__NOTOC__ The Kizomba deepwater project is an oil drilling project owned and operated by

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off the coast of northern Angola. It is named after the

Kizomba Kizomba is a dance and musical genre that originated in Angola in 1984. Kizomba means "party" in Kimbundu, a Bantu language spoken by the Ambundu in Angola. Origin and evolution Music genre The origins of kizomba can be traced to late-1970s A ...

Angolan dance.

Kizomba A

The Kizomba A project utilizes the Hungo and Chocalho oil fields, in the so-called Block 15 concession off the Angolan coast. The project consists of a TLP and an

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, which receives oil from the wells to be stored until transfer to tankers. The Kizomba A FPSO (at the time of its construction the world's largest) has a storage capacity of . Built at a cost of over US$800 million by

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, it is operated by

. In of water at Deepwater block offshore in the

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from

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, it weighs 81,000

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s and is long, wide, and high.

Kizomba B

Kizomba B is to the east of Kizomba A.

reported the startup phase in October 2005.

Kizomba C

The third phase, Kizomba C, was designed to develop 600 million barrels of oil from the Mondo, Saxi and Batuque fields in approximately of water. It was launched in 2008 through 2 FPSOs respectively named Saxi/Batuque and Mondo with a 100,000 bpd production capacity.

References

External links

Kizomba map
* http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/exxonmobil-orders-umbilicals-for-kizomba-project-offshore-angola/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Kizomba Deepwater Project Oil fields of Angola ExxonMobil oil and gas fields