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Oct. 30 (OE) Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured approximately $560 million in new rig contracts across Africa, South America and Norway since its July fleet status report, bringing its contracted backlog to $6.7 billion. The awards span six drilling rigs and include exploration, development drilling, plug and abandonment (P&A) and light well intervention... Continue Reading →
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Angola intends to implement faster exploration concessions from next year as part of a new long-term hydrocarbon strategy that aims to attract investment and stimulate oil and gas production, a senior government official said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Cape Town. Here are some details: The 25-year plan... Continue Reading →
Sept. 14 (OE) Saipem has been awarded a contract worth about $350 million for subsea work on Azule Energy's West Hub Tails oil project offshore Angola, part of the wider Agogo Integrated West Hub Development. The project is located about 180 kilometers offshore Angola in water depths of up to 1,750 meters. Under the contract... Continue Reading →
Sept. 10 (OE) TotalEnergies has made a new oil discovery at Acacia-5 in Angola's Block 17 and expects to bring it into production just three months after the June 2026 discovery, while expanding its exploration portfolio with operated interests in two additional offshore blocks. The Acacia-5 development will use available capacity on the Pazflor FPSO... Continue Reading →
Sept. 9 (OE) ExxonMobil has made a new hydrocarbon discovery at the Vicango East-01 exploration well in Angola’s offshore Block 15, marking the third discovery in the prolific block in the past four years. The well encountered about 25 metres (82 feet) of high-quality, hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone with porosity of 22%, Angola’s National Oil, Gas and... Continue Reading →
Aug. 27 (oilprice.com) Alongside boosting exploration and production offshore its home market Norway, Equinor is pursuing an international growth strategy, aiming to significantly increase its overseas oil and gas output by focusing on fewer but more lucrative regions such as the U.S., Brazil, and Angola. In recent years, Equinor has streamlined and high-graded its portfolio... Continue Reading →
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Chevron said on Monday it had discovered oil and gas condensate at an exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola, adding to its push to increase production in sub-Saharan Africa through infrastructure-led exploration. Western and southern Africa are among regions drawing fresh attention as growth in U.S. shale tops out. Angola, sub-Saharan... Continue Reading →
Aug. 6 (Reuters) Angola's state-owned oil company Sonangol and concessionaire ANPG said on Thursday that the Katambi-2 offshore appraisal well crossed two productive intervals and confirmed good quality reservoirs. Initial tests recorded a stabilised production rate of 41 million standard cubic feet (MMscfd) of gas and 1,160 barrels a day (bpd) of condensate in the... Continue Reading →
June 25 (OE) Baker Hughes has secured a significant contract award from Azule Energy to supply subsea production systems for the Greater PAJ development offshore Angola. Under the agreement, Baker Hughes will provide deepwater horizontal tree systems for the ultra-deepwater greenfield project, as well as subsea control modules, intervention workover control systems and associated connection,... Continue Reading →
June 22 (Reuters) - Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, and its partners have approved the $5.1 billion Greater PAJ offshore oil project in Angola, company and government officials said at a signing ceremony on Monday. Partners in the project, Angola's first integrated cross-block development, include Norway's Equinor, Angola's oil and gas agency... Continue Reading →
