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SONANGOL UNIVERSO ISSUE 40 – DECEMBER 2013 Contents Universo is the international magazine of Sonangol Board Members ANGOLA NEWS BRIEFING Francisco de Lemos José Maria (President), 4 Anabela Soares de Brito da Fonseca, Ana Joaquina Van-Dúnem Alves da Costa, A roundup of national and international news concerning Angola Fernandes Gaspar Bernardo Mateus, Fernando Joaquim Roberto, Mateus Sebastião Francisco Neto, Paulino Fernando Carvalho Jerónimo 5 FIGURED OUT Sonangol Department for Communication & Image A brief glance at Angola in numbers Director 4

Mateus Cristovão Benza Shutterstock 10 YEARS OF SONANGOL UNIVERSO Corporate Communications Assistants 8 Nadiejda Santos, Lúcio Santos, Sarissari Diniz, José Mota, Beatriz Silva, Paula Angop A look back over 40 editions covering Angola’s economic Almeida, Sandra Teixeira, Marta Sousa, reconstruction and all things Angolan Hélder Sirgado, Kimesso Kissoka

Publisher: Sheila O’Callaghan Ten years on 22 ANGOLA CROWNED AFRICAN BASKETBALL Editor: John Kolodziejski CHAMPIONS TWICE OVER Managing Editor: Mauro Perillo Art Director: Tony Hill Angola’s male and female basketball teams come out tops once Sub Editor: Brian MacReamoinn s the publisher of Universo, I have witnessed Angola again in African championships Proofreading: Gail Nelson-Bonebrake transform itself into one of the most dynamic 22

 FIBA Circulation Manager: Matthew Alexander countries in the southern hemisphere. 26 ANGOLAN HOCKEY ROLLS ON Production Assistant: Sebnem Brown I have also seen a people move forward with Project Consultant: Nathalie MacCarthy Ahope towards a better future that previous generations could Angola hosted Africa’s first ever Roller Hockey World Cup and gave Group President: John Charles Gasser only dream of. further proof of its organisational prowess in international events On my many trips to Angola, I always take pride when  Universo is produced by Impact Media I look around at the transformation that has taken place in THE ART OF BEING AN ANTELOPE Custom Publishing. The views expressed 28 in the publication are not necessarily such a short time. Ten years may see no change at all in the those of Sonangol or the publishers. The Giant Sable Antelope, the Palanca Negra Gigante, once Reproduction in whole or in part developed world, but in Angola – a country that was barely thought extinct, is Angola’s national symbol. A group of 28 without prior permission is prohibited. surviving before 2003 – there have been dramatic changes in Shiri Paamony Eshel international artists celebrates and draws inspiration from the This magazine is distributed to a closed both its physical and its intellectual make-up. circulation. To receive a free copy: rediscovered majestic beast [email protected] Manuel Vicente, vice president of Angola, summed it Circulation: 15,000 up very well in a speech in November commemorating the SONANGOL NEWS BRIEFING 38th anniversary of independence. “In just 11 years of peace, 38 

Angola has taken a giant leap towards progress and modernity, Highlights of noteworthy news items from Sonangol EP and restoring or building from scratch the infrastructure needed Davenport House its subsidiaries 16 Pepper Street to support economic and social development.” London E14 9RP 38 United Kingdom Universo has tried to capture this progress over the past 42 SECURING ANGOLA’S FUTURE Tel + 44 20 7510 9595 decade, and we look forward to continuing to shine a light on Fax +44 20 7510 9596 this nation and its people. Sonangol engineer Albina Assis suggests how a study of Norway’s [email protected] www.universo-magazine.com sustainable oil-based economy may inspire a development model www.sonangol.co.ao for Angola [email protected] Sheila O’Callaghan Publisher 46 ENHANCING OIL RECOVERY How Angola can improve oil yields 42 Eduardo Grilo

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Angola’s energy Angolan inventions win major awards and water success ■ Angola held its first International Conference on Energy and Water in Luanda in September. The event attracted local specialists as well as experts from South Africa, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Namibia, Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, France, Italy and the United Arab Emirates. “Angola does not aim to be a consumer of technologies and solutions thought up for other realities, but it wants to be an active actor in deciding on the requirements for its social and political reality and in seeking solutions to its own problems,” João Baptista Borges, Angola’s Minister for Energy and Water, told delegates.

Minister Borges said the conference, held at the same time as an energy and water trade fair, had been a great success, attracting 850 participants and ■ Angolan inventors have won nine medals, surpassing their materials from recovered materials for the teaching of geometrical 34 speakers. previous total of seven, at iENA (International Trade Fair for Ideas, optics, as did Hélder Silva for a set of 10 works presented. Inventions and New Products). The fair took place in Nuremberg, Gabriel Luis Miguel was awarded a gold medal and a certificate Germany, on October 31–November 3. of merit for the commitment and support that the Ministry of Inácio Augusto Simão won a gold medal for his translation Science and Technology has given to inventors in Angola. software for gestural verbs and sounds in Angola’s national Three bronze medals were given respectively to Mavi Nguengo, languages. Simão was also awarded a silver medal for making a for an intelligent refrigerator; Adilson Octávio da Costa for a UN Photo/Amanda Voisard candleholder that can recycle wax. nationwide system of payments using fingerprinting, and Mabiala Inventor Ricardo Figueiredo received silver for an automatic Damasco, for a dental treatment apparatus. Damasco was also window cleaning machine. honoured with the award of a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci and Mpanda Makambua also won silver for the design of teaching a diploma of merit from the European Association of Inventors.

Manuel Vicente Shutterstock addresses UN Angola joins oil FIGURED OUT Angola in numbers

■ Vice president Manuel Vicente addressed the 68th General Assembly geologist body of the United Nations in September. He told the Assembly that Angola was undergoing a dynamic process of reconstruction and development, ■ The American Association of Petroleum Geologists $72 billion 700,000 marked by macroeconomic stability resulting from policies aimed at (AAPG) held an inaugural ceremony for its Angola Angola’s 2014 state budget domestic plumbing connections underway in Luanda promoting economic diversification. Chapter on October 9, when the country became the The vice president reaffirmed Angola’s commitment to expanding ninth in Africa to join the association. employment opportunities and reducing dependence on both imports The president of Angola’s AAPG committee, and its own oil. António Inglês, said that the institution aims to 2.3 million Aware of the challenge to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals, the enhance scientific and technical knowledge of target for Angola’s skilled employee pool by 2020 government continued to develop programmes reducing social inequality, professionals in that area by providing a forum for hunger and poverty, he explained. Upgrading social infrastructure, the exchange of ideas and research in the oil sector including the construction of roads, railways, and electricity and water all around the world. The AAPG was founded in 1917 supply and distribution systems, continued to be a challenge for the in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a city in which many leading $37.5 billion government, he said. Angolan oil figures have studied. The organisation 6,000km has over 30,000 members in 116 countries. length of planned cable link from Angola to Brazil total trade between China and Angola

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New oil ■ Angola opened a new oil industry training centre in October at the National Oil Institute (INP) campus at Sumbe, Kwanza Sul province. Angola’s The centre, which has advanced equipment from the United States, Portugal and Germany, can train up to 120 students in mechanical and metal construction, industry plumbing and gas, maintenance and industrial automation, electricity and energy, information technology, design, quality and the environment. The centre is funded jointly by the Total group and the Angolan government kwanza and is intended to prepare young people to enter the labour market and bring training vocational training closer to the reality of businesses’ needs. Set up in 1983, the INP offers courses in oil geology, mining, drilling and production, gas processing, oil instrumentation, oil installation mechanics, abroad centre industrial electricity, production and refinery operators, and has 83 teaching staff.

■ Angola’s official currency, the kwanza, is now being freely traded outside the country. From November 11, the money can be exchanged in France, Portugal, Mozambique and Namibia. According to Angola’s state news agency, Angop, the move to internationalise the use of the kwanza was initiated by Portuguese money exchange company, NovaCâmbios.

