West Africa
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January 20, 2019
Nigeria’s state-owned oil company said it’s in talks with financiers to raise as much as $4.1 billion and will seek to sign service deals to increase production from three leases.
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January 16, 2019
Airborne Oil & Gas B.V. has been awarded a contract from TOTAL to supply a TCP (Thermoplastic Composite Pipe) Jumper for a deepwater project in West Africa.
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January 16, 2019
Tullow Oil plc issues this statement to summarize recent operational activities and to provide trading guidance in respect of the financial year to Dec. 31, 2018.
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January 2019
Total—alongside partners CNOOC Limited (45%), Petrobras (16%) and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (15%)—has begun producing from Egina field, about 93 mi off the coast of Nigeria.
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January 08, 2019
China’s crude oil purchases from the Middle East and West Africa dropped to a four-month low in December, following a buying binge the previous month that saw the Asian country’s stockpiles swell.
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January 02, 2019
Total has started up production on Dec. 29, 2018 from Egina field, located in around 1,600 m of water depths, 150 km off the coast of Nigeria.
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December 21, 2018
BP and partners today announced that the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Phase 1 of the innovative cross-border Greater Tortue Ahmeyim development has been agreed.
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December 20, 2018
Total SA is poised to start exports of crude from a major new offshore field in Nigeria, adding to global supplies at a time when oil prices are plunging.
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December 13, 2018
The government of Nigeria is suing Royal Dutch Shell, Eni and other companies for more than $1 billion over a 2011 oil deal it says was tainted by corruption.
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December 2018
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November 27, 2018
Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions in conjunction with Maerlin Nigeria Ltd, its local partner, has been awarded a contract by FIRST Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Ltd (FIRST E&P) to design, engineer and install two non-identical Sea Swift conductor-supported offshore platforms in the Niger Delta Basin.
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November 09, 2018
Senegal is considering raising royalties and taking a bigger stake in oil and natural gas projects as part of the West African nation’s overhaul of its oil code, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg.
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November 07, 2018
U.S. sanctions on Iran won’t necessarily translate into a global shortage of oil, according to Nigerian Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.
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November 01, 2018
Polarcus Limited has received an award for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa.
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October 29, 2018
When it comes to the future of its oil industry, Nigeria is looking miles out to sea.
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October 26, 2018
FAR Limited advises that drilling has commenced on the Samo-1 exploration well in block A2, offshore The Gambia. The Stena Drillmax arrived on site on Sunday, Oct. 21, and after standard pre-drill operations, the well was successfully spudded.
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October 26, 2018
FAR Limited announces that the Development and Exploitation Plan for the SNE oil field offshore Senegal has been submitted to the Government of Senegal by the Joint Venture.
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October 24, 2018
Exxon Mobil resumed talks with Ghana Oil as the major nears a deadline to find a local exploration partner at an offshore field.
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October 16, 2018
UTEC, a global surveying company in subsea services group Acteon, successfully commissioned its new launch and recovery system (LARS) for the fleet of seven autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) it uses for seabed surveys in the oil and renewables industries.
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October 05, 2018
Savannah Petroleum PLC has announced the result of the Zomo-1 exploration well as an oil discovery.
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October 02, 2018
China is set to boost its crude imports from West Africa to the highest in at least seven years this month as the trade war with the U.S. prompts the Asian nation’s refiners to find alternatives.
