Project · Deepwater FPSO · Angola
Kaminho FPSO (Cameia & Golfinho)
TotalEnergies' seventh Angolan FPSO and the first large deepwater development in the Kwanza basin; TotalEnergies expects over 10 million man-hours of work in Angola.
Checked by hand against the sources below (2026-10-20).
- Engineering (done)
- Fabrication (now)
- Transport & installation (next)
- Hook-up
- Commissioning
- Operation
Now Fabrication (reported: FPSO conversion and subsea fabrication (execution since FID May 2024))
Next Transport & installation · not announced
Roles Project management & controls · Construction & supervision · QA/QC & HSE · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.
Later Operation 2028 (first oil target 2028, as reported)
Their rate stays; our fee goes on top: 20% → 15% → 12%. Open book →
Who works on it as the sources name them
- TotalEnergiesOperator / owneroperator 40%; partners Petronas 40%, Sonangol 20%
- SaipemEPC / main contractorthree contracts totalling US$3.7 bn (May 2024): EPC, transportation and commissioning of the Kaminho FPSO (VLCC conversion); 12-year FPSO operation and…
- Kind
- Deepwater FPSO
- Country
- Angola
- Size
- 70,000 b/d FPSO; ~30 km subsea lines; first oil 2028
- Operator
- TotalEnergies
- Position
- 9.60°S 12.40°E, approximate
Sources
- Angola: TotalEnergies launches the Kaminho deepwater projectTotalEnergies (company newsroom) · published 2024-05-21 · read 2026-10-20
- TotalEnergies launches Kaminho oil project offshore Angola, Saipem to supply, operate FPSOOffshore Magazine · published 2024-05-21 · read 2026-09-22
- Saipem secures $3.7 billion contracts for TotalEnergies' Kaminho project offshore AngolaWorld Oil · published 2024-05-21 · read 2026-09-22
- TotalEnergies plans $10 billion Angola investment with partners over five years, CEO says (Reuters)CNBC Africa · published 2026-09-10 · read 2026-10-08