Offshore Africa News


Energean, Carlyle Eye BP's Egypt Offshore Gas Assets

Jul 29, 2026

Dragon Oil, Carlyle Group, Energean and Artemis Energy are among the groups expected to bid this week for assets in BP's West Nile Delta natural gas development off Egypt, three sources familiar with the sale process said.British oil major BP…

TGS Books Fresh OBN Survey Job

Jul 29, 2026

TGS has been hired for an ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey in the Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East (AMME) region, with offshore operations scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter.The company said a deepwater acquisition crew is due to mobilize in the fourth quarter…

Eni, TotalEnergies Greenlight Cronos Gas Development off Cyprus

Jul 28, 2026

Eni and TotalEnergies have taken a final investment decision (FID) to develop the Cronos gas field offshore Cyprus, paving the way for the country's first gas project and creating a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export route to Europe via existing infrastructure in Egypt…

Saipem Joins Eni’s Baleine Phase 3 Delivery Crew off Ivory Coast

Jul 27, 2026

Saipem has won two contracts from Eni worth a combined $910 million (€800 million) for work on the Baleine Phase 3 offshore development in Ivory Coast and the expansion of biofuel production capacity at Enilive's Venice biorefinery in Italy…

TGS Advances Seismic Imaging Across Three Offshore Basins

Jul 22, 2026

TGS has launched three seismic data projects offshore Ghana, Norway and Canada, expanding its multi-client data portfolio as explorers seek to unlock frontier and underexplored offshore basins.The company signed an agreement with Ghana's Petroleum…

Saipem Secures $260M Drillship Deal with Eni in West Africa

Jul 22, 2026

Saipem has secured an offshore drilling contract worth approximately $260 million from Eni for a long-term development drilling campaign offshore Côte d'Ivoire.The contract will see the Santorini drillship deployed on the campaign from early 2027 under a firm drilling program…

ADES Boosts Backlog with $230M Nigeria, North Sea Deals

Jul 20, 2026

Saudi Arabian oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured two offshore drilling contracts in Nigeria and the U.K. North Sea, worth $229 million combined, strengthening its backlog and jack-up fleet utilization.The larger of the…

OneSubsea to Deliver Subsea Systems for Eni’s Baleine Deepwater Development

Jul 13, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Eni for Phase 3 of the Baleine deepwater development offshore Côte d'Ivoire.The award follows…

Petrobras Concludes Acquisition of São Tomé and Príncipe Offshore Block

Jul 10, 2026

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has completed the acquisition of a 75% interest and operatorship in Block 3 offshore São Tomé and Príncipe, expanding its exploration portfolio in Africa.Following completion of the transaction…

ExxonMobil Bets $1B on Nigeria’s Usan Offshore Development

Jul 09, 2026

ExxonMobil and its partners will invest $1 billion in the Usan Infill Project offshore Nigeria, a development expected to add 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production, Nigeria's upstream regulator said on Wednesday.The Nigerian Upstream…

BluEnergies, TotalEnergies Step Up Exploration Offshore Liberia

Jul 08, 2026

BluEnergies and TotalEnergies have advanced a work program across blocks LB-26, LB-30 and LB-31 in the Harper Basin offshore Liberia aimed at confirming and improving drillable prospects.The program includes reprocessing 6,167 square kilometers of 3D seismic data…

UTM Offshore Secures Gas Supply for $3B FLNG Project

Jul 08, 2026

Nigeria's UTM Offshore said on Tuesday it had secured a 15-year gas supply agreement, removing a major obstacle to a final investment decision on its $3 billion floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, now expected in the fourth quarter after delays…

Oil Surges 3% on Renewed US-Iran Strikes

Jul 08, 2026

Oil prices gained more than 3% on Wednesday after Iran and the U.S. military traded airstrikes and Washington reimposed crude sales sanctions on Tehran, raising fears their fragile truce was unravelling and Middle East supplies could be disrupted again…

TechnipFMC Gets On Board Eni’s Baleine Phase 3 Development

Jul 07, 2026

TechnipFMC has secured a contract from Eni for the Baleine Phase 3 development offshore Côte d’Ivoire, with the award valued at between $75 million and $250 million under the company's contract classification.TechnipFMC will design and manufacture…

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