Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni has engaged in talks during the inauguration ceremony for the Coral-Sul floating LNG (FLNG) facility to contemplate the possibility of additional FLNG projects off Mozambique. Eni disclosed on Wednesday that its representatives discussed the possibility of replicating the success of the Coral South project with further FLNG development – as well... Continue Reading →
Angola: Chevron Extends Jack-up Drilling Rig Contract
(OE) Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for its Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig. The contract is in direct continuation of its current contract for drilling operations offshore Angola until November 2023. The contract includes an additional one-year option. According to Shelf Drilling's fleet status report, the BMC Pacific 375... Continue Reading →
Shell Wraps Up Bonga FPSO Maintenance in Nigeria
(Reuters) Shell has completed a scheduled maintenance at its 200,000 barrels-per-day Bonga deep water storage and offloading vessel in Nigeria, a spokesperson said. The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company said in a statement late on Thursday that the maintenance was completed in 22 days, less than the scheduled 30 days. Bonga is typically one... Continue Reading →
Four more wells on Tullow’s drilling agenda off Ghana
(OET) London-headquartered oil and gas company Tullow Oil is planning to drill four new wells at a field located offshore Ghana, which are expected to be brought on stream in 2023. Tullow Oil announced it is planning to drill two new production wells at Jubilee South East before the end of the year, and a... Continue Reading →
Saipem Wins Offshore Drilling Contracts Worth $800M
Italian energy industry services firm Saipem said Wednesday it had secured new offshore drilling contracts, three in the Middle East and two in West Africa, worth around $800 million in total. In the Middle East, two new contracts have been awarded for two high-specification jack-up drilling units, the Perro Negro 12 and Perro Negro 13,... Continue Reading →
Mozambique’s Coral Sul FLNG Ships First LNG Cargo
(OE) The Italian oil and gas company Eni, the operator of the the Coral South project offshore Mozambique, said Monday that the first shipment of LNG produced from the Coral gas field, in the ultra-deep waters of the Rovuma Basin, had departed from the Coral Sul FLNG facility. The Coral Sul is Mozambique's first LNG project... Continue Reading →
Milan court rejects Nigeria’s compensation request against Eni, Shell
(Reuters) - An appeals court in Milan on Friday rejected Nigeria's $1.092 billion compensation request against Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI) and Shell (SHEL.L) in civil proceedings relating to a $1.3 billion oilfield deal. The decision was read out in court. In July, prosecutors had dropped related criminal proceedings, clearing Eni and Shell, as well as managers including Eni... Continue Reading →
Production restart from FPSO operating off Brazil expected by year-end
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore is putting the wheels into motion to resume production by the end of the year from a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working for Petrobras offshore Brazil. Back in January 2022, oil was observed close to the FPSO Cidade de Anchieta – designed for pre-salt production of the Baleia Azul, Jubarte and Pirambu fields in... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Strikes First Discovery in Angola Block 15 in Nearly 20 Years
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has made a discovery at the Bavuca South-1 exploration well at the Block 15, offshore Angola. The well encountered 30 meters (98 feet) of high-quality, hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone. It is located approximately 365 kilometers northwest off the coast of Luanda and was drilled in 1,100 meters (3,608 feet) of water. ExxonMobil usied the... Continue Reading →
Sparrows Wins FPSO Crane Maintenance Deal in Ghana
Energy industry engineering and maintenance services company Sparrows Group has secured a two-year contract to provide crane maintenance services onboard Tullow Oil’s FPSO Kwame Nkrumah at the Jubilee offshore oil field in Ghana. Sparrows will be responsible for the maintenance, performance, and reliability of the main deck cranes installed and in operation onboard the FPSO... Continue Reading →