TotalEnergies announces start of production for two offshore projects in Angola

French supermajor TotalEnergies has announced the start of production from BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 projects offshore Angola. The projects connect to existing facilities, adding a total of 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) of production, TotalEnergies said in a media statement on July 23.

The two subsea tie-back projects deliver additional production leveraging available capacity on existing floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSOs) PAZFLOR and CLOV. By tying into existing infrastructure, the projects have low marginal costs and low carbon emissions, the company said.

The BEGONIA project on Block 17/06, where TotalEnergies is the operator with a 30% interest, is the first inter-block development in Angola. The 30,000-bpd project, consisting of five wells tied back to the PAZFLOR FPSO, is located 150km off the Angolan coast.

Other partners of the block 17/06 are: Sonangol E&P (30%), the exploration and production arm of Angola’s national oil company; SSI (27.5%), a subsidiary of China’s state-owned Sinopec; and two privately-held Angolan upstream players ETU Energias (7.5%) and Falcon Oil (5%).

TotalEnergies said the project was made possible thanks to good cooperation between the Angolan concession holder Agencia Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG) with the partners of the block 17/06, and the partners of block 17.

The French energy giant also announced the first oil from the CLOV Phase 3 project in Block 17, where it holds operatorship with a 38% stake, in agreement with ANPG. The 30,000-bpd project, consisting of four wells subsea tied back to the CLOV FPSO, is located 140km from the Angolan coast.

Total’s partners on the block include Norway’s Equinor (22.16%), US-based global energy corporation ExxonMobil (19%), Angola’s largest independent producer – a 50/50 joint venture between BP(UK) and Eni (Italy) -  Azule Energy (15.84%), and Sonangol E&P (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,” said 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 (PAZFLOR and CLOV) while reducing costs and emissions.”

According to Paulino Jerónimo, Chairman of the Board of Directors at ANPG, the start of production at BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 was good news for the country, as the additional output  would help Angola maintain its production levels above 1mn bpd.

“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,” Jerónimo stated. “Projects like these are extremely important as they prove the innovative spirit and dynamism of the oil sector in Angola.”

TotalEnergies in Angola

TotalEnergies has operated in Angola since 1953 and now employs around 1,500 people across its different businesses. It manages deep offshore assets that account for over 45% of Angola’s oil production. The company is active in fuel distribution at service stations in partnership with Sonangol and renewable energy projects, playing a key role in the country’s sustainable energy transition.