chevron is ranked among <strong>Angola</strong>'s top petroleum<br />

producers. In 2010, Chevron's operations in <strong>Angola</strong><br />

had a total daily production of 580,000 barrels of<br />

liquids (152,000 net barrels). Chevron has an<br />

interest in four concessions: Block 0 (39.2%) off <strong>the</strong><br />

coast of Cabinda province. The block is divided into<br />

Areas A and B. Toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y contain 21 fields<br />

whose total production in 2010 was 365,000 barrels<br />

of liquids per day (116,000 net). Drilling within<br />

Block 0 remains a priority. Major infrastructure<br />

projects are expected to help eliminate routine<br />

flaring of natural gas, handle increasing production<br />

and renew older facilities. Block 14 far<strong>the</strong>r west in<br />

deep water, Block 2 offshore northwest <strong>Angola</strong> and<br />

<strong>the</strong> onshore block Fina Sonangol Texaco. Some of<br />

<strong>the</strong> most important investments include <strong>the</strong><br />

following:<br />

• Benguela Belize–Lobito Tomboco project<br />

• US$ 3.8bn Tombua-Landana project<br />

• The first phase of <strong>the</strong> Mafumeira Norte project<br />

completed development drilling and reached<br />

maximum total daily production of 57k bpd in<br />

<strong>the</strong> fourth quarter of 2010. First oil was<br />

announced in 2009.<br />

• 5.2 mmTPA LNG plant in Soyo (36% interest).<br />

• Chevron has interests in four concessions in<br />

<strong>Angola</strong>, two of which <strong>the</strong>y operate employing<br />

over 3,100 <strong>Angola</strong>ns.<br />

Source: Bloomberg<br />

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