The project is set to involve five subsea wells tied back to the nearby Tombua-Landana compliant tower.

The project also calls for two four-slot manifolds and 30 kilo­metres of eight-inch and 12-inch pipe-in-pipe flowlines. Malange, which holds 40 degrees API crude, was discovered in 2007 and appraised three years later.

GE Vetco is expected to be a competitor to supply the project’s subsea production system, with Subsea 7 angling for the umbilical, riser and flowline package.

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