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Drilling & Completion
Morocco partners plan further wells
Repsol could drill two exploration wells next year on the Tanger-Larache concession offshore Morocco, according to partner Dana Petroleum.
Bowleven upbeat on Etinde tests
Bowleven has completed its testing program on the IE-3 appraisal well on the Etinde permit, offshore Cameroon.
Anadarko hits second Mozambique discovery
Anadarko’s latest exploration well off Mozambique has found oil in the Ironclad structure.
Field Development
Total launches fourth Angola stand-alone project
Total has initiated development of the four-field CLOV project in Angola deepwater block 17.
Esso open to offers for Congo stake
Esso Exploration and Production Congo is seeking strategic alternatives for its 30% interest in the deepwater 3,818-sq km (1,474-sq mi) Mer Tres Profonde Sud block (MTPS).
Cove moves into Kenya deepwater play
Cove Energy has conditionally agreed to farm into five contiguous deepwater blocks offshore Kenya.
Subsea
Water-based fluid for Aseng subsea controls
Castrol Offshore is supplying Transaqua HT2, a water-based hydraulic control fluid, for use with the Aseng project surface and subsea production control systems off Equatorial Guinea.
Geology & Geophysics
Hyperdynamics launches Guinea seismic campaign
The Petroleum Geo-Services’ Ramform Challenger has left Conakry to shoot a 3D seismic program for Hyperdynamics Corp.
OMEL contracts 3D seismic for offshore Nigeria
OMEL Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd. has contracted Polarcus Ltd. with partner Sonar Ltd. to acquire 530 sq km (205 sq mi) of 3D seismic data over OPL279 offshore Nigeria.
Kirk takes charge of Angola block 31 cores
Core handling specialist Kirk Petrophysics has won a storage contract to support BP’s drilling campaign in deepwater block 31 off Angola. |
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Pipeline & Transportation
Polymer liner to protect block 31 riser off Angola
Swagelining is to supply its polymer lining system for a 14-in. (35-cm) water injection riser for BP’s block 31 project offshore Angola.
Production
Jubilee moving towards first oil
The FPSO Kwame Nkrumah is moored above the deepwater Jubilee field, having arrived in Ghana last month.
Production building at deepwater Congo field
Murphy Oil has brought onstream a third producer well at the Azurite oil field in the Mer Profond Sud block off Republic of Congo.
Rigs/Vessels
Ebok FSO set to depart for Nigeria
A floating storage and offloading vessel will shortly leave the Yulian shipyard in China for the Afren-operated Ebok field development off southeast Nigeria.
Total extends West Africa FSO contracts
SBM Offshore has agreed to contract extensions with Total for two floating storage units in service off West Africa.
Ullswater heads for Angola
Hallin Marine says its Ullswater service vessel is going to Angola to conduct a saturation diving contract. |
Oil and gas resource estimates for Tullow Oil’s acreage offshore Ghana are moving up, according to Raymond James & Associates.
Angola is set for significant expansion of offshore oil and gas developments in the short- and medium-term, according to a recent country briefing by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The African Union (AU) will meet today and Thursday at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the second Conference of Ministers responsible for hydrocarbons.
