The Kizomba deepwater project is an oil drilling project owned and operated by ExxonMobil off the coast of northern Angola. It is named after the Kizomba Angolan dance.
Kizomba A
The Kizomba A project utilizes the Hungo and Chocalho oil fields, in the so-called Block 15 concession off the Angolan coast. The project consists of a TLP and an FPSO, which receives oil from the wells to be stored until transfer to tankers.
The Kizomba A FPSO (at the time of its construction the world's largest) has a storage capacity of 2.2 Moilbbl. Built at a cost of over US$800 million by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, Korea, it is operated by ExxonMobil. In 1200 m of water at Deepwater block 320 km offshore in the Atlantic Ocean from Angola, West Africa, it weighs 81,000 tonnes and is 285 m long, 63 m wide, and 32 m high.[1]