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Woodside exits Tanzania PSA

May 27, 2015

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 reaches 2 billion bbl off Angola

May 27, 2015

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 strikes Libyan gas and condensate

May 26, 2015

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 drops out of Nigeria block

May 20, 2015

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 wins Angola work

May 19, 2015

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 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…

Erin’s Oyo ups production

May 18, 2015

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 in further Tortue find

May 18, 2015

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…

Mozambique LNG a step closer

May 18, 2015

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…

Gambia grants Erin extension

May 15, 2015

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 gets Namibia operatorship

May 12, 2015

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%…

Accommodation modules reach Perenco Rio del Rey

May 11, 2015

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 crew released from kidnappers

May 11, 2015

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, Enpro Subsea in well intervention MOU

May 11, 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…

Cairn outlines major Senegal exploration plan

May 11, 2015

UK-based explorer Cairn Energy is ramping up its exploration and appraisal work offshore Senegal following the firm’s two major discoveries in the country made last year.  Cairn is planning a “very ambitious” three-year evaluation plan…

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