Azule Energy, a 50:50 joint venture between bp and Eni, has commenced gas production from the Quiluma field in Angolan waters.
Quiluma is owned by the New Gas Consortium (NGC), operated by Azule Energy with a 37.4% stake. The other partners in the consortium are Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC, 31%), Sonangol E&P (19.8%) and TotalEnergies (11.8%).
ANPG is serving as the National Concessionaire.
Initial output at the Quiluma field stands at 150 million standard cubic feet per day (mscf/d), with potential to reach 330mscf/d by the end of this year.
The NGC project is Angola’s first non-associated gas development. It involves extracting gas from offshore shallow waters, transferring it for onshore processing and delivering it to the Angola liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant for export.
BP production and operations executive vice-president and Azule Energy board member Gordon Birrell said: “The safe delivery of the NGC project is another example of bp’s strategic progress and demonstrates what strong partnerships and collaboration can deliver.
“This project marks an important step for Angola’s energy system and strengthens the country’s energy mix as it looks to enhance its position as a global player in the natural gas market.”
The consortium inaugurated the project’s gas treatment plant, which has a capacity of 400mscf/d, in Soyo, northern Angola, in November 2025.
The Quiluma field start-up follows other recent milestones for Azule Energy. These include the launch of production at the Agogo field in July 2025 under the Agogo Integrated West Hub project in block 15/06, offshore Angola, and the February 2026 start-up of the Ndungu development.
Since early 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 in Namibia’s Orange Basin.
Azule Energy produces more than 230,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Its joint owner, bp, reported a total of 12 discoveries in 2025 across several regions and commenced seven major upstream projects, five ahead of schedule. Two are located in Trinidad and Tobago, one each in the UK North Sea, Egypt and Mauritania/Senegal, and two in the Gulf of Mexico.
These projects contribute to bp’s plan for ten major project start-ups globally by the end of next year.
Last month, bp reported underlying replacement cost profit of $1.5bn (£1.09bn) for the fourth quarter of 2025 (Q4 2025), a 32% decrease compared to $2.2bn in Q3 2025 and a 25% increase compared to $1.2bn for Q4 2024.