Ondjaki wins Saramago Prize Brazuk Foreign minister meets TAAG starts second Chinese counterpart ■ Angolan writer Ondjaki was ■ The Angolan Foreign Affairs Minister, Georges Beijing service awarded the José Saramago Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, held talks with his Chinese prize for literature in Lisbon in counterpart, Wang Yi, during a two-day visit to China ■ Angola’s national carrier TAAG introduced a second weekly direct November. The prize, worth in September. flight to Beijing in September. The 14-hour trip will be aboard a Boeing €25,000, was for his latest book Os Chikoti said that China is a strategic and privileged 777-200. The company plans to add a third weekly Beijing flight in 2014. Transparentes (The Transparent partner with Angola and that trade was worth $37.5 China is Angola’s largest trading partner. Ones). Ondjaki dedicated the billion in 2012. He highlighted that cooperation victory to Angola and the Angolan accords signed in 1984 between the two nations people. Born in Luanda in 1977, showed a trajectory of proximity and the growth of the author is a Sociology graduate economic interdependence. and has completed a doctorate The delegation also included the Angolan in Italy. ambassador to China, Garcia Bires, and the director of the Foreign Affairs Ministry for Asia and Oceania, Ambassador André Panzo. Michael Hughes

6 SONANGOL UNIVERSO DECEMBER 2013 7 SHADOWING DEVELOPMENT:

10OF SONANGOL YEARS UNIVERSO

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Universo we look back over Angola’s past decade, remembering a period of successes the magazine has been privileged to document

itnessing Angola’s trans- States, Germany, Japan, Scotland and China. formation, Universo began its These have yielded delightful and often life as Angola’s international surprising stories of international exchanges magazine just a little less where both the host and guest citizens of each Wthan two years after the 2002 peace accords. country have described their encounters. For a decade Universo has been well placed Apart from the main theme of monitoring to monitor the country’s remarkable national reconstruction, our reports have reconstruction efforts. Our reports have also embraced art, architecture, fashion, shadowed fast paced developments and music, dance, film and sport, and ephemera monitored others that by their nature take such as exhibitions, international events longer to mature. We have also reported on and conferences. many other aspects of life in Angola with a The logic of Angola’s reconstruction view to making the country better known has guided Universo’s reporting. In and understood around the world. order to resume its conflict-interrupted Universo’s features have not been development, the government has embarked restricted to the capital, Luanda, but have on the wholesale rebuilding and expansion also included forays into the provinces of its basic infrastructure. Consequently, to register their enduring variety and to Universo has been a privileged witness to the examine economic revivals that might complete revamping of the country’s three otherwise have received scant attention. railways and several thousand kilometres In the past decade, Universo has travelled of highways. Universo has been able to to and reported on Huambo, Zaire, Kwanza verify this speedy transformation, a wide- Norte and Sul, Bengo, Huíla, Cabinda, ranging process unmatched anywhere else Malange and Benguela. We aim to cover the on the African continent. As President José rest of the provinces in future editions. Eduardo dos Santos has pointed out, this is Angola’s international relations and despite the onerous and dangerous task of foreign partnerships provide an alternative having to carry out large scale demining. The viewpoint and shed light on the various president said areas of 112km of highways pathways of its development process. and 486km along electricity transmission With this in mind, we have run in-depth lines had been cleared in recent months, features on Angola’s economic and cultural illustrating the chronic problem that ties with Brazil, the Netherlands, the United mines represent.

8 SONANGOL UNIVERSO DECEMBER 2013 9 Kinaxixi shopping centre takes shape

Kinaxixi Square's deep foundations

First steps to sea; couples and families amble along the water’s Angola has taken the first steps in laying the edge, where the surface is frequently rippled by fast foundations for its redevelopment. moving fish shoals. In the cool of evening, the more Basic transport and port infrastructure – a lack of energetic jog or play basketball on the bayside courts. which had been a major obstacle to national unity and A stroll along the palm-rimmed pedestrian growth – have been put in place. People and goods are walkway allows the visitor to check out progress on now circulating freely throughout this vast country. the new buildings taking shape. Eyes are currently Frequent visitors to Angola are always astonished at drawn to the hilltop development at Kinaxixi Square, how rapidly its physical landscape is changing, and where the first 15-floors above a new shopping centre this is most noticeable in the capital, Luanda. now overlook the bay. The broad sweep of Luanda’s oyster-shaped bay Kinaxixi is the symbolic centre of Luanda and is a visual treat and the scene of constant change. The once was home to a city marketplace and a wide Brazuk ever altering cityscape and horizon, punctuated by square. Soon it will regain its commercial importance,

Eric Lafforgue rapidly rising skyscrapers, is best appreciated from but with buildings on a much larger scale. Angola oil output, mbpd* the bay’s edge. The new Luanda Bay development is a good On the seafront students sit on benches looking out example of Angola’s renewal of public spaces; 2003...... 0.870 elsewhere in the city long-neglected 2004...... 1.103 pavements and small public parks and squares 2005...... 1.404 are now becoming more pleasant places for 2006...... 1.421 pedestrians and residents. “THE DEFINITIVE ACHIEVEMENT OF PEACE IN 2002 HAS Angola’s urban areas are being 2007...... 1.684 MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING COUNTRIES ON THE transformed into places where people dwell 2008...... 1.901 and commercial and leisure opportunities 2009...... 1.804 AFRICAN CONTINENT, OPENING THE DOORS TO DEVELOPMENT are booming. Bars, cafes, restaurants and 2010...... 1.863 AFTER MASSIVE LOSSES AND DESTRUCTION” supermarkets – long absent – are now reappearing in ever greater numbers. There 2011...... 1.726 – VICTOR LIMA, ANGOLA’S AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN are currently two new shopping centres under 2012...... 1.784 construction in Luanda’s downtown, and new 2013...... 1.800** sporting and cultural facilities are appearing in the shape of sports stadiums, museums and Source: BP *million barrels per day **Sonangol projection galleries. Tourism is reviving, and Luanda now Brazuk has several high-standard hotels, as do other Angolan cities and resorts. New banks and telecom service centres are prominent features on Angolan city streets and have been the subject of Universo stories, Peace dividends better living conditions. The rising benefits has been to build new and rebuild damaged as the country not only catches up with The Angolan government has presided over of growth must be invested in improving infrastructure: roads, bridges, railways, development but at times leapfrogs it. Angola consistently high growth rates during the social indicators and the aims of the airports, water supplies and power introduced 4G mobile services, ahead of the period Universo has been in print, despite executive, which is working to improve networks. At the same time it has made United States and many European countries. the temporary dip caused by the world the quality of sanitation, education and efforts to meet the people’s needs with the Indeed, Angola’s greatest gain, witnessed economic downturn at the end of 2008. housing, and also in training Angolans and provision of new schools, hospitals and by Universo, has been the re-establishment In the period 2003–13, Angola’s GDP reducing unemployment,” explains Victor housing, but this, given the size of pent-up and maintenance of peace. To walk through grew at the fastest rate for a large African Lima, Angola’s ambassador to Spain. demand, is a longer-term task. Luanda is now an exercise in savouring the country. These startlingly high growth Angola’s rapid return to economic Although the oil and gas sector fruits of this happy state of affairs. Political rates reflect two things: first, how much growth would not have been possible if provides over 70% of government legitimacy buttresses Angola’s stability, the the Angolan economy needed to catch it did not have the finance available. This revenues, it yields relatively few government has seen three election victories up in its development after decades of has been mainly provided by the country’s employment opportunities. Angola aims since independence in 1975, including low economic activity, and second, the growing oil wealth thanks to higher output to diversify its economy and create many landslide wins in 2008 and 2012, both the great energy unleashed by government and improved oil prices. more jobs in industry, services and, most subject of Universo reports. investment policy. The visitor who ventures further away importantly, agriculture. “Projections for the coming years from the heart of Luanda will see where Universo has assiduously tracked are optimistic, but growth needs to be large amounts of the country’s oil wealth the development of this process now

Brazuk guaranteed so that this is reflected in have been spent. The government’s priority taking shape.

