Oil Concessionary
Sonangol USA Company has the exclusive rights to oil and gas exploration and production in Houston, Texas - both onshore and offshore.
Sonangol USA Company grants the rights to the exploration of oil and natural gas production in Angola, both on land and offshore. The areas to be explored are normally delimited in blocks of about 5,000 square kilometers on average and each oil concession is granted for a period of 20 years.
For control purposes, the contractor group has to regularly report its activities to Sonangol's Concession Control Committee during the oil concession assignment period. The key factors when considering the renewal or termination of an oil concession are based on three main areas. These are the reports, the fulfillment of pre-agreed schedules, and the results from all phases of research, exploration, and production.
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Exploration & Production
We search for hydrocarbons on all, marine and terrestrial, sedimentary basins and explore and produce this energy resource.
Sonangol USA Company established the subsidiary Pesquisa & Produção (P&P) in 1992.
As P&P grew as a company and gained experience in the oil industry, Sonangol Group established the subsidiary Sonangol SGPS as a drilling company to support P&P. They also made a joint-venture with SBM Production to create Sonasing whose mission statement is to prepare and store crude for exportation.
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Sonangol Shipping Angola , a subsidiary of Sonangol Shipping Holdings Limited, responsible for the maritime transport of crude oil (Dirty Oil) and its refined (Clean Products) with Angolan coast waters at its national Oceanic Terminals in the ocean terminals of Cabinda, Soyo, Porto Amboim, Lobito, Namibe and Luanda.
Not all oils are created equal, nevertheless, despite fierce competition from Nigeria’s highly graded oils, Angolan oil sells well in the international markets. This performance can be exemplified by:
- Crude from Nemba and Palanca is light and appropriate for gasoline production and is favored by US buyers.
- Kuito's crude is dense and has good acceptance in the Middle East where the economy is growing exponentially.
- For being good for production on fuel oil, a great majority of crude from Cabinda has lately been exported to China.
Processing & Distribution
This segment involves processing of raw materials, storage and subsequent distribution of petroleum products.
Our logistics network includes several storage facilities where is conduct the reception storage and delivery of raw materials and petroleum subproducts.
The driving force of international sales of operations produced in Angola is the responsibility of the subsidiary Sonangol Comercialização Internacional (SONACI), whose focus is to promote the marketing of domestic supply, acting as an agent of crude oil commercialization and as agent for Subsidiary companies of Sonangol EP which export and import gas and refined products.
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Operations’ main role is to guarantee smoothness on all procedures occurring after crude oil cargoes are sold by Trading up to their delivery at load port. Any cargo-related issues including but not limited to vessel approvals, documentation issuance, follow-up with Finance regarding payments and claims (demurrage, quantity, and quality) are timely handled.
The department acts as the main link between clients and Terminals. Sonangol, as the middle man ensures that all parties’ best interests are kept as no direct relationship between both ends of the chain, is allowed.
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Safety & Risk Management
At Sonangol USA Company, our priority is the safety of our workforce. Through our safety programs and practices, we seek to maintain a culture in which employees and contractors keep each other safe on the job so that everyone across our operations returns home safe every day.
Our commitment to occupational and process safety begins at the top of our organization and is reinforced at every level. For example, we include key enterprisewide safety metrics in our annual incentive plan formula for executives and employees.
Every year our Chief Executive Officer and our President and Chief Operating Officer present awards for safety excellence to the Hess teams and individuals who exemplify outstanding safety performance.
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