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SONANGOL UNIVERSO UISSUE 46 | JUNEn 2015 iverso www.universo-magazine.com Angolan oil drilling at 100 INTERNATIONAL UPSTREAM CULTURE ISSUE 46 – CUBA: ANGOLA’S BP’S OPERATIONS IMAGES OF THE JUNE 2015 ENDURING ALLY IN ANGOLA ANGOLAN PEOPLE Angop OVERVIEW Universo is the international magazine of Sonangol President Francisco de Lemos José Maria Executive administrators: Anabela Soares de Brito da Fonseca, Ana Joaquina Van-Dúnem Alves da Costa, Fernandes Gaspar Bernardo Mateus, Fernando Joaquim Roberto, Mateus Sebastião Francisco Neto, Paulino Fernando Carvalho Jerónimo Non-executive administrators: Albina Assis Africano, José Gime, André Lelo, José Paiva Sonangol Department for Communication & Image Director Mateus Cristóvão Benza Shutterstock Corporate Communications Assistants Nadiejda Santos, Paula Almeida, Hélder Sirgado, Kimesso Kissoka STEP CHANGE IN Publisher: Sheila O’Callaghan DEVELOPMENT Editor: John Kolodziejski Managing Editor: Mauro Perillo Art Director: Tony Hill ngola’s thirteenth year of peace, celebrated on April 4, Sub Editor: Brian MacReamoinn marks a step change in the nation’s development. The Proofreading: Gail Nelson-Bonebrake A previous dozen years were a period of reconstruction, Circulation & Production Manager: Matthew Alexander of putting the country’s infrastructure to rights: renovating port Production Assistant: Sebnem Brown facilities; completing, in February, a total rebuild of its three east– Project Consultant: Nathalie MacCarthy west railways; modernising all airports; and, most importantly, Group President: John Charles Gasser reconnecting the capital city, Luanda, by highway to its provincial capitals spread across a huge territory. Now, the foundations of economic development have been laid, and the next step is to use them to provide the exchange of Universo is produced by Impact Media Custom Publishing. The views expressed in the publication are not necessarily goods and services that can enhance Angolans’ standard of living those of Sonangol or the publishers. Reproduction in whole and quality of life. or in part without prior permission is prohibited. An excellent example of this is the inauguration of Luanda’s This magazine is distributed to a closed circulation. first modern purpose-built long-distance national bus terminal To receive a free copy: by Macon Transportes in May. [email protected] Circulation: 15,000 The new terminal operates 80 outbound journeys and has the capacity to receive 7,000 passengers coming and going each day Davenport House, 16 Pepper Street, London E14 9RP United Kingdom to all but one of Angola’s 18 provinces. The buses also operate a Tel + 44 20 7510 9595 | Fax +44 20 7510 9596 much-needed nationwide parcel delivery service. [email protected] www.universo-magazine.com The fruits of development, long dreamed of through many www.sonangol.co.ao difficult decades, are now becoming a much-appreciated reality. [email protected] Front cover: Hulton Archive/Getty Images John Kolodziejski Universo is printed on FSC approved stock Editor 2 SONANGOL UNIVERSO CONTENTS Malocha 4 3 NEWS BRIEFING A roundup of national and international news concerning Sonangol and Angola. 14 10 3 THOUGHT FOR FOOD: ANGOLA AT MILAN EXPO Angolan cuisine in the spotlight. 14 3 SPECIAL AWARD FOR SPECIAL ZONE Luanda-Bengo industrial scheme gains recognition for quality. 18 Shutterstock 18 3 FACES OF A NATION Exhibition shows the variety of Angola’s indigenous peoples. 24 3 SOUTHERN ANGOLA: GREAT EXPECTATIONS 24 The tremendous economic potential of Namibe, Huíla, Cunene BP and Cuando Cubango provinces. 32 3 BLOSSOMING PARTNERSHIP The special relationship between Sonangol and BP Angola. 32 42 3 A CENTURY OF OIL DRILLING 1915–2015 Shutterstock The remarkable progress of Angolan oil exploration. 44 3 CUBA: ANGOLA’S ENDURING ALLY Education and health underpin four decades of 44 bilateral co-operation. SONANGOL UNIVERSO 3 NEWS BRIEFING WEALTH FUND INVESTS $1.4 BILLION 3 Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSDEA) is making investments totalling $1.4 billion available at home and elsewhere in Africa. The mining, forestry and agriculture sectors will receive $250 million each, while a healthcare fund will benefit from a $400 million injection. The fund is also setting aside a further $250 million to provide credit for entrepreneurs who do not have access to traditional debt funding. FSDEA chief José Filomeno dos Santos said the financial help aims to ease Angola’s fiscal dependence on oil revenues at a time of weak energy markets. “Given the current difficult fiscal context, these investments are extremely opportune because they can support the economic development required to reduce state reliance on crude oil revenues,” he pointed out. THIRD LARGEST Angolan GDP BRIDGE BUILT 3 Angola opened its third largest bridge in Namibe province in April. set to rise Local governor Rui Falcão recently inaugurated the bridge, spanning the River Curoca. 