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SONANGOL UNIVERSO ISSUE 41 – MARCH 2014

Universo is the international magazine of Sonangol Board Members Francisco de Lemos José Maria (President), 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

Sonangol Department for Communication & Image Director Mateus Cristovão Benza Corporate Communications Assistants Nadiejda Santos, Lúcio Santos, Sarissari Diniz, José Mota, Beatriz Silva, Paula Almeida, Sandra Teixeira, Marta Sousa, Hélder Sirgado, Kimesso Kissoka

Publisher: Sheila O’Callaghan Editor: John Kolodziejski Managing Editor: Mauro Perillo Art Director: Tony Hill Sub Editor: Brian MacReamoinn Proofreader: Gail Nelson-Bonebrake Made in Angola Circulation Manager: Matthew Alexander Production Assistant: Sebnem Brown Project Consultant: Nathalie MacCarthy ebruary’s SonaExpo 2014, an exhibition on Luanda Bay featuring Group President: John Charles Gasser Sonangol products and services, presented a timely opportunity to take stock of recent local manufacturing developments. Universo is produced by Impact Media The many visitors strolling around the exhibition stalls could Custom Publishing. The views expressed in the publication are not necessarily verifyF how Sonangol’s industrial arm, SIIND, is stimulating domestic those of Sonangol or the publishers. economic growth and jobs. Reproduction in whole or in part without prior permission is prohibited. Over the past 10 years, the government has rebuilt and added to the This magazine is distributed to a closed country’s basic infrastructure and is currently building 200,000 homes. circulation. To receive a free copy: [email protected] The next logical development step involved expanding local manufacturing Circulation: 15,000 to replace imports. This is where SIIND comes in. Since 2011 SIIND has developed 27 factories, which manufacture many of the materials and fittings related to the new houses and urban services such as glazing, paints, and electrical and plumbing materials. Eventually Davenport House 16 Pepper Street SIIND will have 73 factories employing 14,000 staff. London E14 9RP More factories mean more jobs and home comforts for Angolans, who United Kingdom are now able to sleep soundly on locally made mattresses! Tel + 44 20 7510 9595 Fax +44 20 7510 9596 [email protected] www.universo-magazine.com www.sonangol.co.ao John Kolodziejski [email protected] Editor

2 SONANGOL UNIVERSO Contents 4 ANGOLA NEWS BRIEFING Shutterstock A roundup of national and international news concerning Angola

5 FIGURED OUT

A brief glance at Angola in numbers

6 ANGOLA–NORWAY: A PERFECT PARTNERSHIP 6

Norway’s natural resource development is the envy of the world. We examine how Angola is adopting some of its policy successes Peter Moeller

16 ANGOLA’S SEVEN WONDERS OF NATURE

Angola is voting on its most popular natural attraction. We survey the candidates

 ANGOLA ROCKS THE FILM CRITICS 26 16 A music genre not normally associated with Africa is the subject of a hit US documentary film. We look and listen 

32 LUANDA’S NEW LANDMARKS CABULA6 and Coalition Films, 2012 Prominent new public buildings are changing the face of the city

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Highlights of noteworthy news items from Sonangol EP and its subsidiaries Kostadin Luchansky

40 ANGOLAN INDUSTRY BOOST

Angola makes an historic advance in industrialisation with the first installation of an African fabricated and fitted topside module 32 44 MATCHMAKING IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

How Angola is encouraging international oil sector partnerships

46 SONANGOL RESULTS (c) Total E&P Angola / Kostadin Luchansky Angola continues on track to meet its 2015 oil output target; 40 profits remain healthy

MARCH 2014 3 Angola news briefing

Angola seat on No.1 for oil UN Council

■ Angola’s candidacy for non- permanent membership of the investors United Nations Security Council was approved by the Nomination Committee of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January. Angolan Foreign Affairs Minister Georges Rebelo Chikoti said with Shutterstock the AU approval, the application will ■ Angola will attract the most oil GDP growth to average 7.4 per cent now be submitted to the UN General exploration investment in 2014 and until 2018. Assembly for a final vote. 2015, according to a report by the The report cited Sonangol’s head Minister Chikoti said the move Business Monitor International (BMI) of integration, Domingos Cunha, as was evidence that other countries consultancy released in January. saying that the near future will be busy are aware that Angola will be able “We expect Angola will remain as with the launch of exploration in the to represent the continent well in the the main destination for investment in country’s pre-salt layer, which Angolan world’s decision-making body. the oil industry,” said the report on oil authorities believe has the same huge “It is also a sign that our diplomacy and gas in Angola, which notes that, potential as a similar area in Brazil. has been growing and is able to despite a projected slowdown in oil “We expect a busy drilling period respond to what others expect from production, plans for new projects will over the next few quarters, with 32 us,” he added. ensure strong growth in most of the wells planned in Angola this year, Angola had previously held a 2014–18 period. including 15 that will test pre-salt non-permanent post at the Security BMI also expects annual Angolan formations,” the report said. Council between 2003 and 2004.

President chairs Great Lakes summit

■ President José Eduardo dos Santos chaired and hosted the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) 5th Ordinary Summit in Luanda on January 15. The president pledged that he would work for peace, stability and economic and social development in the region as he took over the chair from his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni. ICGLR was established in 1994 and consists of 12 member countries in the region. Among the problems it is addressing are armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan. Angop

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Private investment boom

■ Angola’s National Private Investment Agency (ANIP) approved contracts worth a total of $4.7 billion in 2013. ANIP CEO Maria Luísa Abrantes formally signed the approximately 200 deals with company representatives on February 6. Most of the contracts are linked to the sectors of services, construction, civil engineering, industry and trade. Five industrial project contracts signed in early February would create Angop 10,000 jobs, Abrantes revealed. ANIP’s approved investment projects were around 20 per cent New airport higher in 2013 than its target set out in the government’s 2013–17 plan. on track Lobito port rebuilt and ready ■ On February 19 President dos Santos paid a visit to see how construction work is progressing ■ The Angolan government has completed the $2 billion rebuilding of on Luanda’s new international airport. the port of Lobito, says the port’s board chairman, Anapaz de Jesus The airport, located 40km from Luanda Neto. The government used the money to modernise and expand the between the new Zango residential districts and port. Improvements included the construction of a minerals terminal, Bom Jesus, is expected to be operational within another for containers and a dry port. two years. “All these projects are complete and ready to operate,” he said. The giant facility already has completed two Cargo volume through the Port of Lobito in 2013 was about 2 million long runways capable of handling the world’s tonnes, a slight increase of 2.5 per cent compared with 2012. largest passenger jets. Most of the main building For 2014, the port aims to increase its output even further and structures are now in place, including a huge air expects the entry of private sector operators into the business. traffic control tower.

FIGURED OUT Angola in numbers $4.7 billion $2 billion investment in Angola in 2013 cost of Lobito’s port revamp 2,500 tonnes lifting power of Africa’s largest crane, now in Angola 74km 1,890 length of deep sea cables in CLOV project local companies preparing to enter oil sector

MARCH 2014 5 INTERNATIONAL ANGOLA–NORWAY: A PERFECT PARTNERSHIP

Norway has won widespread respect for raising its people’s living standards to one of the highest in the world. Universo looks at the resource-rich country’s ties with Angola

6 SONANGOL UNIVERSO The Oslo Opera House

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uperficially Norway and Angola distribution of wealth. Many see it as a have little in common; ice covers shining example of how a country should large parts of Norway even in best manage and distribute its resources. midsummer, whereas sunshine Buoyed by oil sector wealth, Norway is Sbathes Angola in year-round warmth. Despite at the top of the United Nations’ Human sharp climatic contrasts, the two countries Development Index (HDI), which ranks share some striking similarities in geography countries by their economic and social and natural resources, says Norway’s well-being. The HDI combines data on life ambassador to Angola, Ingrid Ofstad. expectancy (reflecting health standards), “Norway, like Angola, has a long coastline educational levels and standard of living. with abundant petroleum and fish resources. Norway, just like Angola, has mountains and Sovereign development waterfalls, with potential for hydropower Central to Norway’s good housekeeping and the development of clean energy. These is its sovereign wealth fund (SWF), into similarities present a unique opportunity for which it has been depositing part of its oil mutually beneficial cooperation. and gas revenue since 1990. Norway’s SWF “Today, Angola is Norway’s biggest is the world’s largest and is currently worth and most important economic partner in roughly $820 billion. The government Africa,” she adds. spends income of around 4 per cent a Norway has similar oil output to Angola year from the fund, and this helps pay at just less than 2 million barrels per day for Norway’s high levels of healthcare, and is Western Europe’s largest oil and gas schooling and pensions that are the envy producer. The country enjoys one of the of the world. It also means that Norway highest standards of living in the world has substantial aid available to donate to and is much admired by other developed poorer countries. economies for its comprehensive Norway donated $4.75 billion in foreign welfare services and relatively equitable aid in 2012, far more than many larger Dr José Filomeno dos Santos economies. Its donation as a percentage United Nations Human of gross national income is even more impressive at 0.93 per cent. That is twice offshore activities in the North Sea to start Development Index the amount of leading economies such as oil sector cooperation with Angola in 1987. Germany (0.38 per cent) and more than “Cooperation in the petroleum sector 1. Norway 0.955 five times that of the United States. is vibrant and steadily growing,” says Inspired by Norway’s example, Angola Ambassador Ofstad. 2. Australia 0.938 is also developing a SWF and made an Several Norwegian companies have initial $5 billion deposit in 2012. set up operations in Angola. For Norway’s 3. United States 0.937 A delegation from Angola’s SWF led leading oil company Statoil, Angola 4. Netherlands 0.921 by Dr José Filomeno dos Santos visited represented around 28 per cent of the Norway in October 2013, where it attended volume of its foreign production in the 5. Germany 0.920 a meeting of the International Forum of third quarter of 2013. Sovereign Wealth Funds coordinated by 6. New Zealand 0.919 the International Monetary Fund. Statoil in Angola Oil is by far Norway’s largest area of 7. Ireland 0.916 Diplomatic connection cooperation with Angola. Statoil sees Norway celebrates 37 years of diplomatic Angola as “a perfect strategic fit for Statoil, 8. Sweden 0.916 relations with Angola this year. Its first and the conditions there match perfectly energy sector cooperation dates back to with our strengths built up over decades 9. Switzerland 0.913 1980 when Norway helped sponsor the predominantly in Norway.” energy secretariat for the Southern African The company has been in Angola for 10. Japan 0.912 Development Community (SADC), that almost 21 years and is a partner in eight was first established in Luanda. producing offshore fields, which contribute Source: United Nations Development The Nordic country drew on its approximately 200,000 bpd to its portfolio. Programme, March 2013 experience and expertise in developing Angola’s continental shelf is the largest

