Offshore Africa News - page 119

 

FPS market expected to rise

Sep 01, 2015

Spending on floating production systems is expected to increase 73% in 2015-2019, with US$81 billion due to be spent over that period. Douglas Westwood analyst Ben Wilby sets the scene. BG Group’s Knarr FPSO…

Pipelay market outlook

Sep 01, 2015

Audrey Leon spoke with Infield Systems’ analysts James Hall and Wei Liu to get the bigger picture. According to Infield Systems, the offshore pipeline installation market over the next 12 months will be challenging. Infield has revised…

Making an impact

Sep 01, 2015

Elaine Maslin speaks with new Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) COO Ernie Lamza about his early career, his new role and the part technology has to play in the oil and gas industry. Ernie Lamza…

Cobalt, Sonangol in US$1.75 billion asset sale

Aug 24, 2015

Angola's national oil company Sonagol and Houston-based Cobalt International Energy have signed a sale and purchase agreement allowing Sonangol to acquire all of Cobalt's 40% participating interest in Blocks 21/09 and 20/11 offshore Angola for US$1…

Aquatic wins Moho Nord work

Aug 18, 2015

Aquatic Engineering and Construction Ltd. has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract on the US$10 billion Moho Nord subsea project, 75 km off the coast of the Republic of Congo, West Africa. The contract was awarded by a UK-based subcontractor working for Total E&P Congo…

Senegal green-lights Cairn campaign

Aug 18, 2015

Senegal’s government has approved UK explorer Cairn Energy’s latest plans to carry out a 3D seismic survey and a multi-well exploration program off its shores, starting this year.  The minimum three-well campaign is targeting more than…

Six die in Bristow chopper accident

Aug 13, 2015

Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Ltd. confirmed six people have died, and six survived a helicopter accident in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August. A Bristow Sikorsky S-92. Image from Bristow. The…

TAM restructures regional support

Aug 12, 2015

Image: TAM International TAM International has restructured its regional businesses into two individual hemisphere-based groups in order to achieve higher performance rates and streamline its business objectives…

UTEC names Goodyear GM

Aug 06, 2015

In Houston, UTEC Survey promoted Cory Goodyear to the position of general manager after eight years with the company.  Goodyear has 18 years’ offshore-related experience having started as a field surveyor before becoming a project manager…

Egypt awards 3 offshore blocks

Aug 06, 2015

Egypt has announced the results of its delayed 2014 exploration bid round. The round sought to find companies to explore 10 areas in the Gulf of Suez, the Eastern Desert, and east and west of the Nile. Six of those area offshore in the south Gulf of Suez…

Global SCS opens Dubai office

Aug 06, 2015

Aberdeen-based oil service company Global SCS today revealed further worldwide expansion.  The firm, part of Scotland's Global Energy Group, has just opened an office in Dubai to handle growing demand for its services in the Middle East and Africa…

Ceona partners with Interoil Angola

Aug 03, 2015

Ceona, a SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has expanded its West African reach after entering into a strategic partnership with Interoil Angola. The partnership will see Interoil Angola, which is a key player in offshore support vessel management in West Africa…

Finding an alternative

Aug 01, 2015

Already deployed off Brazil and West Africa, Jerry Lee investigates a new way to intervene on wells — from the drill pipe. Animated picture of the ocean floor properties of Vallourec. Image from Vallourec…

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…

Freeport-McMoRan fails off Morocco

Jul 28, 2015

Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas failed to intersect secondary objectives at the MZ-1 exploration well offshore Morocco after reaching a depth of 4653m within the Lower Cretaceous, according to partner Pura Vida Energy.  Wireline logs have…

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