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President dos Santos greets UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Presidential vision At the same time as realising a systematic plan for sustainable economic development, the Water and energy Angolan government is also making efforts to The context and starting point for Angola’s meet people’s basic needs. Water supply, basic development cannot be understated. sanitation and energy are at the top of this agenda. Mass internal migration has exacerbated President José Eduardo dos Santos has a clear problems as the arrival of new people has vision of how the country’s development will caused urban centres to swell. Luanda proceed, as he outlined in a speech in October. was designed for around 500,000 people, “The main objective of current economic but conservative estimates now put the policy is to diversify the economy so as to make population close to 5 million. Water the development process less vulnerable and treatment works to meet this demand in more sustainable. That’s why we have conceived the capital are under construction as part the programmes and priority structuring of a $650 million project but will only come projects, the framework for public spending for onstream after 2013. development in the medium term,” he explained. Universo has reported on progress “Our intention is to complete, by the on water and energy projects throughout beginning of 2016, the main projects in the Angola. They are key elements in the energy and water sectors and the programme preparation for the second phase of the of rebuilding secondary and tertiary roads country’s development. We have closely and the construction of logistical platform followed Angola’s massive investment structures and thus support rural commerce, in energy generation along the River so as to create the conditions for increasing Kwanza, where the Cambambe dam is now private investment in the production of goods Angola's current largest dam, Capanda, generates 520MW producing 180MW but is upgrading to a and services with competitive advantages and huge 960MW in 2015. The Laúca power dam so raise employment.” holds even greater promise. Work began in Universo is following progress on these 2012 is on schedule to generate 2,067MW maturing developments closely. by 2017. By October 2013, 70 per cent of work had been completed on diverting the BY 2017 THE GIANT LAÚCA DAM WILL river course to make way for the dam. Laúca CONTRIBUTE A MASSIVE 2,067MW will overshadow the 520MW Capanda dam, Angola’s main source of power. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe TO ANGOLA'S ENERGY NETWORK Elsewhere some smaller dams restarted operations in 2012, such as Gove (60MW) near Huambo and Mabubas (27MW) Angola GDP growth rates, % near Caxito. Their effect is already felt in industrial and irrigation projects. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Road to recovery 3.3 11.2 18.3 20.6 22.6 13.8 2.4 3.4 3.9 7.9 8.8*

Source: World Bank *African Economic Outlook estimate

“ANGOLANS ARE WORKING HARD TO RECOVER THE TIME LOST DURING THE WAR, OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES AND IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEY LIVE” – PRESIDENT JOSÉ EDUARDO DOS SANTOS Shutterstock 12 SONANGOL UNIVERSO DECEMBER 2013 13 Industrial development Viana

Coming to fruition Over the past decade Universo has tracked many projects in Angola; some have suffered frustrating false starts and delays. However, we are now entering a period when the combination of many long-term projects will begin to bear fruit. A good case in point is the Angola LNG project. This is now sending liquefied natural gas, once wasted in flaring and polluting the atmosphere, to markets in Brazil and Asia, adding another earnings stream for Angola. The restart of Angola’s once important mining industry is now only a short step away, perhaps just a year. The railways and port facilities are in place for iron and manganese ore traffic in southern Angola. Companies are now reactivating abandoned mines and prospecting new ones. Angola’s textile industry is also reviving, with Luanda’s re-equipped Angola Téxtil, cotton plant ready to start operations in early 2014. Most importantly, the long process of establishing huge agribusiness projects, especially in Malange province, is ready to come on stream. One of these, Biocom, will result in Angola becoming largely self- sufficient in sugar in 2014 and most likely completely so in 2015. Without THE RESTART OF ANGOLA'S ONCE new power supplies and road connections, this project would not have IMPORTANT MINING INDUSTRY IS been possible. Universo has followed the long preparation process for these ONLY ONE SHORT STEP AWAY projects, and it is a delight to see them come to fruition. Housing solutions Part of the Zango development in 2011

Brazuk The huge challenge remaining, as in the case of water supply, is to link these new power A corn plantation, Kwanza Sul sources to homes and industries throughout Angola via nationwide and local transmission and distribution systems. Angola’s public water and power distribution companies face a difficult situation in inserting their networks in shanty-towns, musseques. One way to obviate this difficulty has been to build completely new residential areas with the water, sanitation and power supplies installed in advance. Universo has reported widely on the new areas in Luanda under development, such as Kilamba Kiaxi, Zango and Cacuaco. These three residential developments, plus the higher- income areas of Luanda Sul and Talatona, also benefit from good access to the city’s beltway and industrial areas such as Viana and Angola’s national highway network. Although these new suburban areas offering tens of thousands of new homes are welcome additions, high-quality housing is still in short supply given the massive demand, and remains a daunting challenge for the government. Brazuk

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NEED HI RES

A taste of Angola Although economic development has been at the core of each of our editions since 2004, Universo has also covered many other areas with the hope of passing on to our international readership something of the flavour of Angola. We have endeavoured to bring to a wider public stories close to the heart of Angolans, such as cuisine, Miss Universe (a title Angola won in 2012), Angola’s successful sportsmen and women, as well as tourism, ecology, wildlife conservation, beer, artisan coffee production, development of the diamond cutting industry, sports fishing, contemporary dance, exhibitions of Angolan masks and

carvings in Paris, and the education Eric Lafforgue of Angolans at home and abroad, to Mucubal girl with Ompota headdress name but a few. The first decade of Universo registered the laying of the foundations for Angola’s national reconstruction. These foundations are now in place or approaching completion. Our magazine will take even greater pleasure in reporting on the realisation of these schemes. Longer-term projects whetting our reporters’ appetites include pre- salt developments, the completion of Lobito’s new refinery, new deepwater ports at Dande near Luanda and in Cabinda, and, most importantly, efforts at poverty reduction through better housing, sanitation, energy supply and educational facilities. The future for Sonangol, Angola and Rui Tavares Universo continues to be bright. Estamos Angola LNG juntos – we’re in this together! p Sonangol’s activities and conquests have, of course, been the main and constant focus of Universo’s attentions. Over our decade of existence we have reported on Sonangol’s near-doubling of output through the bringing into production of new offshore fields; its expansion of trading operations around the globe; the ending of fuel distribution bottlenecks through the opening of petrol stations and domestic gas outlets supported by more efficient logistics; its breakthrough into the LNG market and shipping; and, crucially, education, training and the development of local content in its supply chain. Universo will continue to monitor all of Sonangol’s developments, especially the exciting area of pre-salt exploration, but also the tasks the company undertakes in housing and in industrial development.

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Sonangol timeline… last 10 years

Houston

2003.....Sonangol P&P begins operating in offshore Block 3: the Shutterstock Kamene M Traça company’s first direct drilling experience 2013 2004.....Angolan oil production reaches 1 million bpd 2005.....Sonangol Distribuidora opens first petrol station abroad 2012 2007.....Sonangol USA (Houston) celebrates 10th anniversary

2008.....New Sonangol head office opens in Luanda

2008.....Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant planned 2011

2009.....Licences approved for proposed Lobito refinery 2009.....Sonangol record production at 1.79 million bpd 2010 Brazuk Shutterstock Singapore 2009 2011.....Signing of production sharing contracts for pre-salt blocks in Angola

2012.....Franciso de Lemos José Maria succeeds Manuel Vicente as Sonangol board president

2008 2012.....First oil find in Angola’s pre-salt layer Pre-salt reserves estimated at 30 billion barrels 2007 2012.....Sonangol sets up LNG trading company in London 2012..... Foundation stone laid for Lobito refinery (200,000 bpd) 2006 2013.....Sonangol Asia (Singapore) celebrates 10 years of operations 2005 2013.....Angola makes first LNG delivery 2013.....Sonangol Distribuidora opens its 440th petrol station 2004 in Angola 2013.....Proven oil reserves reach 12.67 billion barrels 2003 2013.....Oil output at 1.75 million bpd Brazuk

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Major events in Angola Illustrious Visitors to Angola

2003 2004 Brazuk 2005 2006 Wang Yuguo Pedro Vaz Pinto Shutterstock

Angola’s first full Noah’s ark: Angola starts Giant Sable Antelope Angola stops to watch its first UN Photo/ year of peace restocking the Kissama rediscovered World Cup participation Paulo Filgueiras wildlife reserves Hillary Clinton José Manuel Durão Barroso UN Photo/ Rick Bajornas

2006 2008 2008 Malocha 2008 Eric Lafforgue Samuel Kubani Jacob Zuma

Angola joins OPEC President José Eduardo dos Sprinter José Sayovo wins three Angola’s José Maria Botelho

Santos wins re-election Paralympic gold medals de Vasconcelos assumes UN Photo/ Evan Schneider OPEC chairmanship HALO Trust Angela Merkel

Joe Klamar Prince Harry

2009 Shutterstock 2010 2010 2011 John Browning PCN/Corbis HO/Miss Universe Organization

Michael Johnson Angolan President Angola hosts CAN 2010 African Angola takes part in Angola wins Miss Universe attends G8 summit soccer championship Shanghai Expo UN Photo/ Devra Berkowitz 2012 2012 2012 2012 Shutterstock Shutterstock Simon Mundy