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“Today, Angola is Norway’s biggest and most important economic partner in Africa.” – Ambassador Ingrid Ofstad

Statoil: Current Angola portfolio

Statoil Stake

Block 17 23.33% Shutterstock Block 15 13.33% contributor to Statoil’s production outside along with Total and BP are undertaking Norway and is a key building block for the world's largest ever 3D seismic survey. Block 31 13.33% Statoil’s international production growth, Statoil is surveying 26,000 sq km of the pre- Block 4/05 20% says the company. salt licence areas off the coast of Angola and has fast-tracked the seismic imaging Block 15/06 5% Pre-salt exploration so as to be able to move quickly towards Statoil sees Angola’s pre-salt region as drilling exploration wells. having high potential, given its geological similarity to a successful exploration area Norwegian differential Pre-salt assets operated in Brazil. Statoil was designated operator Statoil enjoys closer links with Sonangol by Statoil in promising pre-salt areas located in than most other oil companies, thanks in Blocks 38 and 39 in December 2011, where part to its contribution to developing its Block 38 55% it is partnering Sonangol P&P and thus operational arm, Sonangol P&P. potentially entering a new and exciting era. The Norwegian company sees this Block 39 55% The Norwegian company was also partnership with Sonangol as significant, awarded partnerships in three other and representing one of the most pre-salt blocks (Blocks 25 and 40, both successful initiatives it has implemented operated by Total, and Block 22, operated in Angola. It is also a differentiating factor Statoil partnerships by Repsol) in the Kwanza Basin. Statoil for Statoil compared to other international is now focusing its main activities on the oil companies. Block 22 20% goal of initial production of the first well This cooperation dates back to 1999 around two years after having signed when Statoil was appointed technical Block 25 20% a production-sharing contract. As part assistant and signed an agreement to of pre-salt exploration activities Statoil, provide Sonangol P&P, Block 34 Asset Block 40 20%

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Hammerfest

Iron Ore Kirkenes Tromsø

Harstad RUSSIA NORWAY Narvik 0 200 400 km FINLAND OSLO 0 100 200 miles

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ARCTIC CIRCLE Iron & Steel Mo i Rana Fishing /sea port Timber Mining Steel Shipbuilding NORWEGIAN Petroleum SEA Drilling Trondheim Oil eld Gas eld Kristiansund Mixed (oil/gas) Flow Alesund Maritime boundary

National capital Florø City/town Brent NORWAY Oseberg 0 250 km Bergen Oslo Drammen 0 250 mi Karstø BALTIC SEA Stavanger

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Grangemouth DEN. LITHUANIA Mark Clydesdale BZO Norway facts

Population: 5 million Arable land: 2.87%

Land area: 385,186 sq km Capital: Oslo

Coastline: 25,148km Main industries: Oil and gas production, fishing, (including fjords and islands) shipbuilding, paper, timber

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Team with fully qualified and trained Technical expertise Companies from Norway invest $2 billion Angolan professionals to help develop Technical solutions developed in the to $3 billion a year in Angola. Statoil alone has Sonangol P&P over a period of 5–10 years. highly challenging conditions on the invested well over $10.5 billion to date. Joint work in the 5,000 sq km Block 34 Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) are also “The Angolan market interests included the exploration and drilling phase used to maximise the recovery factors in Norwegian companies, but nevertheless and achieved substantial and sustainable Angolan fields: one is the subsea separator they must learn how to enter Angola. It’s results in a very short period of time. These developed by Statoil/FMC Technologies, an interesting but difficult market,” says included the establishment of a complete which had only previously been used once INTSOK’s Regional Director for Angola, local drilling team taking full responsibility on the NCS (Tordis field) and is now an Gulbrand Wangen. for Sonangol’s deepwater drilling operation important part of the Pazflor development “It’s a good market for large companies. while assisted by only one senior Statoil in Block 17. The small ones have more difficulties drilling engineer and the full use of the Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners because the country is very expensive. One company’s drill steering documents and (INTSOK) views Angola as a priority market of the challenges is to find local partners work routines. with total investment and operational owing to the legislation that demands 51 The West Africa region including costs reaching $90 billion in 2014–17. This per cent must be in the hands of Angolans.” Angola is the third largest export market makes it the sixth largest market, after Wangen also sees environmental for the Norwegian oil supply industry. Brazil, Norway, USA, UK and Australia. For services, where Norway has experience Norway’s largest exports to Angola are rig comparison purposes, INTSOK believes and expertise, as another area for greater and drilling services and subsea equipment both Brazil and Norway markets will be cooperation. “There are strong prospects and installation. worth $200 billion each in the same period. for Norwegian environmental companies.

Companies and organizations in Angola with links to Norway Norwegian companies invest Statoil $2 billion to $3 billion OSM a year in Angola Aker Solutions

RKK Angola benefits from FMC Technologies Norwegian knowhow Odfjell Drilling

Siemens

OneSubsea

DOF Subsea

PGS Angola

GE

DNV-GL

INTSOK Harald Pettersen - Statoil

Farstad Shipping/Kuona & Farstad Lda

Norse Cutting & Abandonment (NCA) Marine Subsea AS/Interoil Angola Heine Melkevik - Statoil

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and development of local content, such renowned for its clean energy production as FMC, Aker Solutions, Cameron, and from its hydroelectric dams, which National Oilwell Varco. supply around 98 per cent of its needs. It RKK has been supporting Angola’s is the sixth largest producer of this form National Oil Institute (INP) in capacity- of energy after China, Canada, Brazil, the building in skills related to the oil industry by United States and Russia. training instructors in Norway and advisory There is much room for Norway to services for management and procurement expand its cooperation in hydropower of equipment. RKK’s assistance was with Angola. Angola currently invests financed by the Norwegian government. $3 billion a year in this area and Subsequently, RKK supported INP has only around 10 per cent of the in developing the first phase of a Statoil- electricity generation it needs. Norway’s financed offshore safety centre which current hydropower capacity is around includes first aid and firefighting. 30GW, while Angola has around 2GW. RKK has also delivered training courses Angola plans to have a total of 7GW by to Norwegian Angola-based companies 2017, and the Norwegian government for their employees through courses from believes additional Angolan water RKK’s office in Namibia. power generation can be installed There is also an important cooperation relatively easily. between Angola’s Agostinho Neto Norway currently provides technical University and the Norwegian University assistance in water power to Angola.

Harald Pettersen - Statoil of Science and Technology (NTNU) Norwegian Water Resources and Energy at Trondheim. Here Statoil and the Directorate signed a new cooperation Norwegian government jointly finance agreement with Angola in January Angola has new legislation on the around 10 Masters degree scholarships in 2013. Areas of cooperation include the environment for the oil sector, and this Petroleum Engineering each year. development of a legal framework as legislation will demand new technologies, well as competence-building in terms of and Norway has this technology. That’s Clean energy hydrological data and energy efficiency. why it’s an area that we aim to explore.” Oil and gas apart, Norway has long been Norwegian company Statkraft is Training support The Rogaland Training & Education Centre (RKK) is a Norwegian foundation active in Angola that has supported the development of local content. Rogaland is the region around Stavanger, Norway’s most important oil industry base. In the period 2009–13 RKK partnered Angola’s Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security (MAPTSS) in a capacity-building project through vocational courses at training centres in Luanda, Cabinda and Soyo. This pilot project concentrated on skills such as welding, hydraulics, electronics, technical drawing and machine maintenance. It enrolled 669 students and also trained 82 instructors. The project has established a basis for further development of apprenticeships and direct recruitment to industry. A number of contractors to the oil and gas industry have supported the project

