TotalEnergies Adds 60,000 BPD Offshore Angola

Energy major TotalEnergies has announced the start of operations at the Begonia and CLOV Phase 3 offshore projects in Angola. The projects – located in Block 17/06 and Block 17, respectively – add 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) to Angola’s production portfolio.

The Begonia project, situated 150 km off Angola’s coast, features five wells tied back to the PAZFLOR FPSO and has a capacity of 30,000 bpd. Representing the first inter-block development in Angola, Begonia is operated by TotalEnergies (30%) in partnership with national oil company Sonangol E&P (30%) and energy companies SSI (27.5%), Etu Energias (7.5%) and Falcon Oil (5%).

“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. With Begonia and CLOV Phase 3, we are leveraging available production capacity in existing FPSOs of Block 17 (PAZFLOR and CLOV) while reducing costs and emissions,” stated Nicolas Terraz, President Exploration & Production at TotalEnergies.

The CLOV Phase 3 development, located 140 km offshore, comprises four wells tied back to the CLOV FPSO, also with a capacity of 30,000 bpd. The project is operated by TotalEnergies (38%) alongside Sonangol E&P (5%), Equinor (22.16%), ExxonMobil (19%) and Azule Energy (11.84%).

“Begonia is the first project between Blocks in Angola with a significant component of Local Content and CLOV 3 is a great achievement resulting from intense work between the concessionaire and the B17 contractor group, operated by TotalEnergies,” said Paulino Jerónimo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency.