Offshore Africa News - page 149


LR Senergy, EnergyOne form partnership

Mar 25, 2015

LR Senergy and EnergyOne formed a strategic alliance to support business development in Norway and internationally. LR Senergy’s Norway business, Senergy, has been acquired through a management buy-out and will now trade under the company name of EnergyOne AS…

EMG denies involvement in Tamar deal

Mar 24, 2015

East Mediterranean Gas Co. (EMG) is denying any involvement in the US$1.2 billion deal made last week between the Tamar partners and Dolphinus Holdings to export natural gas from Israel to Egypt using the EMG pipeline. Tamar map…

Oceaneering wins OCTP contract

Mar 24, 2015

ENI Ghana Exploration and Production awarded the Oceaneering International and GE Oil & Gas-led consortium a contract to supply equipment for the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block project development located off the coast of West Africa…

Companies adapt to new price realities

Mar 24, 2015

Adapting to current cost conscious market conditions was the recurring theme of the Aker companies'* open day for investors last week (17 March). Edvard Grieg at Stord yard. Photo from Kvaerner.    It…

Mubadala signs Morocco geological study contract

Mar 18, 2015

Mubadala Petroleum signed an agreement with Morocco’s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) to carry out an evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of a large area offshore Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. Signing of contract…

Moho Nord using Sonardyne Fusion 6G

Mar 18, 2015

UTEC awarded Sonardyne International Ltd. a multi-million dollar contract to supply Fusion 6G acoustic positioning technology for the Total-operated Moho Nord subsea project, offshore West Africa. Technip’s rigid pipe S-lay and heavy-lift construction vessel…

GE gets $850 million Ghana contract

Mar 17, 2015

GE Oil & Gas announced the booking of an US$850 million order across its oil and gas business for the supply of equipment to the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, Ghana. The OCTP block is located in offshore Ghana at a water depth of 500-1100 meters…

Low prices challenge Mozambique’s latest round

Mar 17, 2015

While Mozambique’s previous two oil and gas licensing rounds have had limited success, the country will be hoping that recent discoveries and its revised fiscal environment will create an investment boost during its latest bid round, says research and consulting firm GlobalData…

Eni’s double discoveries

Mar 16, 2015

Eni made a significant gas discovery offshore Libya and found more gas than anticipated at its Merakes-1 well offshore Indonesia. Libya find Eni activity in Libya. From Eni.   Eni…

Eni in US$5 billion Egypt venture

Mar 16, 2015

Italian giant Eni is investing an estimated US$5 billion dollars for the development of oil and gas resources in Egypt, including the development of 200 MMbbl and 1.3 TCF of gas. Image from Eni.   Egyptian…

JDR opens West Africa facility

Mar 16, 2015

JDR opened a new service and maintenance facility in Port Harcourt and Lagos, Nigeria in partnership with Royal Niger Emerging Technologies. Image from JDR.   In the agreement, which also establishes a long-term trade partnership…

Anadarko dumps Dolphin drillship

Mar 13, 2015

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. sent Dolphin Drilling an early termination notice for the Belford Dolphin ultra deepwater drillship's charter contract off Mozambique. The Belford Dolphin. From Dolphin Drilling…

ADX gets Tunisia extension

Mar 09, 2015

Tunisian authorities Comité Consultatif des Hydrocarbures  granted ADX Energy an additional six-month extension of the exploration period for the Kerkouane permit, offshore Tunisia. The extension ends on 7 August 2016.    The ADX…

BP in second Egypt find

Mar 09, 2015

BP made its second gas discovery in the East Mediterranean Sea at its North Damietta Offshore concession in the East Nile Delta. Image from BP.   The discovery was made at the Atoll…

BP developing Egypt’s West Nile Delta

Mar 06, 2015

BP signed final agreements to develop the US$12 billion West Nile Delta (WND) gas fields, with production set at reaching up to 1.2 Bcf/d in Egypt. BP worker on a platform in the Gulf of Suez. From BP…

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