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Europe’s biggest renewable energy countries of Angola, Namibia company and is already investing in and South Africa. Its aim is to Africa through its subsidiary, Agua Imara, contribute to a viable fishing in Mozambique. industry based on sustainable fisheries management Seafood resources practices and also strengthen Norway is also famous for its success and administrative, technical and careful management of its fish stocks. It is managerial capacities in prior- the second largest seafood exporter in the itised areas. Some examples world, and more than 36 million meals of of the current (2013–16) Norwegian seafood are served worldwide programme’s components are: every day. to improve Angola’s fsheries Norway’s famous salmon is sold information system, to increase globally while its cod is particularly the capacity to transform Norway carefully manages its fish stocks Shutterstock popular in Angola. Dried salted Norwegian research recommendations cod has been traded with southern Europe into management measures, since the Viking period in the 9th century to increase the competence of fisheries relations. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and probably then began its connection inspectors, observers and instructors, and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) are with the Portuguese-speaking world. to further improve regional cooperation among the biggest foreign NGOs in Through its Ecosystem Approach to on combating illegal, unreported and Angola,” Ambassador Ingrid Ofstad Fisheries (EAF), Norway’s EAF Nansen unregulated (IUU) fishing, to make points out. These bodies, partly financed programme, the country has assisted improvements in the assessment of fish by Statoil, are doing vital work such as Angola in mapping its marine resources resources; and to continue supporting clearing landmines, sinking water wells since 1985. It is a cooperation agreement students of masters or PhD programmes and building organisational capacity in between the Ministry of Fisheries in Angola in relevant topics. local civil society. and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) NPA has helped train Angolan in Norway. People-to-people personnel in demining and to remove The EAF Nansen programme addresses “Ties between our two countries also 296,873 unexploded items from its fisheries issues in the Benguela Current include important people-to-people territory. Mine clearance has covered the equivalent of more than 70,000 football fields since 1996. A taste of Norway NCA is a strategic partner in Angola of the Norwegian government, which provides most of its funding. “NCA has been working with local partners in Angola since the mid-1980s, with a strong emphasis on partnerships with churches and faith-based organisations,” explains Vibeke Skauerud, NCA’s representative in Luanda. “Religious leaders are respected authorities in Angola, both at local and national levels, and represent a large part of the population. Working with churches and faith-based partners is therefore different than working with traditional civil society organisations, as they are able to reach a wider network of communities and beneficiaries. Churches are also able to mobilise much more effectively at community and grass-roots levels. At the same time, religious leaders have access to authorities at all levels and can be

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messengers or go-betweens on behalf of priority. The organisation also distributed systems and by helping communities start the poor and destitute.” mosquito nets. savings and loans schemes that provide Ms Skauerud lists some of NCA’s main NCA has also been active within them with alternative income,” says achievements over the past three years, the field of HIV/AIDS, supporting local Ms Skauerud. such as providing water and sanitation organisations and churches which care A good example of how the to 15,693 people in rural communities in for people affected. NCA also helps victims churches can fill the role of messenger, Zaire, Uíge, Kwanza Sul and Benguela. of gender-based violence, including connecting communities with their In 2012–13 alone, NCA and its partners the opportunity to start a new life after local administrations, she explains, built eight complete water systems and receiving vocational training. is the popular NCA-supported social provided 9,107 people with clean and “The latest focus of NCA and our monitoring programme of the Angolan safe drinking water. The aim is to reach partner’s work is aimed at helping council of churches. Here the churches 30,000 beneficiaries by 2015. NCA projects communities become less vulnerable consult community members about what have also focused attention on improving when facing the challenges of climate they need in order to improve their way of sanitation in these communities. In change. This is done, by among other living; the churches then provide input to 2012–13 NCA built 314 latrines in 12 initiatives, promoting alternative the local government on their plans, and communities and gave lectures on hygiene agricultural methods and crops, by thereafter they follow and monitor the and sanitation, with schools a special designing and constructing irrigation progress of the government plans. p

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“Ties between our two

countries also Shutterstock include important people-to-people relations.” – Ambassador Ingrid Ofstad Shutterstock A Lusophone view of Norway

Translator Maria José Maciel, a salaries’ for children under 18, Brazilian who has spent some and all young people have the time in Angola, has lived in right to free schooling, medical Norway for over two decades. and dental assistance. How does she find it? “One of the difficulties people “In my 22 years here, I’ve face when they arrive here is to noticed how much more get used to the dark and cold in cosmopolitan and open the winter and the low temperatures country is. Today, the immigrant in summer. In Oslo, the average population now accounts for 14 temperature in summer does not per cent of the population, which go above 21 degrees Centigrade is around 5 million. It’s really nice and it rains half the time. Despite Shutterstock to see, in the capital, people of this, the season transforms every ethnic group and styles people, who become happier mixed together on the streets. and more communicative, and “One of the great advantages keener to make the most of life. of living in Norway is to be able “If you come to visit, don’t to count on the support of the miss trying some local dishes social welfare system the country and traditional foods such as gives its citizens. Even though fårikål, a soup of lamb, potatoes many complain about the high and cabbage; brunost, a sweet- taxes, a person who is unable tasting brown goat’s cheese; hot to work has the right to benefits dog with prawn pâté and fried like maternity and paternity onions; or even lutefisk, a special leave, unemployment benefit, dish of cod with mustard, diced and sickness and training pay. bacon bits, white sauce, pea Parents also receive ‘family purée and potatoes.”

MARCH 2014 15 Shutterstock TOURISM Angolans are the first Africans to choose their own seven natural wonders as part of the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” competition. This event aims to boost ecotourism while enhancing global environmental conservation SEVENANGOLA’S WONDERS NATUREof By Lula Ahrens

16 SONANGOL UNIVERSO Eric Lafforgue TOURISM

ngola features an impressive boost nature conservation, tourism, range of natural treasures that knowledge, investment, infrastructure, and most Luanda residents, let alone employment,” Segadães explained. BERNARD WEBER foreign tourists, have yet to Organisers of Angola’s 7 Wonders Adiscover. Thanks to this year’s 7 Natural have selected 18 celebrity patrons who Wonders of Angola competition, they are voluntarily represent each province on the verge of gaining both national and and encourage Angolans to vote for its global recognition. candidate wonder. The attractions Angola offers include The voting process has been adjusted the world’s oldest desert, its second tallest to suit Angola. Whereas the global 7 waterfalls, spectacular cliffs, huge caves, Wonders competition took place online, in nature reserves, lagoons, mountain ranges, Angola, where less than 10 per cent of the peninsulas and a part of the planet’s population has Internet access, votes are second largest rainforest. cast exclusively via SMS. The 7 Natural Wonders of Angola Coverage by Angolan TV and radio, forms part of a wider global competition, daily state newspaper Jornal de Angola and originating in Switzerland. Canadian- other media has guaranteed widespread Swiss Bernard Weber launched the “New knowledge of the event. 7 Wonders of the World” popularity “That this works became obvious during poll in 2000 as a project to select the top our road show through the 18 provinces. seven monuments in the world. These People responded very enthusiastically. were then chosen from 200 proposals in Even in the most remote provinces and 2007. According to the New 7 Wonders inhospitable places, Angolans know Foundation, 100 million votes were cast via about the 7 Natural Wonders of Angola,” phone and the Internet. said Segadães. The results of the foundation’s second initiative, the New 7 Wonders of Nature, Angola roadshow were announced in 2011. The Zurich- Angola presented 27 natural wonders for based foundation is financed by private voting in July 2013. These were pre-selected donations and the sale of broadcast rights. from 200 proposals by a committee. The The founder of the New 7 Angolan National 7 Wonders organisation Angolans choose launched the TV roadshow in Cabinda Wonders of the World poll is All Angolans will have the right to choose at the same time. Then 18 live TV shows Bernard Weber, a filmmaker, the country’s seven natural wonders. featuring a caravan of more than 30 people museum curator, aviator, and Luís Segadães, director of Natural travelled across Angola’s 18 provinces. The adventurer. A graduate of New 7 Wonders, told Universo that several shows were broadcast between November York University Film School, he countries are currently organising similar 2013 and January 2014. On top of this, moved to Rome in 1974 where competitions and all have been certified by 27 short films with astonishing aerial the Natural 7 Wonders Foundation. shots have been shown on TV since the he worked as an assistant to “The 7 Natural Wonders of Angola beginning of September 2013. legendary director Federico is a very important initiative for the The seven winning Natural Wonders Fellini. Weber went on to direct global consolidation of the ‘brand’ of Angola will be announced at the Luanda his first feature film, Hotel Angola. All this media publicity can Bay event space on April 27, 2014. Locarno in 1979, which received several international awards. In June 2013, Weber visited Luanda where he met Vice President Manuel Vicente and THE 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF ANGOLA officially invited Angola to participate in the 7 Wonders of IS A CHOICE FOR ALL ANGOLANS Africa poll in 2014.

