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PetroNor: Output from Congo's PNGF Sud Field Grew to 30,330 bopd in 1H 2023

Jul 10, 2023

Oil and gas company PetroNor E&P said Monday that production from the Perenco-operated PNGF Sud field complex offshore the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), grew to 30,330 bopd in the first half of 2023.'This is equivalent to 5,105 bopd…

Italy's Eni Wants to Reduce Oil Exposure with Asset Sales

Jul 04, 2023

Italy's Eni aims to reduce its exposure to oil in favor of natural gas and non-fossil fuels in part through asset sales, the energy group's CEO Claudio Descalzi said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Rome presentation of a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)…

Eni to Offload Non-Core Permits in Republic of Congo for $300M

Jun 27, 2023

Italian oil and gas giant Eni said Tuesday it had signed a deal to sell to Perenco its participation interest in several non-core permits in the Republic of Congo.'The transaction value is approximately $300 million, including firm and contingent consideration…

Strohm to Supply TCP Jumpers for TotalEnergies' Moho Infill Project

Jun 13, 2023

Strohm, a company making Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), has been awarded a 3 million euros contract to supply carbon fibre/PA12 composite jumpers to Aker Solutions to support work being carried out at TotalEnergies’ Moho Infill project in the Republic of the Congo…

Malaysia's Sapura Energy Lands $303 Million in Contracts for Offshore Projects

Jun 08, 2023

Malaysia's Sapura Energy said Thursday it had, between December 2022 and May 2023, secured ten contracts worth around 1.4 billion Malaysian ringgit (currently around $303 million) across the Asia Pacific and Atlantic regions.The contracts were secured across its Engineering and Construction (E&C)…

Congo Finalising Deal with Angola and Chevron Over Offshore Oil Block

Jun 06, 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo is nearing an agreement with neighbouring Angola over one of the offshore blocks between the countries that have been the subject of a 50-year dispute, Congo's oil minister told Reuters. Under the terms of the production-sharing deal proposed by Angola and Chevron…

NOV's APL to Deliver Submerged Swivel and Yoke System for Wison's FLNG Project in West Africa

May 26, 2023

China-based Wison Offshore & Marine has awarded NOV's APL a contract to supply a Submerged Swivel and Yoke (SSY) system for deployment in shallow waters offshore West Africa.APL said the SSY would be used as a mooring and gas export solution…

Chevron Launches Sale of Congo Oil Assets - Sources

May 25, 2023

Chevron has launched a sale process for its oil and gas assets in Congo as the U.S. energy giant continues to focus operations on newer and more profitable production, industry sources said.The Congo assets could fetch up to $1.5 billion, according to two sources close to the process…

Aker Solutions Secures Sizable Order for Deepwater Technology in West Africa

May 04, 2023

TotalEnergies has awarded Aker Solutions a contract to provide its deepwater standard Subsea Production Systems for three additional infill wells tied back to the Moho Nord field in the Republic of the Congo. Aker Solutions said the order was a sizable one…

Eni CEO and President of the Republic of the Congo Lay Foundation for Major Gas Project

Apr 25, 2023

The President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and the Chief Executive Officer of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Congo LNG.This will be the country's first natural gas liquefaction project,…

UK Firm's Decommissioning Tech Cuts Through Congo Offshore Project

Mar 23, 2023

UK-based Decom Engineering firm said Thursday that its specialist cutting technology had been successfully deployed on a decommissioning project offshore West Africa.Decom, an R&D specialist focusing on the design and fabrication of cutting solutions and innovative decommissioning equipment…

Lukoil-backed Congo Project to Start Producing LNG in December

Mar 20, 2023

A senior executive at Russia's Lukoil energy company said a project in the Congo in which it is involved would begin producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December, Russian news agencies reported. Lukoil Vice President Ivan Romanovsky said the initiative would produce around 600…

Lukoil-Eni Congo Offshore License Bid Moves Forward

Mar 20, 2023

A joint bid between Lukoil and Eni for the rights to two of Congo's offshore energy blocks has moved forward, but has not yet completed, Interfax reported on Friday, citing a Lukoil executive and correcting previous agency reports that the contract had already been awarded…

Borr Drilling Adds 625 Days to Backlog with Hat-trick of Jack-up Rig Deals

Feb 14, 2023

Shallow water drilling company Borr Drilling has secured contracts and extensions for three jack-up drilling rigs: Ran, Gerd, and Natt.Borr Drilling said on Monday that the contracts added about 625 days to its firm backlog.The premium jack…

Subsea Mining Plans Pit Renewable Energy Demand Against Ocean Life

Jan 24, 2023

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier – the deep ocean seabed…

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