Offshore Africa News


Shelf Drilling Scoops $234M in West Africa Drilling Contracts

Oct 10, 2024

Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured $234 million in contracts and extensions for two of its jack-up drilling rigs - Shelf Drilling Achiever and Adriatic I - for work offshore West Africa.The company has now fully executed a three…

Shearwater Lands OBN Survey Job for TotalEnergies off Angola

Oct 09, 2024

Marine seismic acquisition firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a contract from TotalEnergies for an Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) data acquisition campaign offshore Angola.The deepwater OBN survey will be conducted by the dual ROV equipped SW Tasman…

Turkish Ship to Begin Oil Search off Somalia

Oct 03, 2024

A Turkish seismic research vessel plans to arrive off the coast of Somalia at the end of October and begin searching for oil and natural gas, after the countries agreed on energy cooperation, Turkey's energy ministry said on Thursday.The March…

Petrobras to Buy Stake in Oil and Gas Block Offshore South Africa

Oct 02, 2024

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has received approval from its board to acquire a 10% stake from TotalEnergies in Deep Western Orange Basin (DWOB) block, offshore South Africa.The DWOB block is located in deep waters in the Orange Basin…

International Consortium Secures Work on LNG Scheme off Mozambique

Sep 30, 2024

McDermott, through a consortium with Saipem and China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique.The project is a joint venture between ExxonMobil Development Africa…

Northern Ocean Forms Alliance with Springfield as It Secures Work for Deepsea Bollsta Rig

Sep 27, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has signed a strategic alliance agreement in Ghana and a contract with the Springfield Group for the use of the Deepsea Bollsta on a well test of the Afina 1x well, amongst other activities.The strategic…

Saipem Pre-Qualifies for Work at Libya’s Major Offshore Gas Project

Sep 26, 2024

Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem has pre-qualified to carry out EPCC works for Production Platform E – part of the $8 billion Structures A&E Development Project, which aims to increase Libya's gas production.Led by Mellitah…

Petrobras Wants a 40% Stake in Galp's Mega Oil Block in Namibia

Sep 23, 2024

Brazil's Petrobras is expected to seek the entire 40% stake of Namibia's Mopane oil and gas exploration block put up for sale by Portugal's Galp, a director at the state-run oil firm said on Monday.To operate the oil field, Petrobras would need the full 40% stake…

SBM Offshore’s FPSO for ExxonMobil’s Guyana Oil Project Takes Final Shape (Video)

Sep 19, 2024

Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has completed the final module lifts at Seatrium’s shipyard in Singapore for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit ONE Guyana, which is scheduled for departure to ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail field offshore Guyana in early 2025…

Crew Rescued from OSV That Caught Fire Off South Africa

Sep 13, 2024

Fifteen crew members have been rescued from an offshore supply vessel (OSV) that went up in flames off the coast of South Africa.The fire reportedly broke out and grew out of control in the messroom aboard the Marshall Islands registered vessel AM Pride on Thursday…

Turkey Warm to Libya's Offshore Exploration Offer

Sep 11, 2024

Turkey is interested in an offer from Tripoli to carry out energy exploration offshore Libya, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday.'Libya has offered to us to work with our seismic vessels offshore. Frankly, we are warm to this…

South Africa’s Offshore Block Granted More Time for Environmental Application

Sep 09, 2024

Canadian oil and gas exploration company Africa Energy has confirmed the extension of deadline for the submission of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for the Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, following the exit of three partners from the development announced earlier this year…

Two Shelf Drilling Jack-Ups Secure Work in West Africa

Sep 06, 2024

Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured new contract awards for two of its jack-up rigs in West Africa.The first contract is for the Shelf Drilling Mentor, covering 10 wells and an estimated duration of 450 days in direct continuation of the rig’s current campaign in Nigeria…

Shearwater Gets 4D seismic Job at Ghana’s Jubilee Field

Sep 03, 2024

Marine seismic acquisition firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 4D seismic monitoring contract for the Jubilee field in Ghana, operated by Tullow Ghana.The two-month survey will be conducted early 2025.This will be the first contract conducted by Shearwater Ghana…

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