MARCH 2014 17 TOURISM 27 NATURAL WONDERS OF ANGOLA’S FINALISTS Peter Moeller OKAVANGO BASIN NAMIBE DESERT  Province: Kuando Kubango  Province: Namibe 1 Category: Rivers and Lakes 2 Category: Protected Areas

The 323,192 sq km Okavango Basin covers part of Kuando Kubango province. Namibe boasts the world’s oldest desert. It “This huge, beautiful swamp area will certainly attract a lot of tourism in harbours countless prehistoric fossils of the future,” said Paul Wesson, head of tourism company Eco-Tur and a constant creatures, including dinosaurs and the giant sea overland traveller throughout Angola’s territory for over 30 years. “It forms turtle. The world’s first Angolasaurus was found part of the important Kavango Zambeze Transfrontier Conservation Area [KAZA in the Namibe desert. Visitors can see it in the TFCA]. Ever since the civil war ended, elephants, sensing the end of the conflict, Museum of Natural History in Luanda. have been returning to this region across the border from Botswana.” The Namibe desert also exclusively hosts KAZA TFCA will probably become the world’s largest conservation area. the Welwitschia mirabilis, a rare, giant plant, With the Zambezi and Kuvango rivers at its heart, the region houses the world’s some of which are more than 2,000 years old. biggest elephant population and a wealth of other (endangered) plant and Iona National Park's lagoons, its famous animal species. KAZA TFCA’s member countries – Angola, Botswana, Namibia, giant dunes at Tombwa, unique rock formations Zambia and Zimbabwe – are expecting an explosion of tourism in the area, which and an incredible diversity of flora and fauna will serve as a tool for socio-economic development. make Namibe province well worth visiting.

18 SONANGOL UNIVERSO Kostadin Luchansky TOURISM MAYOMBE FOREST  Province: Cabinda 4 Category: Protected Areas

The Mayombe rainforest reserve covers part of Cabinda province and extends into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo and Gabon. It is the world’s sixth most important reserve in terms of biodiversity. Famous Angolan fashion designer Nadir Tati is the patroness of Cabinda province. “Cabinda represents my home, my roots. It influences my work as a fashion designer,” she toldUniverso . “Mayombe, our ‘Lung of Africa,’ is the second largest forest in the world after the Brazilian Amazon. It produces more than 200,000 cubic metres of wood a year. One of the world’s largest bird species is also found here, as well as rhinoceros, elephants and buffaloes. Its leafy trees can reach a height of more than 50 metres. My mission is to make all Angolans proud of our forest.” The dense jungle area is also blessed with rivers, dense vegetation and an abundance of fish for local consumption. Angolan writer Pepetela has written a book named after, and inspired by, the forest. “A REAL PRIME SITE, PRISTINE TROPICAL FOREST” – PAUL WESSON Kostadin Luchansky TUNDAVALA CLIFF  Province: Huíla 3 Category: Cliffs

Tundavala is Angola’s highest cliff. It separates Angola’s table land from the endless valley beyond in an impressive 1,000-metre-deep abyss, which includes a beautiful waterfall. From its two stunning viewpoints, visitors can look out over the more arid and dry province of Namibe that lies below. "ONE OF THE PREMIUM TOURISM SITES IN ANGOLA, A MUST-SEE” – PAUL WESSON, ECO-TUR

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Barra do Dande Province: Bengo 5 Category: Cliffs Binga Waterfalls on the River Keve Province: Kwanza Sul MUSSULO 6 Category: Waterfalls Cataracts of Ruacaná Province: Cunene 7 Category: Waterfalls PENINSULA Caves of Zau Evua Province: Zaire 8 Category: Caves and Caverns Egipto Beach Province: Benguela 9 Category: Beaches Province: Luanda Caves of Sassa Province: Kwanza Sul 14 Category: Beaches 10 Category: Caves and Caverns Mussulo is a 30km peninsula with picture-perfect Caves of Nzenzo beaches just south of Luanda. It is formed by sediments Province: Uíge from the River Kwanza. 11 Category: Caves and Caverns Luís Fernando, former director of daily newspaper O País, is patron of the Caves of Nzenzo in Uíge. Angola’s national symbol, the palanca negra gigante, or giant sable antelope, “The caves remind us of an infinity of symbols, was discovered in the area of the Kangandala National Park in 1963. events and perspectives as they are situated in the vast territory where history registered the great battle of Ambuíla in the 17th century. This battle dictated the beginning of the end of one of the most captivating and functional socio-political structures of pre-colonial Africa, the Kingdom of Kongo, and represents a wealth of untapped resources and beauty,” Fernando explained.

Karumbo Lagoon Province: Lunda Norte 12 Category: Rivers and Lakes Mount Môco Province: Huambo 13 Category: Large Reliefs

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Cameia National Park Province: Moxico 15 Category: Protected Areas Kangandala National Park Province: Malange 16 Category: Protected Areas The Kangandala National Park, about 30km from Malange, covers only around 600 sq km. It was originally founded to protect Angola’s national symbol, the palanca negra gigante, or giant sable antelope, which was discovered in the area in 1963. Feared extinct after 1982, the sable was rediscovered in 2005, and Kangandala now offers a safe refuge for a sable breeding programme.

Caotinha Beach Province: Benguela 17 Category: Beaches Chumbe Waterfalls Province: Lunda Sul 18 Category: Waterfalls Golungo Alto Forest Reserve Province: Kwanza Norte Kostadin Luchansky 19 Category: Protected Areas River Cuito Province: Kuando Kubango The world’s first Angolasaurus found in the Namibe desert. 20 Category: Rivers and Lakes

River Zaire Province: Zaire 21 Category: Rivers and Lakes Africa’s second largest river after the Nile, the Zaire is the only river in the world that crosses the Equator twice. This 4,700km-long river originates in Northern Zambia and continues through Congo into Angola, until it flows into the Atlantic Ocean while washing the shores of Zaire province. The river also has great historic importance. On April 5, 1482, Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão travelled along this river and made what is now Angola known to the European world.

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 Province: Luanda 22 Category: Cliffs

The spectacularly bizarre moonlike landscape of Miradouro MIRADOURO DA LUA da Lua (View of the Moon), about an hour’s drive from Luanda, is a geological treasure, the result of sea and wind erosion. It served as the backdrop and inspiration for a film made by Portuguese-Angolan Jorge António. Kostadin Luchansky PATRONS OF ANGOLA’S 18 PROVINCES

Bangão – Musician – Bengo Benedito Kayela – Presenter and Journalist – Huíla Akwá – Ex-Football Player – Benguela Eduardo Paim – Singer – Luanda José Sayovo – Paralympic Athlete –Bié Paula Simons – Journalist – Lunda Norte Nadir Tati – Designer – Cabinda Gabriel Tchiema – Singer – Lunda Sul Beto de Almeida – Singer – Kuando Kubango Pedro N’zagi – Presenter – Malange Zulmira Manuel – Singer – Kwanza Norte Job – Football Player – Moxico Don Kikas – Singer – Kwanza Sul Canguimbo Ananás – Writer – Namibe Márcia Vahekeny - Model/Ex-Miss Angola – Cunene Luís Fernando – Journalist and Writer – Uíge Pérola – Singer – Huambo Lesliana Pereira – Actress and Ex-Miss Angola – Zaire

22 SONANGOL UNIVERSO TOURISM KISSAMA NATIONAL PARK Province: Luanda 23 Category: Protected Areas

“Kissama is one of Africa’s most beautiful parks, above all thanks to its flora and fauna. It has also been the subject of a lot of conservation activity following the advent of peace,” said Paul Wesson. “A very popular destination for visitors due to its proximity [80km] to Luanda.” Designated a national park since 1957 due to its enormous variety of wildlife, it lost almost all that wildlife during the years of conflict. In 1995, a project was launched which brought in animals from Botswana and South Africa. The first animals arrived in 2000. They included giraffes, elephants, zebras and ostriches. Thanks to their protection and successful breeding within the park, Kissama’s wildlife is now flourishing again.

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Province: Malange 24 Category: Large Relief BLACK ROCKS The mysterious Black Rocks (Pedras Negras) at Pungo Andongo stand out for miles on a broad plain. The defensive site once served as the capital of the Kingdom of Ndongo and enshrines many myths and legends. King Ngola Kiluanji and Queen Ginga’s footprints are OF PUNGO ANDONGO believed to be embedded in the rocks.

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Province: Malange KALANDULA WATERFALLS 25 Category: Waterfalls “Probably one of the most popular destinations for visitors to Angola (particularly as one can visit Pedras Negras on the same trip). The waterfalls rate as the second most important in Africa and rival Victoria Falls in height,” according to Paul Wesson. The falls are 105 metres high and 400 metres wide.

