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Drilling & Completion

Afren plans more development in Ebok area offshore Nigeria

Afren has started front-end engineering design and fabrication planning for a new wellhead platform and production unit for the Okoro field extension offshore Nigeria.

Total steps up deepwater E&P drilling offshore Gabon

Total says the Ocean Rig Olympia is drilling the Diaman-1 exploration well on the Diaba license offshore Gabon in 1,700 m (5,577 ft) water depth.

Tullow prepares for busy drilling schedule offshore West Africa

Tullow Oil plans to step up exploration drilling offshore West Africa over the coming months.

Field Development

Afren plans more development in Ebok area offshore Nigeria

Afren has started front-end engineering design and fabrication planning for a new wellhead platform and production unit for the Okoro field extension offshore Nigeria.

Total steps up deepwater E&P drilling offshore Gabon

Total says the Ocean Rig Olympia is drilling the Diaman-1 exploration well on the Diaba license offshore Gabon in 1,700 m (5,577 ft) water depth.

Nexans heated cables to protect Lianzi subsea pipeline

Subsea 7 has awarded Nexans a $33-million contract for Chevron’s Lianzi oil field development.

Subsea

BP orders deepwater sampling kit for offshore Angola fields

BP has contracted Proserv to design and manufacture a subsea sampling system for the PSVM multi-field deepwater development offshore Angola.

Nexans heated cables to protect Lianzi subsea pipeline

Subsea 7 has awarded Nexans a $33-million contract for Chevron’s Lianzi oil field development.

Jumbo installs subsea structures offshore South Africa

Jumbo has deployed five subsea structures at PetroSA’s Ikhwezi project offshore South Africa.

Geology & Geophysics

Afren plans more development in Ebok area offshore Nigeria

Afren has started front-end engineering design and fabrication planning for a new wellhead platform and production unit for the Okoro field extension offshore Nigeria.

Foum Draa well to target deepwater Cretaceous plays offshore Morocco

Cairn Energy says preparations are under way for the planned first well on the Foum Draa permit offshore Morocco.

BGP concludes seismic survey offshore Madagascar

BGP has completed a speculative 2D multi-client survey over the west Morondava region offshore Madagascar.

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Pipeline & Transportation

Nexans heated cables to protect Lianzi subsea pipeline

Subsea 7 has awarded Nexans a $33-million contract for Chevron’s Lianzi oil field development.

Fighting halts Libyan subsea gas exports

Eni (MI:ENI;NYSE:E) has reportedly suspended gas deliveries from Libya to Italy via the Greenstream pipeline n the Mediterranean Sea.

SOCAR, Gasol team for Benin FSRU

West African energy development company Gasol plc has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Socar Trading S.A. in relation to Gasol’s proposed LNG import project in Benin.

Production

Ponticelli adapting Nigeria platforms for next-phase Ofon production

Total's Ofon Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria calls for construction of four new platforms for the shallow water Ofon field.

Equatorial Guinea offshore field on course for summer start

The Noble-operated Alen field development in block I offshore Equatorial Guinea is nearing completion.

Anadarko's Rovuma basin plans take shape

Only a few years back, Mozambique was barely a blip on the oil and gas radar.

Rigs/Vessels

Sedco Express crew plays key role in offshore rescue

Transocean says its ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig, Sedco Express (EXS), was working offshore Nigeria for customer Eni when it received news of a nearby fuel tanker on fire.

MacGregor to supply cranes for new Nigeria IMR vessel

A new subsea IMR vessel under construction by Havyard in Norway will feature two MacGregor cranes.

Ofon accommodation construction on schedule

Nigeria's most "home-made" living quarters platform to date should sail out later this year to Total's Ofon field.

Africa Offshore Oil & Gas News

Afren plans more development in Ebok area offshore Nigeria

Afren has started front-end engineering design and fabrication planning for a new wellhead platform and production unit for the Okoro field extension offshore Nigeria.

Foum Draa well to target deepwater Cretaceous plays offshore Morocco

Cairn Energy says preparations are under way for the planned first well on the Foum Draa permit offshore Morocco.

Total steps up deepwater E&P drilling offshore Gabon

Total says the Ocean Rig Olympia is drilling the Diaman-1 exploration well on the Diaba license offshore Gabon in 1,700 m (5,577 ft) water depth.