Azule Energy, Angola’s National Agency for Oil, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), and partners Sonangol E&P and Equinor, announced the final decision for the project located in Blocks 31 and 31/21 in a statement on Monday.
Greater PAJ is Angola’s first integrated cross-block development, representing a coordinated approach to developing hydrocarbon resources across two adjacent concessions, according to the statement.
With first oil expected in less than 3 years, in the first half of 2029, the project brings together five offshore fields across the two blocks – Palas, Astraea, and Juno in Block 31 and Urano and Dione in Block 31/21.
The overall development concept consists of 17 wells connected to a new floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) with a nameplate capacity of 95,000 barrels of oil per day and a gas export capacity of 70 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, which will be delivered to the Angola LNG (ALNG) plant via a new gas export line that will be tied-in to the existing Block 31 gas export network.
The partners also awarded six main contracts critical to project delivery.
These include the FPSO contract with CIMC Raffles, subsea production systems (SPS) with Baker Hughes, umbilicals with OneSubsea, risers and flowlines with TechnipFMC, rigid pipes with Vallourec, and transportation and installation with Saipem.
Angola LNG
Angola LNG, which is a joint venture between Chevron, Azule Energy, Sonangol, and TotalEnergies, has been producing LNG since 2013.
In 2023, Angola LNG shipped its 400th cargo of LNG since the launch of the 5.2 mtpa Soyo plant in 2013.
Earlier this year, Azule Energy and other partners launched gas production from Angola’s Quiluma field.
The gas supplies will also be delivered to the Angola LNG plant in Soyo for export.
