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FILE:
Kaombo Norte floating oil platform is seen from a helicopter off the coast of Angola, Nov. 8, 2018.
FILE: Kaombo Norte floating oil platform is seen from a helicopter off the coast of Angola, Nov. 8, 2018.

A large hydrocarbon deposit has been discovered off the shore of Angola's capital Luanda at a site operated by American firm ExxonMobil, the country's national agency for oil, gas and biofuels announced Monday.

The deposit was discovered about 365 kilometers northwest of the oil-rich nation's coast through a drilling 1,100 meters deep, the Angola's National Agency for Oil, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) said in a statement.

The ANPG added the new reservoir has physical properties "of high quality."

Angola -- which is one of the top two largest oil exporters of the black gold in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside Nigeria -- produces 1.2 million barrels a day, the country's mineral resource ministry told AFP.

The oil-dependent nation, which embarked on an ambitious reform program to diversify its economy, has faced strain from a decline in oil prices since 2014.

"ExxonMobil is optimising this resource and creating value for the Angolan people," president of ExxonMobil Upstream Company Liam Mallon said in the same statement.

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