Italian oil and gas company Eni and the Angolan authorities have inaugurated a new platforming unit for the Refinery of Luanda, in the country’s capital. This marks the completion of Eni’s expansion project for the refinery, that will increase the gasoline production capacity fourfold to reach 450,000 toe per year. The expansion project is expected to reduced Angola annual import by around 15%. Simultaneously to the inauguration, Eni and Angolan oil and gas company Sonangol signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to give continuity to the support to expansion and modernisation activities at the refinery.
As part of the project, the combined cycle has been rehabilitated to be fed by hydrogen produced by the new platforming unit, and power is now produced by recycling gas with a net reduction of pollutant emissions.
In 2021, Angola’s crude oil production reached 53 Mt and its crude oil refining capacity stood at 80,000 bbl/d. Angola is the second largest oil producer in Africa after Nigeria.
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