Cabaça South East

Cabaça South East Oil Field Profile

The Cabaça South East Oil Field is located offshore Angola, specifically within Block 15/06, approximately 350 kilometers north-east of Luanda.

The field is situated at coordinates -6.1222, 11.3608 (WGS 84).

The field is developed in water depths of around 470 meters.

The Cabaça South East discovery was made in July 2010 with the drilling of the Cabaça South East-1 well. The well encountered oil-bearing reservoirs of the Miocene age, with a total gross thickness of 450 meters.
Further appraisal was conducted in September 2010 with the Cabaça South East-2 well, which flowed high-quality 34° API oil at rates of approximately 7,000 barrels per day (bpd), increasing the initial estimate of the discovery’s reserves by at least 30%.

The Cabaça South East Oil Field is part of the East Hub Development Project, which also includes the Cabaça North and Cabaça Central UM8 fields.
Eni S.P.A. operates the Block 15/06 with a 35% interest. Other stakeholders include Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção (15%), SSI Fifteen Limited (20%), TotalEnergies (15%), and other minor stakeholders (15%).
The final investment decision for the project was approved by Eni in November 2013. Major contracts were awarded in 2014 and early 2015.

First production from the Cabaça South East field began in February 2017.
The field is connected to the Armada Olombendo Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, which has a zero-discharge and zero-process flaring capability with an overall capacity of 100,000 bpd.
The field produces oil through ten subsea wells, with six producing and five injecting wells linked to the FPSO.
Production from the field was reported at 19.71 million barrels per year in 2019.

The combined oil reserves of the Cabaça South East and Cabaça North discoveries are estimated at approximately 230 million barrels.

The East Hub project, including Cabaça South East, is expected to achieve a peak production capacity of approximately 17,000 bpd net.

The development involves the use of subsea wells and infrastructure. The project includes the drilling of subsea wells and their tie-back to the FPSO vessel.

Contracts for the project include the chartering, operation, and maintenance of the FPSO awarded to a consortium involving Bumi Armada Offshore Holdings and Angoil Bumi JV. Keppel Shipyard performed the FPSO conversion works, and Dynamac fabricated the topside modules. FMC Technologies supplied the subsea production systems.