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UPDATE 2-Angola's offshore Plutonio oilfield resumes production

Mon, 19th Sep 2016 16:32

(Adds extra cargo added to October programme)

LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Angola's offshore Plutoniooilfield resumed production over the weekend after being shutdown for about 10 days for maintenance, industry sources said onMonday.

The BP operated field typically exports around130,000 barrels a day.

Angola's state oil firm Sonangol issued its preliminaryNovember loading programme on Monday at 1.57 million bpd. It didnot include any Plutonio oil.

Angola exports around 1.7 million to 1.8 million bpd of oilon average but loadings hit a 10-year low in October as a largerstream, Dalia, was undergoing maintenance.

A trading source said that a fourth Plutonio cargo had beenadded to the October programme. (Reporting By Julia Payne and Libby George; editing by SusanThomas and Susan Fenton)

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