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Province: Bié 26 Category: Rivers and Lakes

The roughly 1,000km-long River Kwanza is Angola’s largest and most important Tourism potential water source. It crosses six provinces before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean 70km If there is one thing that has become clear south of Luanda. The Kwanza is rich in fish, and its banks feature a great variety of during the 7 Natural Wonders of Angola flora and fauna. competition, it is that Angola has enormous and largely untapped tourism potential. Peter Moeller, editor of BP magazine Calemas, is well placed to evaluate Angola’s tourism potential on show in the event. Moeller has travelled all over Angola since 2004 and visited all 18 provinces. Driven by Eco-Tur’s Paul Wesson, Moeller has photographed and produced the annual corporate BP calendar An Angolan Odyssey, which is distributed worldwide. RIVER KWANZA ”Our calendar serves as a window on Kostadin Luchansky the country, showing beautiful scenery and daily life,” Moeller told Universo. “One of the reasons we produce it is to stimulate the interest of Angolans in their wonderful country and urge them to travel more internally.” LEBA MOUNTAIN According to Moeller, the outstanding attraction that Angola can offer tourists is “the warmth and friendliness of its people – and also of course the still wild and unspoiled beauty of the countryside and its dramatic features.” “There are a number of difficulties for tourists that they do not experience in other countries, including internal transportation and infrastructure, accommodation and visa-related issues,” he said. “But already, all over the country trunk roads are hugely improved, making access easier.” In line with the competition’s spirit of preservation, Moeller believes care should be taken in making changes to facilitate tourism. “This can easily compromise the fragility of what the visitor has come to see, as has proved the case in many other parts of the world,” he said. “Improvements to facilitate an enjoyable visitor experience are one thing, but if a ‘wonder’ is truly beautiful already, there is not much that can be done to improve it. The big danger is the opposite.” In our next issue, we will have an update Province: Namibe with the seven winners. More information on the 27 finalists and how to vote can be Category: Large Relief 27 found on: www.7maravilhas.ao p Serra da Leba is a steep mountain range which divides the province of Huíla from Namibe. It is famous for its beauty and also for the Serra da Leba pass, a breathtaking mountain road built in the 1970s that spirals down from the 1,845-metre plateau to almost sea level in just over 10km. MARCH 2014 25 Kostadin Luchansky CULTURE ANGOLA

THEROCKS FILM CRITICS

A US documentary featuring contemporary musicians in Angola has captivated international audiences and critics. Universo looks at what all the fuss is about

26 SONANGOL UNIVERSO From the heart, Wilker Flores in action

MARCH 2014 27 CABULA6 and Coalition Films, 2012 CULTURE

chance encounter between US film-maker Jeremy Xido “Death Metal Angola is a beautiful and Angolan musician Wilker Flores in a Huambo coffee shop film, one that is bound Aresulted in the uncovering of an unexpected musical genre in Angola. Xido was in the city researching a documentary on the to become a cult classic” rebuilding of the Benguela Railway, but Flores captured his attention, and this led to the making of the film Death Metal Angola. – E. Nina Rothe, The Huffington Post Flores plays death metal, a form of loud rock music characterised by an aggressive fast beat and often indecipherable barked world’s suburbs has death and destruction The NGO feeds and facilitates medical or growled lyrics. Death metal is a type of as imaginary themes, many of Angola’s treatment both in-house but also out in the music nowadays mostly associated with death metal bands have lived through community. Last year it assisted 62 young Northern Europe despite its American the trauma of the real thing. Huambo’s people aged between 6 and 22. origins, so Xido was understandably inhabitants suffered intense bombardment Apart from providing for basic physical surprised to see it in Africa. The beginning as recently as 1998. needs, Okutiuka’s central function of death metal as a distinctive rock genre is The film’s attraction to audiences is the psychological and educational believed to have been the 1985 Death Metal around the world appears to lie in the development of its vulnerable charges. album by US group Possessed. exotic ruined venue where the action takes Xido’s film documents the challenging The Oxford Dictionary defines music place and also in its principal characters. work involved in setting up the event. as “vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) At the heart of the action is tough and Preparation for the concert takes place combined in such a way as to produce gentle former schoolteacher Sónia Ferreira, close to the orphanage where evidence of beauty of form, harmony and expression of who is not only Flores’ partner and fellow destruction lies all around. emotion”. To most of those hearing death fan of death metal, but also heads a non- He films the mounting of the makeshift metal for the first time, finding beauty or governmental organisation (NGO) that stage, the gathering of equipment and harmony might prove a tough task, but the looks after dislocated or abandoned the installation of the lighting and sound sound is certainly expressive. children. Her orphanage is a former dairy systems in a place where energy supplies Players and listeners have long close to the venue for the death metal cannot be taken for granted. recognised music as a vehicle for manifesting concert whose preparation is ostensibly deep human feelings and a channel for the the film’s subject. Phoenix rising healthy release of tension and sentiment. Ferreira co-founded the NGO E. Nina Rothe, a cultural critic at the This catharsis appears to be at the root of Okutiuka, which means “to return” in influential US blog, The Huffington Post, why some Angolans play death metal. Umbundu, the local Angolan indigenous points to the life-affirming spectacle the Whereas the death metal genre language. Okutiuka was established in July death metal concert project presents in a practised in the economically developed 1995 in Huambo, Ferreira’s hometown. place where the destruction of their homes

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“All the children and the safety they once knew has left children homeless and orphaned. need is a bit of “With the help of his wonderfully affection, care and positive protagonists, Xido discovers a culture of music and life, accompanied by comprehension. the kind of joie de vivre that can only come from having lived through unbearable If they have this, we hardship and strife,” Rothe writes. “If we’ve learned anything in life, can overcome it’s that the human spirit has incredible any adversity.” resilience, and out of the most horrific events there almost certainly will grow – Sónia Ferreira. beautiful results,” she notes. “Xido’s protagonists have found the hidden energy of a style of music that perhaps at its core is meant to heal and inspire. CABULA6 and Coalition Films, 2012 “For the kids of Okutiuka, their guardian Sónia and her boyfriend Wilker, the music draws from their personal experiences and from their African roots, while the lyrics For Xido, the film really revolves and in Huambo. The film has collected help to purge all the spectres of a past lived around the character of Sónia who runs many plaudits and won best documentary in their hell on earth,” she adds. the orphanage and protects the kids. feature at the Rhode Island International “Rock has been a super-important thing Film Festival. The movie has been shown African metal link in her life. And that’s really the soul of it all over the world since its December 2012 There has always been much talk of the and this music is used… as a way for these international premiere in Dubai, including African origins of modern American blues folks to find an expression to heal the at several venues across the United States, and rock, but Wilker Flores sees a specific horrors of what they’ve experienced,” he in the Netherlands, Argentina, Denmark, link to a local rhythmic beat, tchingange, explains. “What they [the musicians] hear Portugal, Spain, Australia, Romania, that is also found in death metal. For is the sound that moves them and opens Norway, France, Chile, Germany, Italy, Wilker, “metal is African” and has its roots something up and allows them to go into Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, UK, in the slaves taken to North America. this really deep place. They have these Finland and, remarkably, Antarctica. “The guys who are heading this lyrics where they can finally find some The Huffington Post’s E. Nina Rothe movement in Angola talk about rock as form that can withstand the power of what believes Death Metal Angola also promises to returning home. They make a fascinating they’ve experienced. And that’s what is at make coveted rock stars of Wilker Flores and argument,” says Xido, who reckons that up the core of the film.” the groups Dor Fantasma, Neblina, Before to a quarter of all slaves in North America Death Metal Angola has been screened Crush and Black Soul, among the many originated in Angola. at Luanda’s International Film Festival musicians featured in the documentary. p

Live rock

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The kids are alright

Sónia Ferreira’s Okutiuka NGO to help them. Some have suffered found their families; but new was founded in Huambo in 1996. It violence or even practised it and children needed looking after and focuses on infant–maternal health need psychological help. Okutiuka took them in. At its peak, and it targets young people who Ferreira has lived through some Ferreira’s charity had a total of 168 have been abandoned to live on dramatic moments. Caught in the children under its protection. the streets. crossfire of the bombardment of Today, many of Okutiuka’s While other groups have had Huambo in 1998, she managed to former charges are skilled workers help from the United Nations and broker a truce between the two and may have set up families of other agencies, these children had sides and airlift 55 children by their own. Others are university neither protection nor advocates cargo plane from the city to safety students, artists and musicians. willing to ensure that their rights in Benguela. Heavy rock music is not the were respected. Like a modern-day Moses, she only cultural manifestation at Okutiuka from the outset made led them out of a war zone to camp Okutiuka. Sónia Ferreira was once sure the children survived and their on a beach and managed to look band director for a children’s basic needs such as hospital visits, after them there, even putting some group in Benguela and has helped were met. The charity focuses into school. A year later she took prepare Okutiuka’s carnival groups, support on integrating badly them back to Huambo – a city she which have conquered seven treated kids found in situations of found in an even worse state than junior carnival titles and two adult risk where there is nobody else previously – where some children championships in Huambo province.

Air guitar, Angola style

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Contact

For more information and contacts see www.deathmetalangola.com CABULA6 and Coalition Films, 2012 At the Dubai Premiere

MARCH 2014 31 CABULA6 and Coalition Films, 2012 CITYSCAPE LUANDA’S NEW LANDMARKS

32 SONANGOL UNIVERSO LUANDA’S NEW Luanda’s cityscape continues to spring surprises as more new large public buildings emerge. Pride of place in the most eye-catching category is the striking parliament complex. Another new building of note – soon to be unveiled – is the Museum of Science and Technology

