SONANGOL has awarded six concessions in the pre-salt region in the Kwanza and Benguela Basins of Angola’s sector of the Atlantic Ocean, where multiple pre-salt targets have been identified.
The state company has made awards to BP, Cobalt International Energy, ConocoPhillips, Eni, Repsol, Statoil and Total.
It has not specified which blocks of Blocks 35-40 have been granted to which company.
It said that 13 companies had participated in the round, which was Angola’s first bidding round since 2007, though it was never officially launched.