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Sterling drops out of Ambilobe, off Madagascar

Apr 28, 2016

Sterling Energy UK has issued a notice of withdrawal from the Ambilobe block, offshore Madagascar to its joint venture partner Pura Vida Mauritius. Following the withdrawal, Sterling will cease to be the operator of the Ambilobe block…

UNITECH deploys 3000th UH-500 Connector at Moho

Apr 28, 2016

Subsea distribution systems specialist UNITECH has deployed its 3000th UH-500 Series connector on the Total E&P Congo-operated MOHO Nord subsea project, located around 75km off the coast of Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo.  First introduced in 1996…

Hess takes loss, drops 34% in revenue

Apr 27, 2016

Hess Corp. recorded a US$509 million loss in Q1, in addition to a 34% drop in its revenue. Image from Hess. The loss is much wider than the Q1 2015 loss of $389 million. The decrease…

DOF supports Eni's OCTP project

Apr 20, 2016

DOF Subsea has been awarded more than US$61.6 million (NOK 500 million) in IMR and subsea installation contracts in several regions, including key work on Eni's OCTP project offshore Ghana. DOF was awarded an FPSO mooring installation…

DeepOcean lands Tullow Ghana contract

Apr 14, 2016

DeepOcean and Tullow have entered a three-year contract for vessel operations, offshore Ghana. DeepOcean’s Ghana arm will provide a light construction vessel (LCV) to Tulllow Ghana in the agreement, which comes with options for two further years…

AccessESP names Europe, Africa region manager

Apr 11, 2016

Rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) provider AccessESP has named John Algeroy as the Europe and Africa region manager. Based in Houston, he will be responsible for all marketing, sales and operations for clients throughout the region…

Tullow delays Jubilee restart

Apr 08, 2016

Tullow Oil is pushing back the start up of production at its Jubilee field offshore Ghana by an additional two weeks, after finding more damage to the Kwame Nkrumah floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit. Image of the Kwame Nkrumah…

TRIYARDS newbuild wins OSJ award

Apr 07, 2016

The TRIYARDS Holdings built Lewek Constellation ice-class DP3 multi-lay vessel, was named Support Vessel of the Year at the 2016 Offshore Support Journal (OSJ) Awards. Only offshore support vessels (OSVs) deemed to have raised the bar…

Aminex starts Kiliwani North off Tanzania

Apr 06, 2016

Africa-focused oil and gas production and development company Aminex started first gas production from its Kiliwani North gas field, offshore Tanzania. Map of Kiliwani North and Songo Songo, from Aminex…

Tullow to start Jubliee production this week

Apr 05, 2016

Tullow Oil is set to start up production at its Jubilee field offshore Ghana later this week, after declaring force majeure on two cargoes last month. Image of the Kwame Nkrumah, from Tullow. In a statement from the company…

Bucking the trend

Apr 01, 2016

Chad Barnes reports that contrary to current industry norms, contracting activity in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region is on the rise. The Eastern Mediterranean gas landscape and a focus on Egypt…

Sea of opportunity

Apr 01, 2016

Heather Saucier examines the geology of the Mediterranean and North African region, and assesses where more discoveries could be made. The location of four assessment units in the Nile Delta Basin Province in the Eastern Mediterranean…

Maersk cuts Chissonga jobs in Houston, Angola

Mar 31, 2016

Some 100 job cuts are being made at Maersk Oil as the company struggles with improving returns on its unsanctioned Chissonga project in Angola that will see the closing of its Houston office and reducing its staff in Luanda. Image…

MX Oil Aje stake sale stalled

Mar 30, 2016

GEC Petroleum Development Co. (GPDC) is delaying a deal with MX Oil to acquire 5% interest in the Aje field offshore Nigeria in order for the company to gather the appropriate funds for the sale. GPDC is in the process of finalizing its…

Island Constructor mobilizes to Oyo field

Mar 29, 2016

Houston-based Erin Energy has mobilized the Island Constructor light well intervention (LWI) vessel to the Oyo field, offshore Nigeria. The Island Constructor, from Island Offshore. The…

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