Floating LNG – it’s a big business, taking decades to develop and involving the world’s largest vessels and cutting edge technology. Or is it? Elaine Maslin explains how operator Ophir Energy is taking a different tack off West Africa. Block R…
Aberdeenshire-based ThinJack has entered into a deal with a Middle East oil and gas company for the removal of multiple well Christmas trees on surface platforms in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. The deal could be ThinJack’s largest ever agreement in the region…
Forum Energy Technologies delivered nine of its largest subsea Pig Launchers and Receivers (PLRs) and laydown heads to a project in North Africa. The PLRs have been deployed as part of a development of nine subsea wells, which vary from 4-24in size…
Ezra subsidiaries EMAS Offshore and EMAS Energy have secured new contract awards and letters of intent amounting to approximately US$40 million, including options, since the start of Q3 FY2016. EMAS Energy’s new contract award will see…
Cooper Energy has agreed the terms of its exit from the Nabeul Permit, offshore Tunisia, with the country's government. The Nabeul joint venture has agreed to pay compensation of US$3.2 million to fulfill its remaining permit obligations that previously included drilling a well…
Just 10 months after the discovery at the Nooros field offshore Egypt, Italian giant Eni has increased production at the field to some 65,000 boe/d. Image from Eni. The milestone…
West Africa’s reputation as a place to work in has never been that high in the eyes of many offshore oil and gas workers, particularly Nigeria. After a period of relative calm, recent events have put oil firms in Nigeria back on high alert…
Norwegian seismic firm Polarcus has received a letter of intent from Spanish oil major Repsol for a broadband 3D survey offshore Morocco, to start Q3 this year. Repsol has exploration rights over two exploration blocks in Morocco, one offshore in the Gharb basin…
DMWA Resources, an oil and gas advisory, exploration and production, and trading firm, has begun offering its services on the African continent. The firm will capitalize on the African knowledge and experience of its management, and leverage…
Pura Vida Energy has taken over operatorship in the Ambilobe block, offshore Madagascar, east Africa, following the withdrawal of Sterling Energy from the license. The move means Pura Vida now also has 100% interest in the license and means additional strategic options will be available…
Sweden-based PA Resources reported that the company's wholly owned subsidiaries, PA Resources Tunisia, Hydrocarbures Tunisie Didon, Hydrocarbures Didon Jersey and Hydrocarbures Tunisie Corporation, have executed a sale and purchase agreement with ETAP…
In this illustrated video, Italian giant Eni give an overview of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project that is located offshore Ghana. The existing project involves the development of multiple subsea wells tied back to a FPSO…
Dallas, Texas-based Kosmos Energy has laid claim to more than 25 Tcf of gas in the Senegal-Mauritania fairway after making its latest gas discovery. Kosmos says the “significant” Teranga-1 deepwater exploration well, in the Cayar Offshore Profond block…
Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum has successfully drilled its first horizontal deepwater well offshore the Ivory Coast. The firm encountered 100ft net of true vertical thickness (TVT) pay on the Paon-5A well using Bolette Dolphin drillship…
Mark Smith, Staci Stephenson and Brent Fergurson, of Oceaneering International, show how NASA’s neutral buoyancy lab is helping cut costs and cut risks involved in subsea initiatives. Deployment of MIL 27 ROV at the NBL…