KON11 - 2 wells2 Nov 2023 21:18
Sonangol announced, for August, the start of drilling of TWO oil wells in Block Kon 11, of the Onshore Kwanza Basin, in assets with the potential to contribute to the growth of production operated by the company, raising it from 2.0 to ten percent of the total Angolan oil industry.
The president of the Executive Committee of the Exploration and Production Business Unit (UNEP) of Sonangol, Ricardo Van Deste, declared, quoted by the “Ngol” program, broadcast by the company on RNA, that Kon 11 was identified as the block with the greatest potential of reactivation.
Campo Tobias, where the Block is located, was discovered in 1961 with an initial volume of 94.3 million barrels, having operated until 1996, when it was abandoned with 28.95 million barrels produced, with a remainder of 65.35 million barrels.
At the peak of operations, Kon 11 had a production of 18,000 barrels per day, obtained from a total of eight wells, where “light oil is obtained, of very good quality and very well accepted by our refinery”, said Ricardo Van Of this, remembering that, “in the past, this field was one of those that supplied oil to the Luanda Refinery”.
drilling goals
The drilling aims to confirm the reservoir’s production potential in order to optimize the development plan with these results, although the company already sees Campo Tobias as an opportunity to accelerate the start of production.
According to Ricardo Van Deste, “UNEP has been carrying out studies for some years to assess the potential of its blocks operated in the onshore area of the Kwanza Basin”, with which it identified Kon 11 as “the asset with the greatest potential for reactivation of production”, something that can happen in the short term.
Block Kon 11 is the first to be drilled as part of these operations, with the ground preparation work being concluded, said Ricardo Van Deste, considering such operations as an important milestone for the Angolan oil industry, “because it marks the beginning of exploration and production activities in an area with great potential, but which has been without production since the 1990s”.
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