Assembleia Nacional at night

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he most impressive addition to Luanda’s skyline in the past two years is the rose-coloured, 21-metre-diameter dome of TAngola’s new parliament, the Assembleia Nacional. The parliamentary complex, now nearing completion, is on a large scale and is symbolically located high above the gardens containing the tall tower of the Agostinho Neto monument and his mausoleum. From this prominent site a battery of arched windows enjoys wide views over the calm bright seas of the South Atlantic. The neoclassical parliament building is reminiscent of Washington’s Capitol Building with its columns and dome, but it also echoes the pink colour and the lines of Angola’s most photographed building, the National Bank (Banco Nacional de Angola). Work began on the $185 million project in 2010, and it is now being fitted out for an inauguration expected this year. The complex consists of four buildings: one for the actual parliament, one for offices, a parking block and another for services, equipment and security. It covers an area equivalent to eight football pitches. The parliament’s Assembly Hall has seating for 532 in the round. The fan- shaped stepped floor of the auditorium faces the raised tribune of the parliament’s president. Seats reserved for ministers flank the tribune. The public can access the mezzanine level from the third floor. The mezzanine is for interested citizens, journalists and other visitors such as diplomats. It has capacity to hold 210 people. Surrounding the circular assembly Brazuk hall building, wrapping around more than half its circumference, is the six- below Luanda’s 16th-century hilltop upper sides and a rooftop made in slicker floor office block containing rooms bay-end fortress. The new Museum of more modern materials. In a city where for the parliamentary groups and the Science and Technology (Museu/Centro totally new glass-and-steel towers have institution’s administration. The complex de Ciëncia e Tecnologia) building, now become commonplace in recent years, it is has 20 lifts to facilitate the movement nearing completion, tastefully reuses refreshing to see that this new building has of parliamentarians going about their the renovated cream-coloured facade made use of its older foundations and thus business. It also contains 485 – mostly of a long-abandoned soap factory, but literally maintains its old roots in the city. underground – parking bays. its wide, bright, well-lit interior matches The museum has five areas: an exhibits the modernity of the exhibits destined to gallery, an auditorium, a planetarium, a Museum of Science occupy the space. refreshment room and administrative offices. and Technology The outer shell of this building The most prominent exhibit that has A long white oblong roof faces the skies combines plastered brick walls with been installed during construction is a

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The Museum of Science and Technology

huge suspended globe, the centrepiece of with a 22-metre screen with 3D effects. Miguel Fortress above it. A further linked the planetarium. Students will be able to interact with films, attraction is Luanda’s now well-established Another well-rooted link to Luanda’s past which will also benefit from a sophisticated bayside park. After visitors take a long stroll is a conserved baobab tree in the car park. sound system. admiring the sea and enjoying the breeze The aims and objectives of the museum the two cultural attractions will provide are to provide an interactive educational Tourist friendly worthy destinations. space open to all. This will include both If a key premise of developing visitor To add some air-conditioned comfort historic and forward-looking technological and tourist attractions is to have them and refreshments to this cultural quarter exhibits and additional complementary in a cluster, then the new science and of Luanda Bay, a new shopping centre information facilities for students. technology museum is well situated. It is under construction between the As part of the educative aims of the is within easy walking distance of the Museum of Science and Technology and museum there will be a video centre military museum housed in the São the Fortress.p

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Angoflex sets load-out record Courtesy of Angoflex

■ Angoflex, a partnership between Sonangol and France’s manoeuvring of the semi-rigid umbilical cables around Technip, believes its latest umbilicals load-out is one for the curves and over bridges. The need to encase the cables in record books. steel so they can withstand the cold of deep-sea operation “It was a world first and very challenging operation due enhances umbilical cable rigidity. to the long distance to the quay and the complex route path,” “Success was made possible thanks to strong said Sylvain Cabalery, Angoflex’s Angola deputy country coordination between the teams mobilised by Angoflex, manager. “The operation was completed on schedule and Technip and the clients,” said Cabalery. without any quality or safety hitches.” The Angoflex facility at Lobito employs more than 200 The company manufactured and supplied the umbilicals Angolans and was recently re-equipped and upgraded with weighing 2,500 tonnes and measuring a total of 74km in the addition of two storage carousels (giant spools), making length at its Lobito plant in Benguela province. Umbilicals it one of the most modern in the world. are sheaves of cables used to operate controls and valves “Looking ahead with the experience gained through on distant sea-bed wellheads. these load-outs and the CLOV project, the Angoflex team Cabalery described this third and final load-out of is now ready to manufacture a full range of umbilicals in umbilicals for the CLOV project* as a “breakthrough its Lobito plant and repeat this success in future projects,” advance”, as the process involved unreeling umbilicals from Cabalery added. the plant carousel at Lobito onto specialised installation vessels anchored 1.2-km away. It entailed the intricate *See page 40 for more information on CLOV.

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Angola LNG sells first LPG cargo Angola LNG Marketing Ltd

■ Angola LNG sold its first liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cargo from its plant in Soyo on January 28. The company commissioned its Soyo LPG and condensate jetty just before loading operations began. Lobito refinery “In addition to LNG production for international markets, propane, butane and condensate production at Angola LNG is an important part of our operational finance and commercial activity. Our LPG and condensate ■ Sonangol EP has contracted Standard Chartered Bank as production will help to supply both domestic and financial consultants for the Lobito refinery project. The bank will export markets with their energy needs,” said Artur develop the economic model and the finance strategy, undertake Pereira, CEO at Angola LNG Marketing. budget planning and risk management, and audit key elements of Apart from its LNG facilities, the Soyo plant’s the project, as well as manage its tax and commercial framework. liquids infrastructure includes storage tanks for 88,000 Basic infrastructure works for the 200,000-bpd Lobito refinery cubic metres of propane, 59,000 cu m of butane and began in December 2012. Completion is scheduled for 2017–18. 108,000 cu m of condensate. It also has a dedicated jetty for loading propane, butane and condensate and a second jetty for pressurised butane loadings which will serve the domestic market. The LPG shipment marks a further milestone in the continued development of Angola’s oil and gas resources and provides a new source of energy for Angola and export markets. Angola LNG is a joint venture between Sonangol, Chevron, BP, ENI and Total. Total E&P Angola / Kostadin Luchansky

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More pre-salt finds in Angola ■ Angola made two more pre-salt oil discoveries in December and January. First a partnership between Cobalt, Sonangol P&P and BP found significant oil and gas volumes in Block 20. During tests, Block 20’s Lontra exploration well produced 2,500 barrels of condensate and 39 million cubic feet of gas a day. Lontra reached a total depth of 4,195 metres and penetrated a 67-metre layer of a good-quality reservoir. More wells and tests are necessary to evaluate the find, but Lontra is believed to be a discovery on an international scale, and the reservoir contains more natural gas than expected. Operator Cobalt and its partners Sonangol P&P, Nazaki Oil and Gaz, and Alper Oil made the second discovery, this time in Block 21. This was Sonangol’s and Cobalt’s fourth deepwater pre-salt discovery off Angola’s coast. Here, the Bicuar 1A pre-salt deepwater exploratory well drilled to 5,739 metres found around 56m of net pay at multiple pre-salt intervals. Drilling took just 59 days and wrapped up some 63 days ahead of schedule. James Farnsworth, Cobalt’s chief exploration officer, said the geology showed similar features to the Campos Basin in Brazil and would be key to expanding the potential of the broader Kwanza Basin pre-salt area. “We are also excited with how quickly Bicuar 1A was drilled, while never compromising our commitment to safety and environmental protection. Continued performance of this type would allow us to drill wells at nearly half the cost we had anticipated,” he added. Shutterstock

Blocks roadshow comes to London ■ Sonangol EP held a roadshow in London on February 21 for the blocks could contain up to 7 billion barrels of oil. There are oil companies interested in bidding for exploration blocks in the hopes that Angolan companies may take part in the bidding as Kwanza and Congo Basins. onshore drilling requires less investment than offshore wells. A Roadshows for the 10 onshore blocks had previously been held typical onshore well requires $15–20 million, whereas offshore in the United States and Angola. Seven of the blocks are in the wells require as much as $100 million. The bidding process Kwanza River Basin and the other three are in the Congo River Basin. in this auction round, the first since 2011, is expected to Severino Cardoso, Sonangol’s head of exploration, said begin shortly.

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Sonangol puts SonaExpo 2014 extra $750m into block

■ Sonangol has doubled its stake in Block 15/06 to 30 per cent after buying Total’s 15 per cent stake for $750 million. Block 15/06 is located around 350km ■ Sonangol mounted an impressive exhibition, SonaExpo 2014, northeast of Luanda and covers 2,984 sq km in on Luanda Bay on February 21–23 as part of the company’s deepwater varying between 220 and 1,700 metres. 38th-anniversary celebrations. The block is operated by ENI (35%) whose A total of 37 stands distributed information on Sonangol’s partners are SSI, a joint venture between Sinopec products and services. and Sonangol (25%), Norway’s Statoil (5%) and The 2,000-square-metre site on the bay’s broad promenade, Angola’s Falcon Oil Angola Investments (5%). which is just 10 minutes’ walk from Sonangol’s head office, Total said its strategy was to concentrate its represented 12 subsidiaries of the company. investment in core assets and reinforce its activities The company’s industrial arm, Sonangol Investimentos in Block 17 (the CLOV project) and Block 32. Industriais (SIIND), took the opportunity to show off products from its 25 factories. These included fibre optic cables, paints,

metallic frames, locks and door handles, plastic utensils, electrical fittings, transformers, pumps, PVC tubing and mattresses. For more information on SonaExpo 2014 see: http://bit.ly/1iGiTQc Solar village ■ President José Eduardo dos Santos has inaugurated an innovative Sonangol-financed scheme to bring the benefits of solar energy to rural villages. Cabiri is a newly built village in Ícolo e Bengo municipality about 70km from Luanda and has absorbed the population of two existing villages. Here, 500 new homes have been equipped with solar panels for their domestic energy needs. Each house also has a solar-powered stove, which reduces the need to use local timber resources. The village also uses solar power for street lighting and for its public buildings such as a school, a clinic, a market, a training and arts centre and a laundry. Job Graça, minister for Planning and Territorial Sonangol London Development, said Cabiri is “a model of self-sufficiency”. The project aims to raise living standards in the Angolan countryside by bringing the benefits of education and training hosts industry dinner to farming communities and increase their productivity. ■ Sonangol’s London office, Sonangol Limited, hosted a dinner and Fundação EDP in partnership with Energia dance spectacle as part of the annual International Petroleum Week Inovação Holding (EIH) are responsible gathering. The venue was London’s venerable Victoria and Albert for the project’s development. There are Museum. Oil company executives and Sonangol employees from all plans to replicate the Cabiri model parts of the globe attended. New York based Angola dance group throughout Angola. Batoto Yetu gave a vibrant and energetic performance to the delight of the 200 guests present at the event.

