* Parliament to approve plans, ruling party has majority
* Bids are for onshore exploration in Kwanza, Congo basin
LISBON, April 3 (Reuters) - Angola's government on Wednesdayapproved the guidelines of a plan to hold bidding for licencesto explore for oil onshore in the Kwanza and Lower Congo basins,the cabinet office said on Wednesday.
The government said in a statement that it has askedparliament to approve the plan. President Jose Eduardo dosSantos' ruling MPLA party has a large parliamentary majority.
Angola, which is Africa's second-largest oil producer afterNigeria, plans to ramp up crude output to 2 million barrels perday (mbpd) in 2015 from around 1.75 mbpd last year.
State oil firm Sonangol, which is the main player in the oilsector in Angola, is also in charge of awarding licences.
Sonangol board member Sebastiao Martins said in Februarythat the company was awaiting government approval for plans toseek bids for 10 onshore oil blocks in the Kwanza basin and fivein the Lower Congo basin in northern Angola.
Angola's first oil discoveries were made onshore in the1950s, but most of its crude now comes from offshore fields. Oilrevenues represent over 95 percent of the country's exportincome and around 45 percent of gross domestic product.
Analysts and investors believe drilling thousands of metresunder the Kwanza Basin seabed through blocks known as pre-salt,could match huge discoveries made off the Brazilian coast insimilar rock formations in recent years.
Angola in December 2011 offered offshore exploration rightsin the promising pre-salt layer to seven oil majors includingFrance's Total, Britain's BP and U.S. firmCobalt.