TotalEnergies discovered a new oil field on Angola’s Block 17 in June, the French company said in a press release.

Production is expected to begin just three months after the discovery of the field, named Acacia-5, using the spare capacity of the Pazflor floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

It is expected to increase production from the block by 6,000 barrels per day.

TotalEnergies is the operator of Block 17 with a 38% stake. Another 22.16% belongs to the Norwegian Equinor, 19% to the American ExxonMobil, and 15.84% and 5% to the Angolan companies Azule Energy and Sonangol E&P, respectively.

Also, the French company has signed agreements with the concessionaire Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG), to enter with a 40% operated interest in exploration Blocks 17/25 and 32/21, located in the heart of the Lower Congo Basin. It is planned to connect them to the infrastructure of the nearby blocks 17 and 32, which it is developing, where six FPSO units are producing.

ExxonMobil owns 40% of Blocks 17/25 and 32/21, and the remaining 20% belongs to Sonangol E&P.