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Aje drilling plans deferred off Nigeria

May 24, 2017

Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Co. (YFP) and its partner have decided to put drilling plans for the Aje field offshore Nigeria on hold. Map of Aje, from Panoro. The Aje-6 well was to be drilled to increase oil production from the field…

Vallianz inks OSV deals worth US$115 million

May 23, 2017

Vallianz Holdings secured long-term charter contracts for four vessels valued at up to US$115 million in total in the Middle East, Egypt, and Turkmenistan. The contracts mark Vallianz’s entry into two new markets in the Middle East and Central Asia…

Cairn finds further Senegal success

May 18, 2017

Cairn Energy’s latest SNE well offshore Senegal, SNE-6, has proved to be successful, with the confirmation of good connectivity with the SNE-5 well. Map of Senegal, from Cairn. Cairn…

Ophir's Ayamé well dry

May 15, 2017

Ophir Energy's Ayamé-1X exploration well offshore the Ivory Coast found oil, but not in significant quantities.  The well, in block CI-513, reached a total depth of 5394m true vertical depth sub sea.  The well was targeting a number…

Total inks deepwater Mauritania deal

May 12, 2017

Total has signed up to explore another deepwater block offshore Mauritania that the French giant says is in a high-potential zone. Image from Total. Total inked an exploration…

BP online at West Nile Delta

May 10, 2017

BP has achieved first gas from two fields - Taurus and Libra - in the West Nile Delta (WND), offshore Egypt, eight months ahead of schedule. Image of West Nile Delta, from BP. “The…

Ophir inks Fortuna construction contracts

May 10, 2017

Construction contracts have been awarded for Ophir Energy's Fortuna LNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea. Fortuna will be Africa’s first deepwater FLNG project and is targeted for first gas in mid-2020 at a cost of US$2 billion. The project…

Senje Berge FPSO contract termination

May 08, 2017

Oslo-listed floating production vessel operator BW Offshore has received a termination notice for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Sendje Berge, which is operating under a contract with Addax Petroleum on the Okwori field offshore Nigeria…

SLB develops fluid mapping service, SpectraSphere

May 03, 2017

Schlumberger (SLB) has released their new SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service at the 2017 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. The service delivers downhole fluid composition during drilling with real-time pressure measurements-while-drilling…

Total signs Senegal agreements

May 02, 2017

French major Total has signed two agreements with Senegal, allowing the firm to explore in Senegal’s deep and ultra-deep offshore. “These agreements are part of the company's strategy to carry out exploration activities in new deepwater…

Ophir inks umbrella agreement for Fortuna - Africa's first deepwater FLNG project

May 02, 2017

Ophir Energy's Fortuna LNG development is a step closer to reality after signing an umbrella agreement, which sets out the legal and fiscal framework for the project. Ophir, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, OneLNGSA and La Compañía…

Sticky business

May 01, 2017

Offshore enhanced oil recovery pilots in the North Sea are paving the way towards helping to get more heavy oil out of the ground. Elaine Maslin reports. Biopolymer containers on Heidrun’s deck…

Cairn, FAR to drill FAN South-1

Apr 26, 2017

FAR Ltd. and the Senegal joint venture are drilling the FAN South-1 exploration well into the Southern FAN prospect in the first pure exploration well to be drilled offshore Senegal since the discovery wells of FAN-1 and SNE-1 in 2014. Map…

SeaBird inks West Africa 2D

Apr 25, 2017

SeaBird Exploration signed a letter of award for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in West Africa. The project is due to start in Q2 2017, and will have a duration of approximately one month. SeaBird will be using the Osprey Explorer for the project.

Siem inks several global charter deals

Apr 21, 2017

Siem Offshore has lined up a string of charter contracts for its vessels with several global companies.  BHP Billiton has hired the Siem Aquamarine and Siem Amethyst AHTS vessels to support upcoming drilling work west of Australia for a firm period of 240 days…

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