MARCH 2014 39 Shutterstock INDUSTRY ANGOLAN INDUSTRY BOOST Paenal shipyardʼs landmark work on the CLOV project shows that Angola’s efforts to industrialise are bearing fruit; Universo examines the accelerating development of its onshore facilities

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ormal completion of building and and giving more job opportunities for fitting a huge topside unit for the Angolans,” adds Ramos. Paenal in numbers CLOV floating production, storage Angola’s now proven capacity to and offloading vessel (FPSO) undertake such a huge and complex task Fsparked celebrations on December 5. means valuable experience and skills have Quayside: 490 metres The operation represented a number been gained to apply to similar jobs on of “firsts”, not just for Angola but also for FPSOs in future and serve the country’s Africa, at the Paenal dockyard at Porto expanding deep-sea oil production. Water depth: 10 metres Amboim in Kwanza Sul, some 260km What is CLOV? south of Luanda. Mostly home-grown Crane capacity: 2,500 tonnes trained Angolans fabricated and installed The CLOV FPSO is at the centre of the $10 the 1,836-tonne unit. billion CLOV project in Block 17, which will “This event has significance for the oil produce 160,000 barrels of oil per day. CLOV Personnel: 1,300 sector in Angola and the world in general. is an acronym for the Cravo, Lírio, Orquídea The manufacturing and installation of the and Violeta oilfields (meaning Carnation, water treatment module on CLOV FPSO Lily, Orchid and Violet, respectively). The Angolan staff: 85 per cent is an example which demonstrates the CLOV project consists of 34 deep undersea development of advanced technology in Angola,” said Sonangol oil engineer Geraldo André Raposo Ramos. The CLOV FPSO is a giant 119,000- tonne vessel, which can store 1.78 million barrels of oil and is able to process 160,000 barrels per day. This was the first time a ship of this scale and type had docked in any African port, but it fitted comfortably alongside Paenal’s 490-metre-long deepwater quay. Preparation for the fitting of the topside unit involved assembling Africa’s largest crane. Nicknamed “Jamba” (Elephant) by the Angolans, the 4,500-tonne heavyweight crane with 2,500-tonne lift capacity was inaugurated in July last year. The $2 billion CLOV FPSO made an 18,520-km journey from the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in South Korea and arrived at Porto Amboim on November 8. The lifting of the module and positioning on the top deck was completed within a week. The smoothly run CLOV FPSO operation has earned Angola kudos among the continent’s oil-producing nations and also raised the percentage of locally manufactured content in the industry, a key objective of the Angolan government. “The project has contributed to the increase of local content in the areas of production, engineering, management of projects, quality control, human resources, administration and finances and, logistics, as well as health and safety,

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wells which reach depths of between 1,100 Yards better: Paenal buoys and subsea systems. In addition and 1,400 metres, and is located 140km Paenal is a joint venture between Sonangol to participating in Total’s CLOV project, northwest of Luanda. CLOV is estimated (40%), Dutch company SBM Offshore (30%) Paenal is also involved in ENI Angola’s to hold 505 million barrels of crude. and South Korea’s Daewoo (30%). Paenal N’Goma FPSO project and has two Total has spent $1.6 billion in Angola has absorbed investments of over $300 wellhead platforms on its order book from on CLOV, hires 100 nationals each year and million and employs 1,300 people. Angola’s Chevron’s Cabinda Gulf Oil Company for will invest $4 million in the Porto Amboim policy of favouring local recruitment has work on its Mafumeira project. community, said Jean-Michel Lavergne, had profound effects on the local economy The shipyard is well placed. Recent pre- the company president. Total targeted an and the career prospects of the population salt discoveries are just 96-km away and increase in the number of Angolans on its of Kwanza Sul, creating jobs and skilled Luanda is only three hours by road. The yard staff to 76 per cent last year, compared workers for the oil industry. has contributed massively to the knowledge with 68 per cent in 2006. It also aimed Paenal complements similar yards in base of Angola’s oil and gas industry as well to have half of its managers recruited Lobito and Soyo which also manufacture as to its long-term development. locally too. topside modules, suction anchor piles, While Paenal clearly has expertise in metallic structures, Ramos points out that it also makes suction batteries and mudmats (flat sheets of metal used CLOV FPSO in numbers to support subsea structures where the sea floor is soft), and the Heerema yard alongside manufactures subsea structures, Weight: 119,000 tonnes including piping and risers. Ramos believes that with the expansion Storage capacity: 1.78 million barrels of the volume of oil and gas exploration, Oil production: 160,000 bpd Angola may need additional yards and has to improve the capabilities of existing ones in Length: 305 metres order to support future offshore operations. “Much of the equipment and tools that Width: 61 metres are currently fabricated outside Angola could actually be made within Angola. Cost: $2 billion Sonangol EP appointed a new management team at ESSA Angola

Nicknamed “Jamba” (Elephant) by the Angolans, the 4,500-tonne heavyweight crane was inaugurated in July last year

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(Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola) led by general director Engineer “CLOV FPSO demonstrates Fernando da Fonseca and his deputy Felisberto Vieira, with the aim of managing the development of advanced rig fabrication for a range of activities. However, Sonangol urgently needs to technology in Angola.” train qualified technicians to maximise the local content in the phase of project – Engineer Geraldo Ramos execution, Ramos said. Apart from Porto Amboim, Ramos said Angola’s main bases for offshore activities are at Malongo (Cabinda), Sonils (Luanda), Kwanda (Soyo) and Sonamet (Lobito). FMC yard activities include: hydraulic production, maintenance and inspection Ramos detailed examples below of testing, electronic and integration systems, of drilling equipment. Sonils and Sonamet activities give an wellhead component maintenance and The Sonamet yard at Lobito undertakes idea of the complexity of the oil support storage of spare parts. FMC tests and engineering, fabrication, logistics and industry and the operations companies installs XTs or “Christmas trees” (sets of offshore maintenance and installation perform in Angola. valves used to control gases and fluids activities. The main equipment fabricated on the sea floor). It also makes and tests includes tubing, riser towers and structures: Sonils – Sonangol Integrated manifold and well jumpers. long base line (LBL) array frames, pipeline Logistic Services Cameron’s yard fabricates, installs and end manifolds (PLEMs) and in-line tees The main yards at the Sonils Base in tests PGBs, frames for XTs and wellheads. (ILTs), spools, jumpers, manifolds, PGBs Luanda are Friedlander, FMC, Cameron, Aker Solutions’ activities include and XTs. Aker Solutions and General Electric (GE). equipment installation and support, The Angoflex yard, which is situated The Friedlander yard makes and customer asset management, hiring of in the Sonamet yard, is divided in two fits piping work, platform supports and spares and support for life in the oilfield. sections. One is for making umbilicals and structures. Friedlander also manufactures GE provides production and pipeline, rigid pipeline fabrication, single permanent guide bases (PGBs), well drilling services, LNG and industrial or pipe-in-pipe (PIP). The main equipment jumpers (connections between wellheads energy generation. GE also conducts fabricated in this yard is umbilicals, rigid and manifolds) and mudmats, among welding, installation and testing of pipes, LBL array frames, mudmats, PLEMs other things. XTs, jumpers and turbines, and the and ILTs. p

Angola’s First Lady, Ana Paula dos Santos, christened the FPSO in the presence of Jean-Michel Lavergne, president of Total, the main mover behind the CLOV project. Francisco de Lemos José Maria, board president of Sonangol EP, and Kwanza Sul’s Provincial Governor, Eusébio de Brito, were also present.

