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A N G O L A

Project:

Institutional ooperation programme regarding petroleumsetor development MINPET NPD (Phase II)

Cooperating institution:Ministry o Petroleum (MINPET)

Goals: To promote improved management o national petroleum resoures as

one o the tools or sustainable eonomi and soial development in Angola.

Purpose: Improve apability to exerise regulatory ontrol and to develop poliies

and strategies to ensure better administration o the Angolan petroleum resoures.

The Programme will work in fve areas o cooperation:

Regulatory ramework Responsibilities and organisation o MINPET

Data management and inormation systems Multi-setor ativities Angolanization and general trainingProject period: 2007 - 2010

Total budget: NOK 27 mill

cOUNTRY FAcTS:Ofcial Name:

Republi of Angola

Capital:

Luanda

Chie o state:

President Jose Eduardo

dos Santos (sine 21

September 1979);

The president is both

hief of state and headof government

Population:

12 127 071 (July 2006 est)

Petroleum sector,

key fgures:

Average oil prodution:

1.24 mill bbl/day (2005)

Gas prodution:

8.8 bill m3 (2005)

Organisation o the sector:

Ministry of Petroleum

Poliy, regulatory and

supervisory body

Soiedade Naional de

combustiveis de Angola

(Sonangol)

State owned Oil company.

Sole onessionaire and

partner in onession

agreements and in

some PSAs with theinternational oil ompanies

Soure: PetroView

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Programme:

Inrease MINPET ontrol o ativities o oilompanies in the exeution o petroleum industry

operations regarding protetion o the

environment, saety and health. Build apaity in dierent MINPET departments

in poliy ormulation and inormation

management.

Establish petroleum resoure database. Improve administrative IT system. Prepare Projet Proposal on Multi-setor

Institutional Support to Oil, Fish and Environment.

Sharing relevant experienes at a regional level. Revise Deree 20/82 on Angolanization. Prepare report on how benefts o petroleum

exploration in Angola an ontribute to

improvement o sientif knowledge. Arrange petroleum tehnology seminars. Support researh and aademi training in

Angolan institutions.

Assist Agostinho Neto University with sientifknowledge and equipment to provide oil-oriented

aademi ourses and researh projets.

Contact:

MINPET: WWW.minpet.gv.ao

NPD: Else Ormaasen, Projet coordinator,

Else.ormaasen@npd.no

A brie history o the cooperation between

MINPET and NPD.

Norwegian assistane within the Petroleum Setor

in Angola started in 1987 when Norway and Angola

signed an Agreement or a our year (1987 - 1991)

assistane programme with a budget o NOK 17

million. The assistane was extended in 1991 when a

new Agreement was signed or a new period o our

years (1991 - 1995) with a budget o NOK 28,5 million.

The objetive o the Norwegian assistane has been to

assist Angola in institutional ompetene building

to improve the government apabilities to develop,

diret and ontrol the petroleum ativity. Later, Angola

requested ontinued assistane and the Phase I o a

new programme was arried out in the period 2000

2004, with a budget o NOK 22 mill.

Ativities 2006 - 2007A Phase II o the new programme was planned by

MINPET with input rom NPD, during the period 2005

2006 and a new Agreement between Norway and

Angola regarding Tehnial assistane in the Petroleum

Setor was signed 4th o Otober 2006. Planning o

the implementation o Phase II o the new programme

was arried out during last quarter o 2006 and the 1st

quarter o 2007.

A delegation rom Norway together with the Ministero development, Mr Erik Solheim and deputy Minister

o Petroleum and Energy Ms. Anita Utseth, visited An-

gola early February 2007 or disussion o urther oop-

eration between Norway and Angola speifally in the

petroleum setor. At the same time a delegation rom

NPD had meetings with MINPET regarding the imple-

mentation o the programme ativities. The ooperation

agreement between NPD and MINPET was disussed

during a visit by NPD to MINPET in June 2007.

Plans 2007The agreement between MINPET and NPD is expeted

to be signed september 2007. The work will start 3rdquarter 2007 with 3 years duration and have a budget

o NOK 27 mill. As a starting ativity o the new pro-

gramme, the NPD has proposed a strategy proess to

be arried out within MINPET. This strategy proess is

vital or the perormane and suess o the dierent

programme ativities. The programme will also require

a resident tehnial advisor within MINPET or the dura-

tion o the programme as a prerequisite or efient

implementation o the ativities.