Angola exported approximately 93 million barrels of crude oil in 2025 — a decline of around 7 per cent compared to 2024 — as unplanned production losses at several key blocks weighed on overall output volumes, according to the Management Report of the National Agency of Oil, Gas and Biofuels. The report describes the export performance as reflecting the resilience of operations in mature producing blocks, which continued to underpin the stability of Angola’s export flow even in the face of natural production decline challenges inherent to ageing offshore fields.
The top three exported crude grades — Dália, Hungo, and Paz-Flor — together accounted for 52.77 million barrels, representing 57 per cent of total export volumes. A notable shift in the portfolio mix occurred during the year: the Gindungo crude grade registered a 54 per cent reduction in exported volumes, attributed to lower production availability that limited its market presence. The Girassol terminal recorded a 42 per cent decline, resulting from a combination of technical stoppages and the natural decline in production from the underlying fields. Against these headwinds, the Olombendo crude grade showed strong growth of 74 per cent, driven by increased production levels that provided greater commercial availability and flexibility in placing volumes on international markets.
A significant new addition to Angola’s crude export portfolio was the Agogo terminal, which came onstream in 2025 and recorded a 100 per cent year-on-year variation — by definition, having had no prior-year baseline — contributing to a diversification of the export crude slate. On the production side, average daily oil output stood at 1.04 million barrels per day in 2025, a decline of approximately 8 per cent from the previous year, attributable to unplanned production losses with particular concentration in Blocks 0, 15, 15/06, 17 and 18. In contrast, natural gas production grew by 2.56 per cent to 2.7 billion cubic feet per day, with approximately 885 million cubic feet per day directed to the Angola LNG liquefaction unit — reinforcing Angola’s commitment to sustainable gas monetisation and progressive diversification of its national energy matrix.
Source: allafrica.com