Africa
VIDEO: OPITO Calls for Common Global Training Standards in Oil&Gas Industry
OPITO is heightening its campaign for common global training standards across the oil and gas industry to dramatically improve safety with the launch of a short film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkXuysJAM4&feature=player_embedded Following its world premiere at the OPITO Safety and Competence
Lekoil, Partners Stop Ogo Prospect Drilling Ops (Nigeria)
Lekoil, the oil and gas exploration and development company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, and its partners Afren plc and Optimum Petroleum Development Ltd, announces the suspension of current drilling operations at the Ogo prospect located on the OPL310 licence offshore Nigeria and a sign
Rialto Energy Appoints CFO
Rialto Energy announces that Andrew Rose, currently Interim Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Rialto Energy. Andrew’s appointment will be effective 1 December 2013, and is subject to passing of the resolutions concerning adoption of the new Performance Rights Sha
Afren: Ogo Prospect Beats Pre-Drill Expectations (Nigeria)
Afren plc and Partners Optimum Petroleum Development Ltd and Lekoil Limited announce the suspension of current drilling operations at the Ogo prospect located on the OPL 310 licence offshore Nigeria and an update on estimated gross mean recoverable resources, significantly ahead of pre-drill expecta
Oil & Gas Recruiter Petroplan Opens Sub-Saharan Africa Hub
Petroplan, the global recruiter for the oil and gas industry, is opening a new South African office. The office – Petroplan’s first in Africa – is located in Century City, a business development within the suburbs of Cape Town. It will act as a regional hub for Petroplan’s activities in Sub-Saharan
Sonde Resources: No Cash, No Farm-Out (Tunisia)
Sonde Resources Corp announced today that the North Africa farm-out agreement with Viking Exploration and Production Tunisia Limited (“Viking”) has been terminated. Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement to Viking dated October 4, 2013 (the “Assignment”), Viking had 21 calendar days (until Octo
Abdullahi: Port Concession is Huge Success (Nigeria)
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Malam Habib Abdullahi has applauded the contribution of the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) while stating that the port concession is a huge success. The Managing Director gave this commendation when the Director General of the Bureau of Pub
High Delegation Inspects Lobito Port Expansion (Angola)
On October 17, Augusto da Silva Tomás, the Minister of Transport of Angola, and a delegation of APLOP inspected the container terminal, ore terminal and dry wharf of Lobito Port Expansion Project. Lu Yunpeng, the Deputy General Manager of Angola Regional Management Center made a detailed report on t
Kosmos to Spud Eagle-1 Well Offshore Morocco in 1Q 2014
Fastnet the listed E&P company focused on near-term exploration acreage in Morocco and the Celtic Sea, notes that its partner in the Foum Assaka license, offshore Morocco, Kosmos Energy , provided a Technical Update on its exploration assets on 14 November 2013. In its presentation to analysts and
Polarcus Awarded Multiple 3D Seismic Contracts
Polarcus Limited (“Polarcus” or the “Company”) announces that the Company has received Letters of Intent from four undisclosed clients for separate 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore New Zealand, East Africa, and West Africa. The current contract backlog inclusive of the bareboat charter of Vy
Polarcus Secures Multiple Seismic Survey Contracts
Polarcus Limited has received Letters of Intent from four undisclosed clients for separate 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore New Zealand, East Africa, and West Africa. The current contract backlog inclusive of the bareboat charter of Vyacheslav Tikhonov to SCF amounts to USD 190 million and t
Angola: Lobito Port Expansion Project Gets Prestigious Award
On October 18, Lobito Port Expansion Project General Manager Department was invited to attend the 2nd anniversary of the founding of Catumbela, Angola. The mayor of Catumbela, Alice Filomena Pascoal, awarded the “Special Award of Merit of Catumbela” to the Project Management Dep. in person. The poli