Luanda - Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) said Wednesday that the halt in services provided at FPSO Dália in the oil exploitation Block 17, from February 20 to March 26, will not affect "the commitments of the Angolan oil supply to international market.
In a statement, the company said that there will be a scheduled stoppage, whose impact is covered in the production projections established by the Angolan authorities, with investors that are part of the Block 17 Contractor Group.
According to the National Concessionaire, whose statements refutes inaccurate information reported by ANGOP, the stoppage will occur at the FPSO Dália in Block 17, operated by TotalEnergies, which produces an average 120,000 barrels of oil per day (KBPD).
"This is actually a preventive maintenance of the equipment aimed to ensure, precisely, its operational efficiency and the reduction of production losses, under a work programme of annual periodicity, approved by the ANPG and the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas (MIREMPET)," stated the document.
ANPG added that the philosophy of oil facility operations include carrying out preventive maintenance work on essential or critical equipment, with a complete or partial stoppage every four, five or six years, for a period of between 20 and to 45 days.
The maintenance, the statement says, includes a number of interventions, such as replacing parts, engine equipment, turbines, electrical equipment, control instruments, cleaning, painting and others.
In the specific case of the FPSO Dália, the operation will involve more than 500 specialised technicians, including TotalEnergies employees and service providers, observing the high safety, hygiene and environmental standards in force in the oil and gas industry.