MARCH 2014 43 Total E&P Angola / Kostadin Luchansky Sonangol knowledge MATCHMAKING

IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN Seeking an ideal partner, especially in the age of the Internet, has never been more fashionable. This process is not only the domain of hopeful singles; it applies equally to Angolan and international companies seeking to do business together Shutterstock

o meet national content and supply chain. CAE provides a process of prospective foreign partner companies. majority ownership requirements, certification for Angolan companies. It Certificates provided by CAE are valid for two Angola has to develop local verifies that the company is genuine and years and after that period must be renewed. companies capable of operating has the capabilities and operates in the So what kind of partners are international Tat the same high level as those from abroad. way it says it does. CAE also certifies that oil companies seeking? They need a wide The Centre for Enterprise Support (CAE) the candidate company’s accounts are range of service providers, from computer at Angola’s Chamber of Commerce and in order, that it has a cash flow and, most software specialists to deep-sea divers, Industry has the task of fostering partnerships importantly, that it is at least 51 per cent welders and caterers. To date, CAE’s database between local and foreign companies. Angolan-owned. has around 1,890 registered companies. CAE is becoming the first port of call for The Angolan company also must have These companies currently provide international oil sector companies seeking been operating in the market providing services such as consulting, transportation, a local partner, as they are under pressure goods or services for at least a year. construction, chemicals, security, equipment to increase local content and provide it If these would-be partners do not meet supply and maintenance. through Angolan-controlled companies. any of the above prerequisites, then CAE So far CAE has certified 213 service The oil and gas industry has especially offers a consultancy service, free of charge, providers and suppliers; another 1,600 high quality demands for equipment and which assists the companies in fulfilling are en route to certification. This process services. Through these partnerships Angola these requirements. includes supplying CAE with documentation gains expertise, experience and capital. Once armed with CAE certification, showing that they have the required Angolan The “matchmaking process” starts Angolan companies are prequalified to capital and a financial report demonstrating when CAE receives requests from be matched with a foreign company. CAE their accounts are legitimate and are in international oil companies looking for then takes these companies to exhibitions, order. CAE’s training has enabled Angolan Angolan partners to take part in their fairs and conferences where they can meet suppliers to participate more effectively

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The organisation began work in 2005 and has a youthful team made up of 41 staff members

in the oil industry’s competitive bidding Service promotion activities carried processes. It has improved the quality of out by CAE include attendance at public services and the development of viable events such as Luanda’s international business plans as well as the acquisition of fair, FILDA, in July 2013. CAE registered Dr. Job Vasconcelos managerial and financial acumen. 10 new companies during the fair and – CAE coordinator made contact with many more companies The CAE team among the 50,000 visitors over six days. CAE has offices in four locations with CAE also escorted 20 Angolan strong oil and gas industry clusters: companies to Rio de Janeiro to take part Cabinda, Soyo, Benguela and Luanda. in the Offshore Technology Conference The organisation began work in 2005 and (October 28–November 3) to meet has a youthful team made up of 41 staff potential international partners. Angolan members, coordinated by Maria Inês João. entrepreneurs were able to participate in The CAE team also includes four conferences, workshops, business dinners consultants whose role is to help raise the and meetings with Brazilian companies, skill levels of Angola’s small and medium- visit Brazil’s small and medium sized sized companies. They give technical enterprise organisation SEBRAE and state assistance, free advice, information and, oil company, Petrobras, and see how most importantly, time. The team suppliers are contracted to meet local also helps plan and assist marketing content rules in Brazil. and promotion. CAE is keen to recruit Assisted by Angola’s Ministry of more consultants. Oil, Sonangol EP, the Angolan Embassy Esso Angola told Universo that and the Angola–Brazil Chamber of development of local suppliers is Commerce, among others, CAE engaged a priority which it is addressing in in information-sharing opportunities with Maria Inês João partnership with CAE. Brazilian companies. – oil industry relations “Training takes place during workshops Igor Minitra with potential suppliers and by advertising A case in point – marketing in the media on business opportunities One Angolan-owned company assisted by open to bidding. At the end of 2012, 52 per CAE is FDF Lda, which provides building cent of Esso Angola contracts were assigned and earthworks. CAE began assisting FDF in to local companies, and the expectation is 2006 and later certified it. FDF has taken part to increase this percentage. in various CAE-organised training courses “The main challenges to overcome are and has benefited from its consulting technical expertise, financial strength and services and technical assistance. suppliers’ ability to meet global standards. Armed with CAE certification, the Esso Angola will continue to transfer company gained contracts at the Kwanda knowledge by supporting operations, Base at Soyo for Angola LNG. The Business sharing experiences and conducting formal Initiative Organisation subsequently training of suppliers on technical and awarded FDF a prize for gold-standard compliance procedures,” the company said. quality at a ceremony in New York. p

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Sonangol results

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COMFORTABLY ON COURSE During its 38th anniversary press conference Sonangol underlined its commitment to meet its 2015 output target. Universo looks at the details behind the company's 2013 results figures

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From left to right: Mateus Neto, Fernandes Mateus, Anabela Fonseca, Francisco de Lemos J Maria, Ana da Costa, Fernando Roberto and Paulino Jerónimo

onangol EP is confident Angola will ENI. Both are due on stream this year. More jobs meet its production benchmark of Angolan oil production averaged just Sonangol EP provided an ever greater number 2 million barrels per day next year less than 1.72 million bpd in 2013. Lower of employment opportunities in 2013 as staff despite a slight dip in output in flows from Blocks Zero, 15, 17 and 18, as numbers jumped 9% to 8,892 from 8,159 the S2013, board president Francisco de Lemos well as other technical and contractual previous year. José Maria told journalists in Luanda on factors, were the cause of the company’s There was also good news on gas February 25. reduced output in 2013, said board production as Angola’s liquefied petroleum “As far as the target of 2 million bpd president Lemos. He pointed to November gas (LPG) output leapt 9% to 298,002 tonnes, in 2015 is concerned, this remains the as the critical period when oil output and the new Soyo liquefied natural gas same. We are solving the problems as they dropped to just over 47 million barrels. (LNG) plant has started to repay investment appear. As a contribution to the target “This fall in production in November with its first supplies of 113,178 tonnes. we will have the additional contribution explains the overall drop in annual Sonangol EP made a profit of $2.96 of two fields this year, in Block 17 and output,” he said. “It ended up being billion on its production of just over 626 another in 15/06,” Mr Lemos said during responsible for the decline of around million barrels. a press conference marking Sonangol’s 1 per cent in annual oil production.” Owing to the fall in production and 38th anniversary. Production should This contrasts with a 4.5 per cent rise in lower international oil prices, Sonangol EP then continue at the target level for the production in 2012. receipts declined to $34.82 billion in 2013. following five years, he added. Sonangol is awaiting further The average world oil price fell 2.7% to Block 17 includes the Total-operated information from the block operators on $108.66 in 2013 from $111.65 the previous CLOV project, while Block 15/06 is run by the reasons for this reduction in output. year, but Angola’s average export barrel

Profits continue to be healthy in 2013

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Sonangol EP made a profit of $2.96 billion on its production of just over 626 million barrels

Financial highlights 2013

Sales $34.82 billion Ebitda* $5.169 billion Net profits $2.96 billion Investment in production $5.73 billion

* Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation ** December 31, 2013

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declined even further to $107.80 from $111.86 in 2012. Shipping operations “The combination of these effects – a drop in production and a fall in price – leapt 50 per cent to reduced our sales receipts in the segment of exploration and production by $3.687 10.9 million barrels transported billion,” said Mr Lemos. He pointed out that, despite the drop in production, other factors compensated the company’s balance sheet during 2013. Sonangol P&P yielded additional revenue of $1.68 billion; an 11 per cent increase in refined products output allowed a cut of 2 per cent in their imports; and Sonangol’s LPG production quota nearly doubled to 1.2 million barrels. Other positive contributions to the company’s balance sheet came from its shipping operations, which leapt 50 per cent to 10.9 million barrels transported. Sonangol’s housing subsidiary, Sonip, sold 24,904 new homes, compared to 10,500 in 2012, bringing in an extra $426 million into the coffers. While Sonangol Holdings received $132 million in dividends compared to $54 million the previous year. The company’s non-core businesses in telecommunications, health and investment contributed another $100 million. Other matters Mr Lemos touched upon included the fact that Sonangol investment in exploration and production shot up 85.5 per cent to $5.73 billion. Sonangol’s oil-refining production was also higher, rising by 11.1 per cent to Angola LNG Highlights 2013

Oil production 626 million barrels

LPG output 298,002 tonnes

LNG output 113,178 tonnes

Refining capacity 45,245 barrels per day

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Francisco de Lemos J Maria

Sonangol’s housing subsidiary, Sonip, brought in an extra $426 million

2,083,776 tonnes, thanks to Luanda’s During the press conference Anabela refinery returning to full capacity of 45,245 Fonseca revealed that Sonangol was bpd, up from 41,068 bpd in 2012. winding up its exploration operations in the Qayara and Najmah oilfields in Sonangol exports Nineveh province in Iraq's northwest. Angola’s oil exports stood at 782,608 The decision to leave was taken as a result barrels in 2013. Asia dominated Angola’s of the security situation in the area which export markets, with China the leading was preventing development work while buyer with a take of 45% of the total. Board Sonangol’s costs were rising. The Iraqi member Anabela Fonseca said China was government accepted the company’s likely to continue in first place for some declaration of force majeure last year. time to come. The fortunes of Sonangol and India occupied second place with 12% Angola are inextricably linked. Sonangol and the third largest importer was Taiwan, affiliate Angola LNG provided more while the former main market, the United evidence that the future is bright for States, now lies in fourth position. both when it made its first bulk sale Other markets in 2013 were South of butane gas from its Soyo facility on Africa, Spain, Brazil, Panama, Malaysia, March 3. It follows shipments of LNG Japan, Ireland and Italy. and LPG, and shows how Angola is The company’s debt as of December progressing towards self-sufficiency 31, 2013 stood at $13.49 billion; 25 per cent in these products while affording new was short term with maturity within a year export opportunities. and 75 per cent was long term maturing Sonangol’s investment of nearly $6 up to 2022. Company debt rose 28 per billion in exploration and production cent compared to 2012, with an additional last year, mentioned above by Mr Lemos, $6 billion contracted. is bound to reinforce this process and Sonangol contributed 86 per cent of its sales will be reflected in greater output in to the Angolan government in the form of taxes. 2014 and years to come. p

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