BP
announces Chumbo discovery in deepwater Angola
Posted: 29 March 2004
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol)
and BP today announced the Chumbo 1 oil discovery in the deepwater
Block 18, offshore Angola. This was the second discovery in 2003
and eighth overall in the block.
The Chumbo-1 well was drilled by the semi-submersible drilling
rig, the Leiv Eiriksson, in 1,600 metres water depth some 200 kilometres
off the Angolan coast. The well flowed at a rate of 1,080 barrels
per day in a test undertaken to evaluate the oil formation.
Further work will be needed to evaluate the full extent of the
Chumbo 1 discovery, that lies some 10 kilometres to the south south-
west of the Platina–1 oil discovery in the same block.
Block 18 was awarded in the middle of 1996 by Sonangol to Amoco
as Operator and Shell, with a 50 per cent equity each. Following
the merger between BP and Amoco in 1999, BP now manages the interest
formerly held by Amoco.
For more informatin see www.bp.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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