Pazflor oil development

The Pazflor oil development is an offshore oil development in Angola. It involves Perpetua, Hortensia and Zinia, and Acacia oilfields, which were discovered between mid-2000 and early 2003.

Location

The Pazflor oil development located in center of Block 17 about off the coast of Angola and north-east of Dalia oilfield in depths of. It covers with a north-south axis of over.

Technical features

The Pazflor oil development will produce heavy crude oil from Miocene reservoirs, and lighter oil from the Acacia Oligocene reservoir. Drilling operations were commenced in 2009 and oil production started on 24 August 2011. The processing capacity of of oil will be ensured with 49 wells. The Pazflor FPSO was constructed in Okpo, Geoje, South Korea for Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and on the 18 January 2011 it started the journey to Angola where it was moored and installed. It was towed by three Fairmount Marine's tugs.

Operator

Sonangol is the Block 17 concessionaire. Like other developments in the Block 17, the operator is TotalEnergies with interest of 40%, and other partners are Equinor, ExxonMobil and BP.