Owen Franken Pedro Passos Coelho Pope Benedict XVI UN Photo/Evan Schneider

6.1 million pupils in school President dos Santos re-elected Angola starts 4G telecoms Angola participates in services ahead of many Yeosu, South Korea Expo European countries 2012 2012 2012 2013 Shutterstock Getty Images UN Photo/ Eskinder Debebe UN Photo/ Mark Garten Jornal Da Saúde Angola

Wen Jiabao Dilma Rousseff Shutterstock

Work begins on Angola’s José Sayovo wins Paralympic Angola’s establishes Angola wins largest dam: Laúca gold again a sovereign wealth fund Venice Biennale Ban Ki-moon

20 SONANGOL UNIVERSO DECEMBER 2013 21 Carlos Morais scores for Angola

SPORT FIBA ANGOLA CROWNED AFRICAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS TWICE OVER Angola’s male and female basketball players once again shone in international competition with the conquest of two African championship titles

ngola’s men’s basketball team defeated Egypt by Marei had averaged 15.8 points and 12 rebounds, but the 57 points to 40 in the final of the 27th FIBA Africa Angolan side managed to limit his points total to just 7 and his Championship on August 31. Angola reclaimed rebounds to 8. their title after being upset by Tunisia in the same Angola had arrived at the final undefeated in six games in Atournament in 2011. With this latest gold, Angola has now won the competition, whereas Egypt had lost their first three before 11 of the last 13 Afrobasket tournaments. hitting better form and beating reigning champions Tunisia as Angolan star Carlos Morais scored more than a third of the well as Cape Verde and Senegal. team’s points total with 21 baskets in the top match with Egypt. Angola and Egypt are both guaranteed a spot in next year’s Teammate Eduardo Mingas scored 12 points and 12 rebounds FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. They’ll be joined by (gaining possession after a basket attempt), while Egypt’s top Senegal, who took third place over hosts Côte d’Ivoire following scorer was Sheriff Abdalla with 15 points. a narrow 57–56 win. Egypt started brightly and led 13–12 after the first quarter, Angola’s Carlos Morais, aged 27, was named the tournament’s but the Angolans took charge from then on and changed the MVP (Most Valuable Player) and attracted the attention of the pace of the game. Angola’s defence snuffed out the threat from NBA’s Toronto Raptors. He then spent some time training with one of Egypt’s main players, Assem Marei, who was stopped them afterwards. The Raptors’ general manager is Masai Ujiri, from scoring in the first 18 minutes. Before playing Angola, the first African to lead a North American sports franchise. p

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BASKETBALL QUEENS Afrobasket 2013 men’s results Gold: Angola

Silver: Egypt DO IT AGAIN! Bronze: Senegal

Angola’s women’s basketball team won Afrobasket for the second consecutive year. The championship took place on September 20-29. The victory was especially inspiring as the Angolans beat their hosts Mozambique 64–61 in Maputo in front of a packed partisan crowd. The result meant both Angola and Mozambique qualified to represent Africa in the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. “We were a bit nervous, and, because we were champions, we were the target to beat for the rest of the teams. But our sense of responsibility and our calm and experience meant we came out victorious in all our games,” team captain Nacissela Maurício told the Angolan press. Maurício, aged 33, was judged Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive Afrobasket. She was also voted one of the five dream team members of Afrobasket alongside Mozambique’s Leia Dongue and Deolinda Ngulela, Senegal’s Aston Traore and Cameroon’s Ramses Lonack. The Angolan squad The core of the successful Angolan squad consisted of Catarina Camufal, Astrid Vicente, Nguendula Filipe, Nadir Manuel, Sónia Guadalupe (Interclube); Afrobasket 2013 women’s results Fineza Eusébio, Nacissela Maurício, Luísa Tomás, Madalena Felix, Felizarda Jorge (1° Agosto); Clarisse Mpaka, Gold: Angola Whitney Miguel (France). p FIBA Silver: Mozambique

Bronze: Senegal

24 SONANGOL UNIVERSO DECEMBER 2013 25 SPORT [Tony- Pictures of the new stadia: Luanda ‘Multi-uso’ and Namibe: Welwitschia Mirablis – maybe light show and opening by president - plus action shots] Clémentine Baume

2013 FIRS Roller Hockey ngola became the first African Angola invested $89 million building World Championship: country ever to host the new sports halls in Luanda and Namibe, FIRS Roller Hockey World and then spent a further $17 million on Final Standings Championship in September. staging the tournament. ASpain won the 41st edition of the Carlos Alberto Jaime, coordinator of 1. Spain 6. Brazil competition by defeating Argentina 4–3 the event, said the new Luanda sports 2. Argentina 7. Mozambique in the final and thus claimed the trophy pavilion was something of which all 3. Portugal 8. France for a remarkable 16th time. Spain beat Angolans may feel proud, as it was built in 4. Chile 9. Angola Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, France and a record time of around nine months. 5. Italy 10. Switzerland Chile on their way to the final. The two new stadiums are the Angola’s results were below the enduring legacy of the competition. The expectations of home fans, but the team country now has a pair of attractive, Roller Hockey History still managed to reach a creditable ninth modern, multipurpose facilities that place in the 2013 edition of the biannual can be used for both indoor sports and competition. Angola secured decisive cultural events. Angola’s love affair with roller victories over South Africa (8–2), Colombia The new stadium in the capital was hockey is rooted in the country’s (6–3), Germany (4–1) and Switzerland (6–1). officially named Multi-Sports of Luanda Portuguese connection. Portugal by President José Eduardo dos Santos. took part in the first ever Roller Boost for country’s image The 12,720-seat purpose-built facility has Hockey World Cup in April 1936 Although Angola’s roller hockey team was easy road access as it is located alongside in Stuttgart, Germany, and came

Gordon Morrison disappointed not to make the knockout the Camama football stadium on the city’s out in a creditable third place. stage of the World Cup, officials said beltway near Kilamba Kiaxi new town. It is The other countries involved the event was a great advertisement for also visually impressive, especially at night, were England, Italy, Switzerland, Angola, showing once again that it can when it is brightly lit up in red, yellow and Germany, France and Belgium. organise international competitions black – Angola’s national colours. England beat Italy in the final. ANGOLAN HOCKEY seamlessly as it had done previously The second stadium at Namibe, Angola’s first participation with the African football championship, Angola’s main southern port, is a smaller in the World Cup, was in 1982 in CAN 2010. The hockey competition affair with seating for 3,072 spectators. Portugal, when it reached 11th went off without a hitch, demonstrating This was officially named the Welwitschia place out of 23. Angola’s best Angola’s competence in running major Mirabilis Pavilion after the long-tentacled classification to date was sixth in sporting events. desert plant found in the region. 2009 in Vigo, Spain. Angola had been trying since 2006 Despite a lack of trophies, Angolan The next Roller Hockey to host the roller hockey championship, sport can consider itself the big winner of World Cup will be held in 2015 ROLLS ON and the organisers made the most of the the 2013 Roller Hockey World Cup as it now at Roche-sur-Yon, France, and opportunity to do so with some style and has two new world-class venues where 2017 in Maputo, Mozambique. Angola successfully staged Africa’s first Roller Hockey World Cup. warmth. They put on a colourful opening its roller hockey, basketball, handball, The first three teams in the 2013 ceremony and spectacle with a light show, volleyball and other indoor sports teams competition have qualified for Universo watched the action dance and music. can prepare for future successes. p inclusion in the 2015 event.

