Luanda- Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) and the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) signed Wednesday a cooperation agreement on programmes for the regulation and supervision of the exploration, development and production activities.
According to a statement issued by the ANPG, the agreement was signed during the Rio Oil & Gas Conference being held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), by the ANPG CEO, Paulino Jerónimo, and the ANP general manager, Rodolfo Henrique de Saboia.
The five-year duration agreement aims to establish technical promotion cooperation for the strengthening of the oil and gas industry, transfer of knowledge related to technical standards and good practices of the oil industry, the statement says.
"One of the points we want to strengthen is our regulatory framework. We want to gain this experience that the ANP has.
The relationship between Angola and Brazil is transcendental, and this agreement reinforces the commitment between the governments to cement the relationship in the field of hydrocarbons", the Angolan official said.
Rodolfo de Saboia, on his turn, highlighted the brotherhood relationship between the two peoples, underscoring that the agreement transcends the interest of both countries in the exploration of their natural resources and hydrocarbons.
"Brazil and Angola have a common past, a close culture with the same origin, and a very close feeling of brotherhood. The cooperation extends beyond these economic activities but it is in this that we hope to achieve an even greater proximity between the two countries, with that mutual exchange of experience and knowledge that each of the countries can offer", Saboia said.
The cooperation will be carried out through periodic exchange of information and experiences, conducting of studies and joint research and the training and qualification of human resources.
ANPG is participating in Rio Oil & Gas being held from September 26 to 29, with a delegation headed by the agency’s CEO and other senior staff with the aim to promote the Angolan oil potential.
Angola and Brazil have maintained diplomatic and political relations since Angola's independence and, which enable both countries to have currently 70 cooperation projects in the scope of the two nation’s strategic partnership.
Brazil was the first country to recognize the Republic of Angola after the proclamation of independence, on November 11, 1975.
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