This discovery represented a major turnaround for a block that, in the hands of previous operators Shell and Canadian Natural Resources, had no known commercial finds.
Chissonga is described by Maersk as an Oligocene channel turbidite structure with faulted and channelised reservoirs “typical of deep-water Angola”.
The field’s crude is described as good quality 36 degrees API oil with great potential for later enhanced oil recovery.
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