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OF BEING AN ANTELOPE Angola’s emblematic but endangered Giant Sable Antelope is the subject of an art exhibition by local and foreign artists in Luanda. Universo wandered among the exhibits By Lula Ahrens

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he Giant Sable Antelope (Palanca artist’s studio in Luanda’s Benfica district. Sable Antelope that exists in every one of us Negra Gigante in Portuguese) Ben Dov did extensive research on the will never be extinguished.” by Dr Vaz Pinto managed to present 4,000-hectare fenced enclosure. After that, Dr Vaz Pinto cherishes his strong bond stands more than just head and Giant Sable and then built ten identical photographic evidence of one of the last Dr Vaz Pinto and his colleagues initiated a with the animal. “The Giant Sable is shoulders above other antelopes; 2.4-metre-high wooden models, on to Ensuring the Giant Giant Sable herds in Cangandala National successful breeding programme. obviously the most special animal in the Tits horns alone can grow to an impressive which the artists have added their own Sable’s survival Park. They were the first pictures taken of world to me because of its intrinsic beauty, 1.5 metres. Although this majestic beast painted and sculptural interpretations The Giant Sable (Hippotragus niger the antelope since 1982. Number one threat uniqueness, endemism and rarity, because symbolises Angola as a nation, its very of the legendary animal. Their brief was variani) is one of the world’s most critically “To prove that the animal had survived, Poaching currently poses the main threat it is a worthy national symbol and because existence was in doubt until its rediscovery to represent the values of peace, unity, endangered mammals. Fewer than 100 we needed to present hard evidence,” to the Palanca, particularly in Luando I have committed most of my professional in Malange province in 2005. tolerance, biodiversity and self-esteem. animals remain today, mostly in natural Dr Vaz Pinto said. “What better evidence Reserve. An alarming 15 per cent of adult life to it. In a way, I feel linked to its future. Known to Angolans simply as Palanca, The ten antelope frames are made preservation areas at Cangandala National than photographs? So in 2004, I planted six animals captured or photographed in 2012 “Many countries in the world have an the antelope provides the nickname of entirely of local, natural materials. Park in Malange. trap-cameras, which in the beginning of had leg injuries caused by traps. animal as national symbol chosen for its Angola’s national football team (Palancas “We initially considered using ebony The VIP guest speaker at the 2005 photographed a herd of Giant Sable “We need a very strong commitment uniqueness, rarity, imposing presence, Negras) and is also the logo of the national (a rare tree, protected in Angola), but that opening night was Dr Pedro Vaz Pinto, females in broad daylight. This proved that from the government to tackle it,” Dr Vaz beauty or charisma. But in my opinion, none airline, TAAG, where Palanca heads adorn did not allow us to use large pieces. So environmental advisor and researcher at Angola’s national symbol was still alive, Pinto said. “Poaching thrives due to the of them has one that embodies all of these the tail fins of all its planes. instead we burned construction timber to the Catholic University of Angola, who and justified our effort and strategy. It was remoteness of Luando Reserve, plus its features in such a spectacular way as the In African mythology, antelopes achieve the blackness,” Ben Dov explained. launched the Giant Sable Conservation a major success.” lack of infrastructure and law enforcement. Giant Sable Antelope does for Angola.” p symbolise vivacity, velocity, beauty and Angola’s characteristic red soil was used to Project in 2003 in partnership with the In 2009, the capture programme was The Angolan military have been supportive visual sharpness. Ten local and foreign create the model antelopes’ bases. Ministry of Environment. He is also launched, which transferred all the pure and sensitive to the cause. They may play artists have aimed to capture some of The Being an Antelope project was programme manager for the Kissama Giant Sable females from Luando Reserve a decisive role in eradicating poaching in these qualities in the exhibition Being conceived and organised by the Art and Foundation, which has implemented most in the south of Malange to Cangandala Luando in the near future.” an Antelope (Ser Palanca), which lasted Culture Foundation (Fundação Arte e of the project’s objectives since 2009. National Park further north by air, to a safe As the Palanca Negra Gigante’s patron, from October 15 until November 30 at Cultura) in partnership with the Ministry The Kissama Foundation’s activities fall Independence Park in Luanda. of Environment, the Ministry of Culture under government supervision through the The starting point for each artist was a and the Provincial Government of Luanda. Ministry of Environment, while Block 15, “To be a Palanca is to be Angolan. wooden Giant Sable model built by award- The foundation is a private, non-profit Sonangol, ExxonMobil and Angola LNG are winning Israeli artist Yoav Ben Dov. organisation established by Israel’s Mitrelli the main sponsors. Other contributors are Peace, unity, tolerance, biodiversity “Working on the wooden antelopes Group in 2006. It launched the project to the Angolan Air Force, Toyota and Unitel. was like meeting the animal itself. I wanted raise awareness of the values of peace, Soon after Angola re-established peace and self-esteem are human values to do it justice,” he told Universo at the unity, tolerance, biodiversity and self- in 2002, Dr Vaz Pinto began his quest to esteem. As a follow-up to the exhibition, save the Giant Sable. “There was a lot of that are indispensable to the the artists involved gave art workshops to controversy and doubt about the possible young Angolans based on these five values. survival of the Giant Sable Antelope, positive development of any society.” At the exhibition’s opening night, following decades of civil war,” he told 550 guests and their hosts celebrated the Universo. “Many argued that it could be – Miguel Gonçalves, artist Giant Sable in all its splendour. They were extinct, but I couldn’t resist trying to prove treated to a performance by traditional them wrong.” Angolan band Cubico, while admiring the In January 2005, a study group led ten beautifully lit antelope statues across Horácia Fernando Nunda speaks to the press

Independence Park. Shiri Paamony Eshel In their speeches, Minister of Culture Rosa Cruz e Silva and Minister of Environment Fátima Jardim applauded the initiative to help spread the idea of the Giant Sable as a symbol of national culture, and made a heartfelt appeal to preserve it as a species. As artist Miguel Gonçalves summarised in his opening speech, “To be a Palanca is to be Angolan. Peace, unity, tolerance, biodiversity and self-esteem are human values that are indispensable to the positive development of any society. Thanks to this attitude and our perseverance, the Giant

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Miguel Kidi Lopes da Silva (22) Sebastião João Lopes Delgado (33)

He has been producing art since “The title of my Palanca is ‘Righteous & Mixed’. It represents society, the he was only seven years old. He urban, our everyday reality, the end and the beginning. The message I try has been living in the Mulemba to convey is inclusion. We can all be in my Palanca Negra Gigante, forever orphanage since early childhood. united towards the future. Despite his underprivileged “The project Ser Palanca to me means ‘union’ more than anything else, background, Lopes da Silva has, because it provides the opportunity to interact with people regardless of thanks to his talent, already made their colour or ethnic origin. Where there is unity there is peace, tolerance impressive accomplishments for and many other values ​​that make us Angolans a unique people. his age. Last year, he participated “The Palanca for Angolans is a symbol, an icon, an identity. It’s like our in an exhibition at the well-known homeland, Angola. Angola is ours, and we are hers.”

Luanda art institute Celamar. In Shiri Paamony Eshel 2010 he exhibited his art at the Luanda International School. “I also sometimes sell pieces at Christmas fairs, or privately,” he told Universo. Lopes da Silva donates part of the profits to support the orphanage he lives in. “My Palanca represents the values [of] union and biodiversity. Biodiversity relates to differing contributions in knowledge, culture and art. ‘Union’ in my Palanca relates to the force and continuity of all of us artists painting together during the Ser Palanca project. The lower part of my Palanca contains a map of Angola with a Palanca in the middle, because it occupies such a central and key place in our country and because it lives nowhere else in the world. The faces represent biodiversity; differences in knowledge, values and culture. “My Palanca also contains the baobab tree, which is a force, a symbol of union and energy because it remains firm, even during times of rain and drought. “Ser Palanca to me means being Angolan. The Palanca

Shiri Paamony Eshel Negra Gigante is invaluable. Therefore we must care for and Stephanie Gotterson (26) preserve it, for now and for future generations.” Originally from California, she is a part-time art teacher at the International School in Luanda. She has been living in Angola for two years. “I chose unity and the connectedness with Mother Nature,” she told Universo.