3 Angola’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to It connects the city of Namibe, the provincial capital, to the major grow this year at a rate of 4.5 per cent and then slow fishing industry town of Tômbua, 97km away. to 3.9 per cent in 2016, according to the International Construction of the 800-metre-long, 11-metre-wide bridge took Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent World Economic 20 months, and can bear loads of up to 100 tonnes. Outlook. Last year Angola’s GDP grew 4.2 per cent, the report said. Angop The IMF also noted that inflation in the country could increase from 7.3 per cent in 2014 to 8.4 per cent this year as a result of falling world oil prices. 4 SONANGOL UNIVERSO NEWS BRIEFING WEALTH FUND INVESTS CINGUVU FIELD ON STREAM 3 Sonangol operating partner, Italy’s Eni, has begun oil output at of oil. Further discoveries there will be hooked up to the existing $1.4 BILLION the second field in the West Hub Development Project. Cinguvu production infrastructures. started production two weeks ahead of schedule and is located in “This is another important step within the innovative hub- Block 15/06, about 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of building strategy at the base of our success in Block 15/06 in Soyo. The first field on stream was Sangos last November. Sangos Angola,” said Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi. The Cinguvu field came and Cinguvu together currently produce 60,000 bpd and are on stream on time and on budget, he added, and confirmed scheduled to be joined by a third field, Mpungi, by the end of 2015. the company’s “excellent track record in terms of efficiency, West Hub comprises the Sangos, Cinguvu, Mpungi, Mpungi technology and innovation.” North and Vandumbu fields situated in water depths between Eni operates Block 15/06 with a 35 per cent stake, and 1,000 and 1,500 metres. The wells are connected to FPSO N’Goma Sonangol EP is the concessionaire. Sonangol P&P also owns which has a processing capacity of 100,000 bpd. a 35 per cent share, while Angola-based SSI Fifteen Ltd has a Eni has estimated Block 15/06 holds over 3 billion barrels 25 per cent stake and Falcon Oil Holding Angola 5 per cent. FPSO N’Goma fitting out at Sumbe SBM Offshore Vice president Manuel Vicente with his Zambian Angop VP at Bandung summit counterpart Inonge Wina 3 Angola’s vice president, Manuel Domingos Vicente, representing President dos Santos, attended the ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the ‘Bandung Declaration’ in Indonesia. Bandung, 150 km from the capital, Jakarta, hosted world leaders at the commemoration after they attended the Asia/Africa Summit held April 22-23. Attendees included prominent African and Asian leaders such as the president of China, Xi Jinping and Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani. SONANGOL UNIVERSO 5 Puma Energy’s new mooring system NEWS BRIEFING Angola’s big buoy Puma Energy 3 Puma Energy opened one of the world’s largest more environmentally-friendly tanker loading and berthing. conventional buoy mooring systems (CBMs) in Luanda Bay on Pierre Eladari, CEO of Puma Energy, said that this CBM April 21. The fuel-loading buoy anchored offshore serves as a facility in Luanda would provide security of supply to and strategic mooring point for Africa and allows a wide range of from Angola as well as the rest of Africa. carriers to berth while loading or offloading oil products. The The new system is part of the government’s long-term CBM is located next to Puma Energy’s Fishing Port Terminal strategic objective to improve the country’s infrastructure. in the bay, which Puma is currently extending and when Puma Energy first came to Angola in 2004 as a partner completed will have a total storage capacity of 276,000 m3. for Sonangol, and today operates four businesses there: The CBM can accommodate vessels up to 225,000 Pumangol Retail, a petrol station network; Pumangol tonnes and drafts of 19.3 metres. It has a product transfer B2B, a fuel wholesaler; Pumangol Bunkering, supplying rate of 4,000 m3 per hour. The mooring buoys are fitted with fuel for vessels, and AngoBetumes, for bitumen storage navigational aids to assist with more effective, safer and and distribution. ANGOLA–DRC JOINT VENTURE 3 Angola and the Democratic Republic of a deep-sea oil exploration area covering The project has an estimated cost of the Congo’s (DRC) joint oil project in Block 700 sq km centred on the Lianzi field, which $2 billion. 14 is set to start up this year and is expected straddles their maritime border. It has The consortium is operated by Chevron US to reach 36,000 bpd, said Angolan oil estimated reserves of 70 million barrels. (15.75 per cent) and includes Total E&P Congo minister José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos “There is oil on the Angolan side, as well (26.75 per cent), Cabinda Gulf Oil Company during a visit by Congolese President Denis as on the Congo side, and a decision was Ltd (15.5 per cent), Sonangol (10 per cent), Sassou Nguesso to its neighbour at the end made for a joint operation in which funding TotalFinaElf (10 per cent), Eni (10 per cent), of March.