Drilling investment over the next five years should average between $4 billion and $5 billion per annum and he anticipated that some 45 wells will be drilled each year. Abilio stressed his conservative output predictions did not include all the discoveries made to date, confirming that major deep-water field finds like Platina, Plutonio and Orquidea were simply wells that had not formally been declared commercial.
Sonangol now a big spender
SONANGOL vice president Syanga Abilio expects capital expenditure on offshore oil and gas projects by the Angolan state oil company to top $10 billion over the next three years. Angola intends to hike production to 1.4 million barrels per day by 2003.
23 October 1999 0:00 GMT
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23 October 1999 0:00 GMT