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Rita GT (33) Francesca Romanin (36) She is Portuguese but lived in New York, Brazil, Berlin, Sweden and Lisbon before She is an English art teacher moving to Angola. In Sweden, she completed and artist living in Luanda. She her master’s in Fine Arts. “But I found myself formerly taught art to four- to as an artist and a person in Angola,” she told nineteen-year-olds in Angola. Universo. “I came to stay. “My Palanca has two different “This is a Palanca Mkisi. It incorporates sides. One side is a contemporary, the tradition whereby a magician is asked abstract scan of my painting of to create an amulet to protect someone or a the local heliconia flower, which group. Normally it has the shape of a warrior, I then printed. By re-scanning, a man full of nails with a mirror in his chest photoshopping, cutting and to expel the bad spirits. It’s a very large manipulating pieces of the responsibility to call up a mkisi, because by painting, I created an entirely new Miguel Gonçalves (43) doing that one enters the spiritual realm. image with connections to Ser “I use the mkisi as a metaphor. I believe Palanca which evolves according that I, as an artist, can be commissioned to to the viewer. “The Palanca in general represents protect the Palanca Negra Gigante with this “The red blocks of colour us Angolans legitimately and Palanca Mkisi. represent sunrise and sunset, exclusively. My Palanca represents “I decided to concentrate the spiritual because both form a huge part the five values in two different energies in the core of the Palanca, a little of Angola’s awe-inspiring beauty. ways. Both sides represent peace, wooden box with a mirror inside. The rest will Shiri Paamony Eshel The colours also represent the unity, tolerance, self-esteem and remain black, because the wooden model national flag. biodiversity. I have added the is already a sculpture in itself. I wanted to “The white circle represents mirrors to let the observer identify preserve Yoav’s [Ben Dov’s] message. It’s the head of a child who is which side he associates himself very hard to intervene, to cover it with layers playing an accordion. The book with the most. The Angolan of information.” represents education, culture, people, in general, are a people communication and creativity. rich in friendship, in love, in the The blue swirly lines around the exhibition’s five central values child’s head represent flows of and a lot more. I opted to use thought and mental journeys. I gold metal to represent the value Mariza dos Santos (56) associate the lines in the body of Angolans. The base represents with agricultural work, the Angola’s past, and the evolution it Trees and dancers are a recurrent theme in her energy in urban Luanda and has gone through up until today. work. “I feel like a tree,” she said, “because I have journeys. The second side of “The story of Angola begins never left my country. My roots are in Angola. Roots my Palanca displays pop art with slavery, which is symbolised represent the only form of life that never ends. I influences. It includes iconic in the lower part of my Palanca. love my country, absolutely and unconditionally. animals, other Angolan symbols Going up, you land in what “My Palanca represents kindness and self- and an abundance of messages. represents our time. This upper, esteem. My use of blue represents peace; the I created it to make the viewer blank part represents our future.” trees represent life and sustainability. Self-esteem think deeper.” is reflected in the leaves of the tree.” Shiri Paamony Eshel Shiri Paamony Eshel

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Carolina Corredor (39) Horácia Fernando Nunda (16)

She is half Colombian, half Venezuelan. She moved to She, like Miguel Kidi, has lived in Luanda five years ago, where she teaches Spanish at the Mulemba orphanage in Luanda international school. Corredor told Universo that as an from almost the day she was artist, she found her true inspiration when she came to born. She showed signs of being Angola due to its “creative energy”. creative at the tender age of five, “The faces in the circles on my Palanca represent the which prompted her carers to values of tolerance, biodiversity, peace, self-esteem and arrange an art teacher for her. unity. I incorporated lighter-skinned and dark-skinned “I used the colours white, green, faces because the various races in Angola are all Palanca, red and blue. White symbolises all one. They can make these values grow together. peace, green symbolises hope, “The Palanca itself represents freedom, wilderness, red symbolizes love and caring for roots, strength, protection and determination. In my the Palanca. I used blue to paint Palanca, I review these issues through the elements earth, water. I painted a baobab tree water, air and fire.” with two views inside it. One view shows the Palanca, the second

Shiri Paamony Eshel one a cart. The baobab tree has a face that is crying. Below it, you see the river Kwanza and Yoav Ben Dov (46) a garden. “I want to inspire other youngsters of all backgrounds Ben Dov’s personal Palanca to become creative. The Art and model has one golden and Culture Foundation gave us a lot of one black side. “The black publicity and visibility, more than I side is the more accurate, have ever had at an exhibition. I vivid and intimate side of am very thankful for that.” the animal. The golden side is the proud side; it refers to what you want to reflect as a human and the Palanca’s dominance. “The Palanca is a legendary animal in Angola. But above all it is a national symbol, a cultural image. It’s almost imaginary, magic. We don’t see it, because it is so rare.

Shiri Paamony Eshel “Each Palanca has a different, unique appearance. Renato Elias Fialho (36) That enormous variety is what I want to emphasise as an artist. The same goes “The Palanca Negra Gigante symbolises Angola and for Angolans themselves. the Angolan people. The animal has characteristics The diversity of humankind that make Angolans proud; it is imposing, beautiful – of people’s appearances and sensitive. But above all it is an animal that should – in Angola is the richest I receive the praise and respect it deserves. My Palanca have seen, ever. I’m deeply symbolises simplicity and natural beauty. I used white impressed by Angola.” lines in contrast to its original black colour, plus silver and gold to symbolise its value and importance.” Shiri Paamony Eshel Shiri Paamony Eshel

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New Sonangol board named Angola’s oil minister gets

■ Angola’s Economy Minister Abrahão Gourgel named a new Sonangol EP board on October 2. SPE prize Francisco de Lemos José Maria continues as board president, ■ The Society of Petroleum while Anabela Soares de Brito Engineers (SPE) has presented da Fonseca has been designated Minister of Petroleum José Maria administrator for International Assets Botelho de Vasconcelos (on the and Investments. Ana Joaquina far right) with the Distinguished Van-Dúnem Alves da Costa takes Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 charge of the areas of Refining, for his support for the SPE and the Natural Gas, Energy Generation and oil and gas industry in Angola. Petrochemicals. Fernandes Gaspar The chairman of SPE, Egbert Imomoh, announced the award Bernardo Mateus has been appointed during the society’s annual chief financial officer and is in charge conference in New Orleans at the of Corporate Development. end of September. Fernando Joaquim Roberto will Minister Botelho de Vasconcelos be responsible for Development has been oil minister since 2008, a of Human Capital, Knowledge and post he previously held from 1999 Social Insurance, while Mateus to 2002. He was named president Sebastião Francisco Neto will of the OPEC for 2009. administer the areas of Downstream, Gary Barchfeld / Tim Fulton Industrial Development and Local Content. Paulino Fernando Carvalho Jerónimo will oversee Exploration and Hydrocarbons Production. Minister Gourgel said he hoped New LNG expansion that with the help of the new board, Sonangol would continue to deliver the same good results it has done concession to date. tenders ■ Sonangol plans to launch a new

round of exploration block tenders Shutterstock at the end of 2013 and in 2014. The blocks will be located in the Kwanza ■ Sonangol plans to expand operations at the $10 billion liquefied natural gas and Lower Congo Basins, the plant, Angola LNG, which started exports this year. company announced on September “If there are enough resources, and we believe there are, we will expand the 30. Bids will be opened for a total of 5.5 million tonne unit we have in the north of the country,” said board president 10 blocks, all onshore: seven in the Francisco de Lemos José Maria. Kwanza Basin and three in the Lower Chevron operates the project and has a 36.4 per cent shareholding. Sonangol Congo Basin. holds a 22.8 per cent stake, while Total, BP and ENI each have 13.6 per cent. Kamene M Traça

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Angola sets China Belgian trade delegation visit

■ A high-level Belgium trade mission office led by Princess Astrid was received by Francisco de Lemos José Maria, Sonangol oil target of EP’s board president, in October. He told the group about Sonangol’s subsidiaries, projects under way and those planned, as plans well as informing them of the company’s production figures. 2mbpd ■ Sonangol is to open a trading office Several Belgian ministers accompanied in China, adding to its operations in Princess Astrid, including Foreign Minister London, Houston and Singapore, Didier Reynders and Economy Minister, board president Francisco de Lemos Kris Peeters. José Maria announced on October Belgian businesspeople also visited 22. Neither the date for the opening Sonangol HQ and discussed possible future nor the location within China has yet cooperation in the oil and gas sectors. been revealed. China is currently Angola’s largest individual client for its crude oil.

