Total subsidiary TEPA (Block 17/06) and Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol) have discovered hydrocarbons in the north-eastern area of the deep offshore block 17/06.
Drilled in a water depth of 445 metres, the Canna-1 well discovered hydrocarbons in reservoir of Miocene age and produced more than 5,000 barrels per day of high quality oil (33° API) during a production test.
Sonangol is the concessionaire of the Block 17/06. TEPA (Block 17/06) is the operator of the Block 17/06 with a 30 percent stake.