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    The Angolan state oil company, Sanangol and a subsidiary of BP Amoco have announced the discovery of a new Atlantic oil field some 185 km northwest of the capital, Luanda, according to news reports on Monday.

    The Platina-1 field, with an estimated production capacity of 6,500 barrels per day, will become BP Amoco's first project in waters off Angola which is sub-Sahara Africa's largest oil producer after Nigeria.

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