Sonangol

launches literature Sonangol shares prize

■ Sonangol launched its Grand experience with

Shutterstock Prize for Literature competition on November 14 at the offices of the Angolan Writers’ Union. The ■ Angola is seeking to raise oil output to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) from around prize will be awarded on February Mozambique 1.75 million bpd currently. According to Minister of Petroleum José Maria Botelho 25, 2016 during Sonangol’s 40th ■ Sonangol EP board member Anabela Fonseca assured Mozambique’s Prime de Vasconcelos, the aim is to reach the target in 2015. anniversary celebrations. Minister Alberto Vaquina during his November visit to Angola that the company is Sonangol board president Francisco de Lemos José Maria said in October that In the past, the contest has completely open to sharing its knowledge and experience of the oil and gas sector. once the 2015 target is reached, the goal will be to sustain that level “for at least attracted entries from Angola, Anabela Fonseca, accompanied by executive board members, said Prime 10 years.” Mozambique, Cape Verde, Minister Vaquina’s delegation showed a great interest in knowing more about how “We are about to approve oil projects to develop 3 billion barrels in the next Sao Tome and Principe and Sonangol had developed over the past 37 years. few months,” he added. Guinea-Bissau. Shutterstock

40 SONANGOL UNIVERSO DECEMBER 2013 41 Sonangol intelligence Sonangol intelligence SECURING ANGOLA’S FUTURE How Angola may develop its oil wealth and economy over the long term is outlined in presidential special advisor Engineer Albina Assis’ book

ustainable Development of “In 30 years it passed from being a 30 years of civil war (which only ended in Angolan Oil (Gestão Sustentável country of fishermen to one of the most 2002) and the high illiteracy rates dating do Petróleo Angolano), as its cover prosperous nations in the world at the back to before Angola’s independence. subtitle indicates, is a comparative economic, social and environmental level,” In her study, the author shows that key Sstudy of Angola and Norway. Assis writes. to Norway’s success was its adoption of an The theme of the book is the subject of Citing a UN report from 2005, Assis exemplary system that ensured economic Albina Assis’ master’s degree dissertation. shows Norway’s life expectancy was 79.4 sustainability. She believes it would be The two countries produce similar oil years, compared with Angola’s 40.8 years, helpful for a detailed Angolan study to be types, hold considerable offshore reserves just over half the average Norwegian made based on Norway’s experience, so and use the services of both home-grown lifespan! Differences in GDP per capita that Angola might create a model adapted and foreign operating companies to tap were even more startling: Norway’s figure to its own reality. their fields. Albina Assis outlines some of is $37,670 and Angola’s just $2,344. According to Assis, Norway understood the steps Norway has taken to transform The conditions for development of the how to apply its riches in creating its finite hydrocarbons wealth into not only oil industries in the two countries were infrastructure, diversify its economy and a sustainable economy, but also a society unsurprisingly very different given their increase its citizens’ quality of living. with one of the highest standards of living respective starting points. Norway, nested Norway also reserved part of its oil in the world. She believes Angola could in prosperous Northern Europe, already revenues to benefit future generations learn something from Norway’s manifestly enjoyed high levels of literacy. and famously created what is today the successful oil sector strategies. In contrast, Angola, although it has world’s largest sovereign wealth fund Today, Norway has the fourth largest made significant improvements, still suffers (SWF). The idea originally behind the fund per capita income in the world and, since from having to rely on a much smaller pool was to store wealth that the country could 2009, the highest rank in the UN’s Human of trained personnel. Much of this may use when volatile oil prices dropped. This Development Index. be attributed to the disruption caused by smooths out the dips in the economy.

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Angola’s stand at South Korea Expo 2012 Albina Assis – a life in oil

Albina Faria de Assis Pereira Africano has been Special Advisor for Regional Affairs to President dos Santos since 2005. She is also a Sonangol non-executive board member. Born in downtown Luanda in June 1945, she started her career as a schoolteacher (1968–75). She is married to Dr José Pereira and has four children. Albina Assis is an illustrious figure in Angola’s oil sector. Shutterstock She was director at the National Laboratory for Chemical Analysis (1975–83) and worked as a In her study, Assis shows that key to Norway’s chemical engineer at Fina-Angola in Luanda for two years before success was its adoption of an exemplary rising to to the position of deputy director of the Fina Refinery, system that ensured economic sustainability Luanda (1985–91).

Eduardo Grilo /FOTOS ENG Assis became the first female president of the Sonangol board (1991–92) and then Angola’s The fund judiciously invests in sustainable The author says that in-depth four of these: Japan (Aichi 2005), Spain first female minister: Minister Investing for the future development. knowledge of the geological qualities of (Zaragoza 2008), China (Shanghai 2010) of Petroleum (1992-1999) then Assis’ interest is in improving Angolans’ the blocks would be needed before such and South Korea (Yeosu 2012). Minister of Industry (1999–2000). Norway’s SWF had accumulated everyday life by managing the country’s a change could be considered. She also “What I’ve learnt is something that Assis’s education includes the over $750 billion by September oil wealth well. Part of the dedication acknowledges one argument in favour has always fascinated me: the evolving Industrial Institute, Luanda, in 1967. 2013. Norway invests much of its of the book is to “All those in the whole of smaller blocks: Angola’s offshore and natural process of daily learning, with Her first degree was in Chemical funds in stocks and shares, but world who fight against poverty and social important instrument for the sustainable environment is markedly more benign the close contact of different cultures, Engineering at Agostinho Neto it actively assesses the ethics of inequality,” and this goal underlies and management of Angolan oil, because than that of the North Sea. habits and traditions. It’s in spite of the University, Luanda (1979–82). She the companies contemplated. illuminates her quest. through this, it will allow Angola to obtain Albina Assis’ book focuses on Norway’s task being exhausting, it is very gratifying studied Oil Refining Technology This means that the companies’ Assis completed her study in 2007. financial reserves that will serve as a oil industry as a benchmark for successful at the same time.” at Antwerp, Belgium (1984), and actions must not negatively affect Universo has been pleased to report that in support to current and future generations.” development. There are many countries The most rewarding aspect of the also attended the French Institute other people’s well-being. Thus recent years the Angolan government has Angola’s SWF, in her view, is of rich in oil resources in the world, but few exhibitions, she said, was “Seeing the final of Petroleum Science (1987). She the fund excludes arms makers, followed some of the precepts involved paramount importance. “This SWF, have guaranteed all their people a decent work – the fruit of arduous months and trained at the Lindsey oil refinery the tobacco industry, exploitative in the Norwegian model of sustainable created after my dissertation, will give share in their wealth; on the contrary, oil years of working in a team – completed, (1988) and also attended the College labour practices - for example, development, such as massive investment answers to many of the preoccupations I has often led to the impoverishment of the appreciated and also recognised by of Petroleum and Energy Studies, employing children - and industries in infrastructure and providing support addressed,” she said. “It will be a catalysing majority. Taking a leaf out of Norway’s oil thousands of visitors and the Angolan and Oxford (1989), both in the UK. with with environmental impacts. for economic diversification. This is element for the economic development resource management book could mean a foreign communications media.” particularly evident in state backing for now under way.” better life for all Angolans. Assis believes the expos have been industrial and rural redevelopment. Assis also believes Angola should make an important vehicle of information and A further element that Angola adopted, a detailed study regarding the size of its Angola on show positioning of Angola in Africa and in the in line with the Norwegian model, was the exploration concession blocks. She points Albina Assis continues as a non-executive world. “They have allowed the showing of establishment of an SWF. Angola officially out that they are currently 5,000 sq km, member of Sonangol’s board, but her most a new Angola that is increasingly affirming started its SWF in 2012 with an initial some 10 times larger than their Norwegian high-profile role in recent years has been itself in the context of nations as a stable deposit of $5 billion. equivalent. If Angola were to adopt the idea as head of the commission in charge of country engaged in sustainable development Assis told Universo she applauds of smaller Norwegian blocks, this would Angola’s participations in international and a focus for maintaining and ensuring Angola’s SWF initiative. “It constitutes an have obvious economic benefits. exhibitions. So far she has clocked up peace in Angola and internationally.” p Eduardo Grilo /FOTOS ENG

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ANGOLA OIL GAS ENHANCED& OIL RECOVERY

Angola aims to sharply increase oil output in the short term. In order to do this, it needs to get the best out of its existing fields as well as develop new ones. Sonangol oil engineer Geraldo André Raposo Ramos looks at the first of these strategies

