TotalEnergies has announced the start of production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 offshore Angola projects, which together will add a total of 60,000 bpd of new production. The two subsea tie-back projects will deliver additional production leveraging available capacity on existing FPSOs, TotalEnergies stated, citing added benefits of low marginal costs and low carbon intensities.
TotalEnergies’ CLOV FPSO. Image credit: Igor Sachs
TotalEnergies has begun production from its BEGONIA development, located in Block 17/06. BEGONIA is the first inter-block development in Angola, TotalEnergies said. Located 150 km off the Angolan coast, BEGONIA is a 30,000 bpd project consisting of five wells subsea tied back to the PAZFLOR FPSO.
TotalEnergies also announced the first oil from CLOV Phase 3 in Block 17, in agreement with ANPG and its partners Equinor (22,16%), ExxonMobil (19%), Azule Energy (15.84%) and Sonangol E&P (5%). Located 140 km from the Angolan coast, CLOV Phase 3 is a 30,000 bpd project consisting of four wells subsea tie-back to the CLOV FPSO.
“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,” stated Nicolas Terraz, E&P President 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.”
“These two first oils will help Angola maintain its production levels above 1 million bpd,” added Paulino Jerónimo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANPG. “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.”
