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SONILS Joins AEW 2026 as Bronze Partner Amid Angola’s Logistics Expansion
SONILS, Angola’s largest onshore supply base to the oil and gas industry, has been confirmed as a Bronze Partner of African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, underscoring its role in supporting the country’s upstream operations through specialized cargo handling, infrastructure leasing and integrated logistics services.
AEW 2026 – taking place from October 12-16 in Cape Town, South Africa – serves as the continent’s premier platform for energy investment, bringing together government leaders, operators, financiers, service providers and technology innovators to advance project development across Africa’s oil, gas and energy sectors.
The partnership comes as Angola’s offshore sector ramps up activity, with Chevron, Azule Energy and Subsea 7 advancing field redevelopment, subsea pipe installation and FPSO mooring upgrades that depend on the onshore logistics infrastructure SONILS provides.
SONILS manages an onshore supply base strategically located near the main commercial port of the country in Luanda, the international airport and the oil and gas fields of Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting 60% of the daily production of oil and gas in Angola. Established in 1995 following a feasibility study commissioned by Sonangol’s board in 1993, SONILS developed Angola’s Luanda Logistics Base as an alternative to existing supply bases in Soyo and Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo.
The company provides oil and gas cargo handling services, engineering, development and lease of specialized oil and gas facilities including offices, warehouses, sheds, pipe yards, and chemical and radioactive storage facilities, alongside specialized logistics personnel to more than 80 customers spanning international oil majors, national oil companies, and oilfield support service firms.
In 2025, the company completed installation work on a new Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring system supporting Chevron-operated Block 0, alongside a flexible pipe transpooling operation backing Azule Energy’s Agogo Integrated West Hub Development.
As Angola positions itself to support regional logistics integration amid frontier developments across southern Africa, SONILS’ participation at AEW 2026 reflects its ambition to deepen partnerships with operators, investors and governments while showcasing the country’s supply-base infrastructure on a continental stage.
“SONILS is the backbone that keeps Angola’s offshore industry moving,” says NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber. “Its decades of logistics expertise and commitment to local employment make it a vital partner in unlocking the full potential of Angola’s oil and gas sector.”