UTEC NCS Survey, an Acteon company, has recently completed three months of AUV operations for a number of Saipem projects located in West Africa. UTEC NCS performed pre-lay and as-laid surveys using their Gavia autonomous underwater…
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum will exit the Lake Tanganyika South block it farmed into last July, according to partner Beach Energy. Beach Energy made the announcement on 27 May that Woodside decided not to enter the next phase of exploration on the production sharing agreement (PSA)…
Total achieved a milestone of producing a cumulative 2 billion bbl from its operated deep offshore Block 17 located 150km off the coast of Angola, Africa. CLOV. From Total. With the recent start up of CLOV…
Eni has made a new gas and condensate discovery offshore Libya. The discovery is in the Bouri North A1-1/1 exploration well in 125m water depth, in Area D, 140km from the coast and 20km north of the Bouri production field. Eni says…
SacOil terminated its joint venture with Nigeria’s Nigdel United Oil Co. that includes its participation in the oil production license 233, offshore Nigeria. Image from SacOil. The…
Dynamic Industries International received authorization to begin work in Angola. The scope of work includes the fabrication of piping spools for a client’s produced water upgrade project. Roger Westerlind, executive VP and chief…
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…
Erin Energy Corp.’s Oyo-8 well located in OML 120 offshore Nigeria has exceeded expectations and is currently producing at a stabilized rate of 7080 b/d. Erin Energy is the operator and has a 100% interest in the well. Oyo-8 flare up…
Kosmos Energy hit additional hydrocarbon pay at its Tortue-1 exploration well offshore Mauritania, western North Africa. Mauritania map. From Kosmos. Tortue-1 is located in Block C8…
Anadarko’s offshore Mozambique Offshore Area 1 development has taken a step closer with the signing of contractors for the onshore LNG terminal. A consortium consisting of CB&I, Chiyoda Corp. and Saipem were picked following a front end engineering and design (FEED) tender process…
Houston-based, Africa-focused explorer Erin Energy, formerly CAMAC, has been granted a 24-month extension on two of its offshore Gambia licenses. Erin Energy, which operates the blocks with 100% interest, received approval to extend the…
AziNam, an offshore, Namibia-based exploration company, received government approval to assume operatorship of Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 34 offshore Namibia. During 2014, AziNam increased its working interest in PEL 34 from 20% to 40%…
This month, Jumbo Javelin transported two massive accommodation modules from Trogir, Croatia, to Limbe, Cameroon, in one go for Perenco Rio del Rey. The basin has seen recent development activity since Cameroon's state oil company, National Hydrocarbons Corp…
Bourbon confirmed that the three Nigerian crew members abducted on board the Surfer 1440 off the coast of Nigeria on 8 April 2015, have been released. According to Bourbon, the three are in good health and arrived at Port Harcourt on 8 May 2015…
GE Oil & Gas and Enpro Subsea entered in an agreement to jointly market and provide fluid intervention services that offer oil and gas operators a cost-effective way to improve production rates in producing wells. The companies have signed…
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