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Drilling & Completion: Africa

Ophir drilling first deepwater well offshore Ghana

The drillship Stena DrillMax has spudded the Starfish-1 exploratory well in the Accra block offshore Ghana.

Ocean Rig plans to drill deepwater West Africa with Skyros

Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ:ORIG) has a letter of award for use of its deepwater drillship Ocean Rig Skyros for five wells or at least 275 days offshore West Africa.

Atwood Achiever to drill offshore Morocco for Kosmos

Kosmos Energy has awarded Atwood Oceanics a drilling services contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Atwood Achiever for an exploration program offshore Morocco. 

HRT spuds second deepwater well offshore Namibia

The semisubmersible Transocean Marianas has started drilling a second exploration well offshore Namibia for HRT Walvis Petroleum.

No let-up seen in demand for newer ultra-deepwater rigs

Seadrill expects to take delivery this year of nine newbuild rigs, comprising two ultra-deepwater drillships, five high-spec jackups, one tender rig, and one harsh environment jackup.

Tullow to continue light oil search offshore Côte d’Ivoire

Tullow Oil has found small quantities of gas/condensate with its latest exploratory well offshore Côte d’Ivoire.

Etinde well offshore Cameroon proves high liquids content

Bowleven subsidiary EurOil has discovered gas with its latest appraisal/development well in the Etinde concession offshore Cameroon.

First Repsol offshore Namibia wildcat slated for 2014

Repsol is expected to drill a well offshore Namibia by mid-2014, according to partner Tower Resources.

AGR to manage offshore Africa well campaign

AGR Petroleum Services will provide well management services for Genel Energy’s first North/West Africa offshore drilling campaign.

Labat agrees to terms for offshore Namibia entry

Labat Africa is set to take a majority interest in five petroleum exploration blocks offshore Namibia.

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