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Eni axes Ocean Rig Olympia contract

Jan 21, 2016

Global offshore deepwater drilling services provider Ocean Rig UDW received a termination notice from Italian giant Eni for the Ocean Rig Olympia deepwater drillship. According to Ocean Rig, “due to the dramatic fall of the crude oil price and the volatile market context…

Eni in Mpungi start up

Jan 11, 2016

Italy’s Eni commenced production from the Mpungi field offshore Angola that will bring production ramp up in the West Hub Development Project to about 100,000 boe/d this quarter. N’Goma FPSO. Image from SBM Offshore…

ITC Global wins West Africa gigs

Dec 28, 2015

ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has announced that it has been awarded two multi-million dollar contracts, each spanning three years, to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production…

Saipem falls in 3Q, seeks investor backing

Oct 28, 2015

Eni subsidiary Saipem is asking for up to US$3.8 billion (3.5 billion EUR) in capital from its investors to scale back its debt, as the company reported a 13% drop in revenue in 3Q 2015. Image from Saipem…

Saipem racks up $680 million in new contracts

Oct 09, 2015

Saipem announced it has won new engineering and construction contracts cumulatively worth approximately US$680 million (€600 million). Included are contracts awarded by Saudi Aramco and Eni. The contract with Saudi Aramco is an EPCI job…

Technip bags Eni Angola contract

Oct 01, 2015

Technip Umbilicals Ltd. and Angoflex Ltda., Technip subsidiaries, have been awarded a contract by Eni to supply umbilicals to the Block 15/06 East Hub Development offshore Angola. This field is located approximately 350km north of Luanda…

ABB wins Bumi Angola automation deal

Jun 15, 2015

Malaysia-based Bumi Armada Berhad awarded ABB a contract to supply electrical and automation systems for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for a recently discovered oilfield off the coast of Angola. Bumi is reconfiguring the former Armada Ali supertanker…

Ocean Rig gets extension, new contract

May 18, 2015

Ocean Rig received a one-year extension from Eni Angola S.p.A for the Poseidon drillship that will last until 2Q 2017, with total contract backlog now standing at about US$367 million. Ocean Rig also entered into a new contract for the…

ExxonMobil starts Kizomba Phase 2

Apr 30, 2015

ExxonMobil started oil production at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 subsea development project off Angola. The Kizomba B FPSO. From BP. Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha…

Eni starts production of Cinguvu off Angola

Apr 29, 2015

Italian energy company Eni started production two weeks ahead of schedule at the deep offshore Cinguvu oil field in the West Hub development project in Block 15/06 offshore Angola. The development is sited 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo…

Eni receives extension off Angola

Jan 20, 2015

Italian explorer Eni obtained a three-year extension for block 15/06, offshore Angola, the company announced on 19 January. Image from Eni. The license lies approximately 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km east of Soyo town…

N'Goma now formally on hire

Jan 15, 2015

The N'Goma FPSO is now on hire to Eni after achieving a 72-hour continuous production test in early December and receiving a Production Readiness Notice (PRN). The N’Goma FPSO is operating on the West Hub, on Block 15/06 offshore Angola…

Eni, Ocean Rig extend contract

Jan 08, 2015

Eni Angola S.p.A and subsidiaries of Ocean Rig UDW entered into an agreement to extend the contract for the drillship Ocean Rig Poseidon by one year until 2Q 2017. According to the agreement, Ocean Rig agreed to adjust the existing day…

FMC to supply Eni's East Hub

Dec 18, 2014

FMC Technologies received an order worth $393 million from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater Block 15/06 East Hub development. Eni is the operator of Block 15/06, while Sonangol EP is the concessionaire…

N’Goma sailaway

Dec 09, 2014

Watch as Eni shows the journey of the N’Goma FPSO as it sails away from Singapore and arrives at the Paenal yard for module lifting. SBM Offshore discussed the makings of its Paenal Shipyard in OE's October 2014 issue. The vessel…

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