French oil and gas company Total has announced plans to drill 13 new wells in the Block 17 license offshore Angola in order to increase its production by another 70,000 bbl/d in 2020-2021, of which 7 wells for the CLOV Phase 2 project (first oil in 2020, production plateau of 40,000 bbl/d) and 6 wells for the Dalia Phase 3 project (first oil in 2021, production plateau of 30,000 bbl/d). Once commissioned, these projects along with the Zinia 2 project launched in May 2018 will help maintaining the Block 17 production above the 400,000 bbl/d threshold until 2023.
In 2017, Total's production in Angola averaged 229,000 boe/d from several areas: Blocks 17, 14 and 0, as well as Angola LNG. Total operates Block 17 with a 40% interest. Angolese state-held company Sonangol is the concessionaire for Block 17, while the other partners involved in the project include affiliates of Equinor (23.33%), Exxon Mobil (20%) and BP (16.67%).