Zambezi Delta News


Statoil cleared for Oseberg drilling

Nov 23, 2015

Statoil is the operator for production license 104 and has received consent to drill exploration well 30/89 S on the Oseberg field. Statoil has allocated 54 days for the activity and will be drilling with the Songa Delta, in approximately 99m water depth…

ExxonMobil leads Mozambique winning pack

Oct 29, 2015

Mozambique is looking forward to some US$691 million spending on exploration after naming successful bidders in its fifth licensing round.   ExxonMobil, with partner Rosneft, has led the pack in bids to win new acreage, including deepwater areas…

Damen, Delta Marine construct new vessel design

Oct 21, 2015

Image: RSV 3315 artist's design/Damen Shipyards Group The close working relationship between Delta Marine and the Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design – called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315…

Nexans supplies West Nile Delta umbilicals

Sep 17, 2015

Nexans has been awarded the contract to deliver 48km of static umbilicals to BP, and partner DEA, for the West Nile Delta Taurus Libra project in Egypt. The Taurus Libra development is a subsea project tied in to existing BG Group operated Burullus facilities…

Statoil adds to Oseberg Delta resources

Sep 04, 2015

Statoil to develop new small discovery in the 30/9-27 S in production license 104 as part of Oseberg Delta project. The well was drilled about 7km west of the Oseberg Sør-field in the northern part of the North Sea, 150km west of Bergen…

Total, Eni, Exxon bet on Mozambique

Aug 03, 2015

Three majors are vying for the same block offshore Mozambique in Mozambique's fifth licensing round, according to the round application details released by the country's National Petroleum Institute (INP) today.  It reveals that ExxonMobil…

Exxon, Rosneft in Mozambique JV

Jul 30, 2015

Russia’s Rosneft and US-based ExxonMobil filed joint bids to participate in Mozambique’s fifth licensing round scheduled to close today (30 July). Map of the Angoche, Zambezi basins. From Mozambique National Petroleum Institute…

Subsea 7 on BP's West Nile Delta

Jul 30, 2015

Subsea 7 has won a contract worth about US$500 million from BP for the development of the Taurus and Libra subsea fields offshore Alexandria, Egypt.  The contract is the first phase of Egypt's West Nile Delta project where field development will be at depths of approximately 800m…

Piracy continues

Jul 01, 2015

A change in Nigerian leadership will not end piracy risks to companies that operate oil and gas assets offshore West Africa. AKE Group’s Laura Barber weighs in. A ship uses fire hose defense. Image from US Naval Institute…

McDermott wins Otis subsea work

Jun 23, 2015

Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration Offshore (LLOG) awarded Houston-based McDermott International a lump sum contract to support LLOG’s Otis development located in the Gulf of Mexico. LV 105. From McDermott…

BP gains West Nile Delta stake

May 18, 2015

BP increased its interest in the US$12 billion West Nile Delta (WND) project in Egypt after partner DEA farmed down its stake. Map of Nile Delta. From DEA. According to DEA, the…

Delta SubSea gets Olympic Delta vessel

May 11, 2015

Delta SubSea entered into an agreement with Olympic Shipping for the Olympic Delta, a newly built multipurpose subsea support and construction vessel. Image of the Olympic Delta. From Delta SubSea…

Delta SubSea and VEGA to develop hydrate localization tool

Apr 30, 2015

Delta SubSea signed a development agreement with VEGA to develop a subsea gamma ray hydrate localization tool known as EUREKA. The EUREKA will be developed to locate hydrate plug formations. The tool will use a non-contact technology…

OneSubsea inks BP West Nile Delta gig

Apr 23, 2015

OneSubsea is getting a piece of BP’s West Nile Delta Taurus Libra development offshore Egypt by snagging a multi-million dollar subsea contract. Image from OneSubsea. The scope…

Delta House flows

Apr 17, 2015

Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration Co. began production from the Delta House floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House. From LLOG. Delta House is located in Mississippi Canyon 254…

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