West Africa
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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.
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September 28, 2018
Talks between a Nigerian oil labor union and Chevron Corp. over the U.S. energy giant’s plan to fire thousands of workers resumed Friday, the union said.
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September 25, 2018
Aker Energy and Maersk Drilling have agreed upon a new contract that will send deepwater drillship Maersk Viking from the Gulf of Mexico to Ghana to start drilling an appraisal well during fourth-quarter 2018.
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September 18, 2018
TGS has announced its first regional offshore MSGBC SeaSeep Project in the Northwest Africa Atlantic Margin.
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September 14, 2018
Two of the world’s biggest oil companies are stepping up buying and selling of West African crude at the same time as a new regional swaps market has emerged, as merchants seek new ways to eke out profits in a tough trading environment.
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September 10, 2018
Savannah Petroleum PLC, the British independent oil and gas company focused around activities in Niger and Nigeria, this morning announces that the fifth well in its current Niger drilling campaign, Zomo-1, was spudded on Sept. 8, 2018.
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August 27, 2018
ONS is proud to be hosting the first ever Ghanaian Pavilion to appear at an ONS 2018. You will find the Ghanaian Pavilion at ONS 2018, in Hall 4, stand 4300.
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August 27, 2018
Oando Plc is looking to boost crude output from next year as the Nigerian producer breaks the back of a $2.5 billion debt burden built up through the 2014 acquisition of oil and gas assets from U.S. giant ConocoPhillips.
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August 22, 2018
FAR Limited has selected its final well location for the upcoming Samo-1 well in its Gambian exploration program.
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August 15, 2018
Savannah Petroleum PLC, the British independent oil and gas company focused around oil and gas activities in Niger and Nigeria, has announced that the Eridal-1 exploration well is an oil discovery.
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August 08, 2018
Savannah Petroleum, the British independent oil and gas company focused around oil and gas activities in Niger and Nigeria, is pleased to announce the signature of a legally binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Savannah’s Niger subsidiary (Savannah Niger) and the Republic of Niger.
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August 08, 2018
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been handed the position keeping role for installation of the Egina FPSO, offshore Nigeria.
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August 07, 2018
After decades of difficulties in Nigeria over crude theft, pollution and oil-related corruption, Royal Dutch Shell Plc still feels optimistic a fossil fuel can improve life in the country.
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July 30, 2018
Savannah Petroleum PLC, the West African focused British independent oil and gas company, this morning announces that the fourth well in its current Niger drilling campaign, Eridal-1, was spudded on July 27, 2018. Eridal-1 is located on the R3 portion of the R3/R4 PSC Area in the Agadem basin, south east Niger.
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July 23, 2018
A giant refrigerator will replace the village Jonas Alide Saide has called home for 70 years and he’s not happy about it.
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July 23, 2018
Shell signed two production sharing contracts with the government of Mauritania for the exploration and potential future production of hydrocarbons in offshore blocks C-10 and C-19.
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July 20, 2018
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in talks to sell two Nigerian oil licenses in an area that’s at the heart of environmental and human rights controversies for $2 billion, according to people familiar with the plan.
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July 11, 2018
Nigeria is taking its first steps to expand its LNG capacity by a third, outlining a $12-billion program to keep up with the world’s biggest producers.
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July 11, 2018
Savannah Petroleum announce its third consecutive discovery in the R3/R4 PSC Area, southeast Niger.
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July 2018
Hydraulic screen technology in sand control completion can maximize asset value while providing a simpler, more flexible installation that improves reliability.
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July 04, 2018
Eni has started gas production from Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Integrated Oil and Gas Project, in Ghana, on schedule during the past weekend.
