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  <h1>Ninth oil strike in Angolan block</h1> 
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    <div class="date-module"> <span class="date_module-icon fa fa-calendar"></span> <span>October 21, 2005, 01:00 CEST</span> 
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     <p>Yet another oil discovery – the ninth – has been made by operator BP in block 31 off Angola, where Statoil has a 13.33 per cent interest.</p> 
     <p>It has been named Hebe-1, report BP and Angolan state oil company Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol).</p> 
     <p>Hebe-1 is the latest in a series of finds in this deepwater block, alongside Plutão, Saturno, Marte, Venus, Palas, Ceres, Juno and Astraea.</p> 
     <p>The well is located 16 kilometres south-west of Ceres, which was discovered earlier this year.</p> 
     <p>Hebe-1 was drilled by the <em>Jack Ryan</em> drillship in a water depth of 2,008 metres, reaching a total depth of 4,823 metres.</p> 
     <p>BP is currently evaluating development concepts in the south-eastern region of block 31.</p> 
     <p>In addition to block 31, Statoil has a 13.33 per cent interest in Angolan deepwater blocks 15 and 17.</p> 
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