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Total plans new offshore Angola well to boost oil output

French oil giant Total logo is pictured on the facade of a building in Paris, France. [Photo: Reuters]

LUANDA - French oil company Total said on Saturday it plans to drill 13 wells on block 17, offshore Angola, in order to maintain production of 400,000 barrels per day of crude until 2023 in Africa’s second largest crude producer.

In a statement, the company said the wells, which will connect marginal fields to existing floating platforms, would be divided between two projects.

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