BP, Eni, and partners launch gas production at Angolan field

Azule Energy, a joint venture of UK-based BP and Italy’s Eni, and other partners have launched gas production from Angola’s Quiluma field. The gas supplies will be delivered to the Angola LNG plant in Soyo for export.

BP confirmed on Monday the start-up of gas production from the Quiluma field, part of the New Gas Consortium (NGC) in Angola, as reported by operator Azule Energy.

Initial production from the Quiluma field is expected to be 150 million standard cubic feet (mmscf) per day and ramp up to 330 mmscf per day by the end of 2026.

BP said the NGC project is Angola’s first non-associated gas development.

Angola LNG

Gas is produced from the shallow-water offshore Quiluma field, which is treated at an onshore processing facility and then delivered to the Angola LNG plant for export.

Angola LNG, which is a joint venture between Chevron, Azule Energy, Sonangol, and TotalEnergies, has been producing LNG since 2013.

In 2023, Angola LNG shipped its 400th cargo of LNG since the launch of the 5.2 mtpa Soyo plant in 2013.

Azule Energy is the operator of the NGC, with a 37.4 percent participation, in partnership with Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) with 31 percent, Sonangol E&P with 19.8 percent and TotalEnergies with 11.8 percent and ANPG as the national concessionaire.

In November 2025, the partners inaugurated the project’s gas treatment plant at a ceremony in Soyo, northern Angola.

The NGC start-up is the latest in a series of upstream successes for Azule Energy.

In July 2025, production began from the Agogo field at the Agogo Integrated West Hub (Agogo IWH) project, in block 15/06, offshore Angola. It also announced the start-up of the Ndungu development in February 2026.

Since the beginning of 2025, Azule Energy has announced four hydrocarbon discoveries: the Algaita-01 well and Gajajeira-01 gas find in Angola and the Volans-1X and Capricornus-1X discoveries in Namibia’s Orange Basin.