TOTALEnergies expects to achieve first oil from the Kaminho project faster than was projected at the time of the project’s Final Investment Decision.
The company has also revised the peak production it previously anticipated it would reach in the life of the project.
Kaminho’s development has happened at such a rapid pace that commencement of production is now expected in the last quarter of 2027, rather than the earlier anticipated first quarter of 2028.
The 70,000Barrels of Oil Per Day (BOPD) peak production announced at FID in May 2024 has since been revised upwards to 75,000BOPD. The Angolan National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), the country’s upstream petroleum regulator, reported that construction of Kaminho’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility had reached the 50% completion milestone in April 2026. Two months later, operator TOTALEnergies and Block 20 partners, Petronas and Sonangol, announced the loading of the impact protection structure (riser protector) of the FPSO at the Petromar shipyard in Ambriz, Bengo province in the north of the country. The construction of the protector, measuring 80 metres in length and weighing 300 tons, right inside Angola, was part of the project’s top local content commitments.
Kaminho, located in block 20/11, is the first deepwater development in the Kwanza basin. It is targeting the Cameia and Golfinho fields, whose reservoirs are sited below an extensive salt layer (which is why it’s called pre-salt), in 1,700 metres water depth.
TOTAL holds a 40% operating stake in Block 20/11. Partners include Malaysia’s state hydrocarbon firm Petronas (40%) and Sonangol (20%) stakes, respectively.