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il and gas production is In this first extract from Engineer present in the oil and and this forces the declining in Angola’s old Ramos’ article, the author examines the use oil out. This type of recovery provides fields and, according to one of EOR and the development of marginal access to only a small fraction of a of Sonangol EP’s strategic and mature fields. reservoir’s total oil capacity. Oorientations, the country needs to To stabilise and increase production Secondary Oil Recovery – also known as stabilise potential capacity and increase requires the use of different techniques the waterflooding method: The reservoir is oil production as more fields come into for reservoir or field management. It subjected to waterflooding or gas injection production and others are slated for also requires techniques to recover the to maintain a pressure that continues to abandonment. In other words, Angola neglected oil or gas that was not extracted move oil to the surface. This technique can must improve maintenance of oil and gas by primary or secondary recovery. increase productivity to one-third or more production and maximise value from the To meet these demands necessary of total oil capacity. downstream and services. improvements include: increasing the Tertiary Oil Recovery – also known Engineer Ramos believes that, while number of yards, increasing existing yards’ as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR): The Angola is in the very happy position of capabilities, development of a research and fluid is injected (generally fluid alien being on course to reach oil output of development centre, more laboratories and to the reservoir) to reduce viscosity 2 million bpd (barrels per day) in 2015, specialists, surface facility optimisation and improve flow. This technique may there are a number of major challenges and the development of an asset quality enable production of more than 50% of a and opportunities it must face. These management programme as well as new reservoir’s original oil content, depending include Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), tax incentives. on the reservoir, the type of oil and the EOR marginal and mature field development, process applied. ultra-deepwater and pre-salt development, Enhanced Oil Recovery The first two methods are widely used high rates of CO2 and H2S (50%–70%), high- It is important to remember that there are in Angola. However, there is a need to begin

pressure and high-temperature fields, asset three stages of oil field development. thinking about implementation of tertiary management integrity, oil and gas shale, Primary Oil Recovery – also known recovery since many fields are becoming zero discharges, zero flaring and, lastly, an as natural flow or the pressure depletion less economical through primary and EOR is a collection of general methods, Non-thermal EOR recovery is divided Among all the EOR methods, the gas integrated strategy for field abandonment. method: Pressure is generated from gas secondary recovery. each with its own capability to extract the into a gas EOR process and a chemical recovery (CO2, nitrogen, natural gas) most oil from a particular reservoir. EOR process. The gas EOR process, also called method is the most commonly used. techniques are based on one or more solvent flooding, miscible gas flooding or Nitrogen is usually cheaper than CO2 or principles: (1) increasing the capillary simple gas flooding, increases the capillary hydrocarbon-derived gas for displacement number by reducing oil–water interfacial number process where injectant can be dry in EOR and has the additional advantage Angola must tension; (2) reducing the mobility ratio by gas, enriched gas, CO2, nitrogen, flue gas of being non-corrosive. Angola could increasing water viscosity or reducing oil or a combination of these. Chemical EOR install a plant facility to manufacture liquid improve viscosity; (3) reducing water permeability; processes are designed to increase these nitrogen. The only limitation is power (4) all of the above compared to the capillary number processes (micellar- availability since the raw material is air. waterflood values. According to these polymer, caustic or alkaline) or mobility However, environmental caution must be maintenance principles, EOR can be divided into three ratio processes (polymer) by injecting taken into account since a liquid nitrogen major types of technique: thermal, non- one or more chemicals into a reservoir to plant produces liquid oxygen and other of oil thermal and other EOR techniques. improve the recovery efficiency. rare gases found in the air. Thermal EOR methods have been Over the years, a number of new EOR Fields like Raia, Morsa West, Sulele and gas widely used for the displacement of heavy methods have been developed, including Norte and Cavala (Block 2), Quinquila-PC1 oils, whereas non-thermal, chemical and carbonate waterflood, microbial and (FS), Quinfuquena Sul and Pambo (FST) gas EOR methods have been employed electromagnetic heating. These methods and Banzala (Block 0) are a few examples production for light oil. Thermal recovery refers to require additional development before of potential fields for EOR application. techniques where heat plays the principal such applications become common. The There may be many others not yet and maximise role. Since higher temperatures are application of each EOR method depends identified where Angola may recover used especially for viscous crudes, these on reservoir temperature, pressure, neglected oil that secondary recovery value from the techniques are normally applied to heavy depth, net pay, permeability, residual failed to extract. However, further study is crude, where the mobility ratio is reduced oil and water saturations, porosity and necessary to define the costs involved in by decreasing oil viscosity. The main fluid properties such as oil API gravity these projects and to identify the best sites downstream thermal EOR techniques are the following: and viscosity. EOR methods can extract to invest resources. steam flooding, cyclic steam stimulation, 30–60 per cent or more of the reservoir’s Hence, investigating the best EOR and services in-situ combustion, hot water flooding and original oil compared with 20–40 per cent methods that fit the type of reservoir in steam-assisted gravity drainage. of primary and secondary recovery. Angola is a worthy challenge to facilitate

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recovery of neglected oil when considering Marginal field development can be used to assist declining wells economic benefits and environmental A marginal field refers to an oil field that with skin damage or other issues to help Geraldo Ramos – an outstanding career impacts. To accomplish this, challenges may not generally produce enough net sustain production. An additional option include identifying new approaches and income to make it worth developing at a is support of the drive mechanism through technical abilities, more precise technology, given time. The general definition is a field water injection wells, which helps push Cabinda-born Geraldo André Raposo Ramos holds Petroleum Engineering of University of Tulsa and good reservoir management and with less than 30 million barrels of oil or oil the hydrocarbons and sustain production. an MSc in Petroleum Engineering. He is a specialist the Ralph W. Veatch Award in Mathematics from understanding of subsurface architecture equivalent with a 20%–30% recovery factor. Recovery may also be increased by drilling in Reservoir Engineering. He attended the University the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and how to extend the life of platforms an A field may become commercial if the multilaterals to improve reservoir drainage of Tulsa. His MSc thesis was on “Dewatering Hunton Honors and Award Program of University of Tulsa in additional 10 or 15 years. technical or economic condition changes. or injecting steam, CO2 or microbial EOR. Reservoir: Optimizing Reservoir Performance”. April 2005. Marginal fields are usually associated He also holds bachelor degrees in Petroleum Since January 2008, Ramos has worked as a Methodology applying with small pockets of hydrocarbons that Recommendations Engineering and in Mathematics. production engineer for Sonangol in Luanda, where EOR techniques sustain a plateau for a few years. The main Most of the fields in Angola mature (reach Ramos received accolades for his outstanding he monitors key operational activities to ensure The selection of a specific process aimed at parameters affecting the marginal fields the plateau) within four years and require academic achievement 2005–07, especially in the stability of production of oil, gas and LPG and to enhancing oil recovery must be made only are the environmental impact, political extensive reservoir understanding. The United States. They include the Thomas C. Frick improve the efficiency and safety of facilities; he also after detailed investigations of: oil reservoir stability, access, remoteness and the price most cost-effective management and Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in analyses bids for maintenance and production tasks. data (especially residual oil saturation), stability of the produced gas and liquids. approach to obtain maximum recovery laboratory tests, screening criteria, field Development of these fields requires and maintain well integrity will require piloting, and simplified and detailed special tax incentives (tax, capital allowances) the combined efforts of operators, service reservoir simulation models. and special procurement arrangements. companies and Sonangol EP. Studies could be performed in marginal Sonangol and its partners need Oil recovery factor fields in Angola to identify production and to manage the risk when using new The oil reserves obtained as a result of reservoir characteristics of marginal fields, as technology in mature fields. They must EOR methods in addition to primary or well as identify underperforming wells or field develop partnerships to maximise secondary recovery may be expressed areas, recommend appropriate intervention production in mature fields, improve as the percentage of original oil in place and investigate the unconventional recovery rates and optimise operational (OOIP). The amount of additional oil and new technologies to apply in the efficiencies. Developing the roadmap to reserves obtained by EOR methods can be marginal fields. revive mature fields will require learning estimated knowing the recovery potential lessons from the mature field specialists in of the reservoir. This is defined by the Mature field development Angola as well as worldwide. p reservoir’s characteristics and mechanism. A mature field is defined as an oil or gas The ultimate oil recovery factor of accumulation that has matured to a individual reservoirs under primary and/ production plateau or even progressed to or secondary recovery methods may range a stage of declining production. Sonangol EP from 5% of OOIP for the poorest reservoir Mature fields account for over 70% of characteristics or for viscous oil to as high the world’s oil and gas production, with as 55% or 60% of OOIP for the best reservoir many in secondary or tertiary production and operating characteristics of light oil. phases. The average recovery factor for Comparisons of several methods and mature fields is 70% for gas and 35% for companies need potential outcomes may be made using oil. However, a small recovery factor is the average of the ultimate oil recovery common due to geological characteristics, to find techniques “ERFinal”, expressed as per cent of OOIP, resource constraints and operational by the respective recovery mechanism, and inefficiencies from old technology. are classified as follows: Operators face challenges while to extend producing in mature fields. There is pressure 5%–10%  Tight oil reservoirs, slightly to improve returns from their assets and the economic fractured or heavy oil reservoirs mitigate the decline of new field discovery. 10%–25% Oil reservoirs produced mainly by Sonangol EP and operating companies need solution gas drive to find techniques to extend the economic production life 25%–40% Oil reservoirs producing under production life of the field using cost- partial water drive, gas injection effective and low-risk technologies. of the field or gravity drainage Secondary techniques dominate 40%–55% Oil reservoirs produced by mature field production, primarily EOR. conventional waterflood The advanced petrochemical techniques

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