French oil major TotalEnergies will invest $10-billion with partners in Angola over the next five years to bolster production across various projects, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said at an oil conference in Luanda on Wednesday. Angola, Sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest crude oil producer after Nigeria, has undertaken a major regulatory overhaul to encourage exploration investment as it looks to maintain production levels amid mature offshore fields.

TotalEnergies and its partners plan to invest $10 billion in Angola over five years to protect production and develop new offshore oil projects

TotalEnergies has made a significant oil discovery in Angolas Block 17, named Acacia-5, set to boost production by 6,000 barrels per day starting just three months after its June…