Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) and BP Exploration (Angola) have made an oil discovery in ultra-deepwater Block 31, offshore Angola.
This is the eighteenth discovery made by BP in Block 31 and is located in the southern portion of Block 31 about 335 kilometres northwest of Luanda and 4.3 kilometres to the north-east of the Dione discovery.
Oberon-1 was drilled in a water depth of 1,624 metres and reached a total depth of 3,622 metres TVD below sea level. The well test results confirmed the capacity of the reservoir to flow in excess of 5000 barrels/day under production conditions.