{"id":387963,"date":"2026-01-04T20:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387963\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:33:12","slug":"angola-boosts-crude-oil-output-by-25000-bpd-as-chevron-backed-ndola-sul-field-comes-on-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387963\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola boosts crude oil output by 25,000 bpd as Chevron-backed N\u2019Dola Sul field comes on stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        The crude will be sent to the Malango Terminal in Cabinda, while about 50 million cubic feet of gas per day will be supplied to the Angola LNG plant, according to a statement released by the concessionaire.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Paulino Jer\u00f3nimo, chairman of the board of directors of the ANPG, said the start of production at the project represents \u201ca new successful step\u201d within the broader set of investments being made in the sector by Angola\u2019s partners.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        Chevron\u2019s Southern Africa managing director, Frank Cassulo, said the project underlines the commitment of <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.businessinsider.com\/local\/markets\/angola-opens-dollar4-billion-gas-processing-plant-to-boost-energy-security\/blv5gre\" id=\"ea2e93b2-af42-4c5f-9972-1eac8f3151bf\" data-link-role-code=\"open_new_tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited<\/a>, the US energy major\u2019s Angolan subsidiary and operator of Block 0, to building local capacity.\n    <\/p>\n<p>                    <img width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"The N\u2019Dola Sul offshore project in Angola commenced operations in December, aiming to enhance the country's oil and gas production\" title=\"The N\u2019Dola Sul offshore project in Angola commenced operations in December, aiming to enhance the country's oil and gas production\" class=\"image lazyloaded imgWithMetaData\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'790'%20height%3D'527'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-original=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/6XBktkpTURBXy82N2VlZTgwMmUxZjEzNzNhODU0MmE0ZTg0YzgxOTljYy5wbmeSlQMAAM0ETM0C3ZUCzQMWzQIPwsM\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n        He said the development reflects CABGOC\u2019s determination to promote local content in Angola while \u201cdeveloping resources efficiently within the Block 0 concession.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        The ANPG, CABGOC and the project\u2019s contractor group which includes Sonangol, TotalEnergies and Azule Energy, are all partners in the N\u2019Dola Sul development.\n    <\/p>\n<p>        A strategic link to Angola\u2019s Cabinda refinery<\/p>\n<p>\n        The start-up of N\u2019Dola Sul is also strategically important because it coincides with Angola\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.businessinsider.com\/local\/markets\/angolas-cabinda-refinery-set-to-commence-production-by-april\/7wgve49\" id=\"dc8cc5a7-ab8c-4ec4-85e5-76f94112cc5c\" data-link-role-code=\"open_new_tab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">long-awaited Cabinda oil refinery<\/a>, the first to be built since the country gained independence nearly five decades ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        For years, Angola has exported most of its crude only to re-import refined products at high cost, a situation that has strained public finances and forced the government to maintain costly fuel subsidies. Those subsidies have in turn sparked violent protests when reduced.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        With fresh production coming from N\u2019Dola Sul and refining capacity rising in Cabinda, the government is betting it can keep more value at home, stabilise domestic fuel supply and gradually unwind subsidies without triggering further social unrest.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crude will be sent to the Malango Terminal in Cabinda, while about 50 million cubic feet of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-387963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}