The Angolan Oil Company (Somoil) has renewed 300km of crude oil pipeline network in Soyo Municipality, situated in the northern Zaire Province
This has been announced by José Maria, director for operations at Somoil.
Speaking to Angola Press, Maria explained that the company replaced the old pipelines network with a new one, aiming to avoid the leaks recorded earlier.
The company aims to renew the old pipelines to improve the operation levels, protect the environment and safeguard the population, he stressed.
Maria further disclosed that Somoil has signed deals with a number of national and foreign companies for the inspection of the Somoil's crude oil transportation pipelines, the network of which is about 700km.
Recently, Somoil has announced hopes to recover 30,000 barrels of crude oil split at the Kinfuquena oil base in Soyo municipality, said the source. According to the company, the crude oil split was contained in two tanks which were destroyed during the armed conflict that hit Angola in that period.
Somoil aims to explore oil and gas on onshore Angola, the areas formerly operated by France’s Total.
