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Chevron greenlights $5.6B Mafumeira Sul project offshore Angola

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Chevron Corporation’s Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Mafumeira Sul project located offshore Angola. Located 15 miles (24 km) offshore Cabinda province in 200 feet (60 m) of water, the Mafumeira Sul project is the second stage of development of the Mafumeira Field located in Block 0.

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INPEX and Total launch the $34B Ichthys offshore Australia LNG Project; entire 8.5 Mt/y LNG output already sold for 15 years

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First production is expected at the end of 2016. In delivering this important project into production we will be securing vital long-term energy supply to Japan.Ichthys production volumes represent more than 10% of Japan’s LNG imports at current. In addition to its LNG production, the Ichthys project is expected to generate 1.6

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Total and partners launch $16B ultra-deep Kaombo project offshore Angola

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Total and its joint venture partners have made the final investment decision to develop the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola. With a production capacity of 230,000 barrels per day, Kaombo will develop estimated reserves of 650 million barrels. Associated gas will be exported to the onshore Angola LNG plant.

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Total installs first subsea gas/liquid separation in 800 meters of water in Angolan deep offshore for heavy oil

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Begun in December 2007, development of the Pazflor oil field 150 kilometers (93 miles) offshore Angola is one of the biggest projects currently operated by Total. The subsea production system for Pazflor’s three Miocene reservoirs includes three subsea separation units. Pazflor SSU. Click to enlarge.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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miles) offshore Congo. During the production test in the oil interval, the well flowed more than 5,000 barrels of oil per day at 36° API gravity. Eni has been present in Congo since 1968 and today has an equity production of 105,000 barrels of oil per day in the country. billion barrels of oil equivalent in place.

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