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Top News of The Week Oct 28 – Nov 2, 2013
Seaway Heavy Lifting Nets Offshore Installation Job in Mexico Seaway Heavy Lifting wins contract with Permaducto for an offshore installation project in Mexico. Permaducto SA de CV is a company of Grupo Protexa SA de CV. On Friday 18th October Seaway Heavy Lifting signed a contract with Permaducto t
Top News – October 28 to November 3, 2013
VIDEO: Van Oord to Extend Port of Constanţa’s Breakwater (Romania) The Romanian Ministry of Transport has awarded Van Oord the contract to extend the breakwater in the Port of Constanţa. President of Somalia Welcomes Leading Dutch Businesses His Excellency Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of t
Lekoil Raises $97 Mln to Fund Offshore Exploration in Nigeria
Lekoil, the oil and gas exploration and development company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, announces, further to the announcement made yesterday afternoon, that it has entered into a placing agreement with Mirabaud Securities LLP and has conditionally raised, in aggregate, gross proceeds o
Statoil Appoints New Tanzania Country Manager
Øystein Michelsen has been appointed Tanzania country manager in Development and Production International, Sub-Saharan Africa (DPI SAF) in Statoil. Michelsen will report to DPI SAF senior vice president Tove Stuhr Sjøblom, and will assume his new responsibilities on 1 January 2014. His office locati
Statoil Appoints Tanzania Country Manager
Øystein Michelsen has been appointed Tanzania country manager in Development and Production International, Sub-Saharan Africa (DPI SAF) in Statoil. Michelsen will report to DPI SAF senior vice president Tove Stuhr Sjøblom, and will assume his new responsibilities on 1 January 2014. His office locati
Sterling, Pura Vida Ink Farm-Out Agreement
Sterling Energy Plc, the AIM listed independent oil & gas exploration and production company, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sterling Energy (UK) Limited, has signed a Farm-out Agreement for the Production Sharing Contract of the Ambilobe Block, located offshore Madagascar, with P
Statoil Appoints Tanzania Boss
Øystein Michelsen has been appointed Tanzania country manager in Development and Production International, Sub-Saharan Africa (DPI SAF) in Statoil. Michelsen will report to DPI SAF senior vice president Tove Stuhr Sjøblom, and will assume his new responsibilities on 1 January 2014. His office locati
Hydratight Expands Distribution Network (Nigeria)
Hydratight the global joint integrity specialist has welcomed Debyl Ltd in Nigeria to be part of its growing distribution network. Port Harcourt based Debyl Ltd provides supply chain management of chemicals, equipment spare parts and technical support services to the oil and gas and chemical industr
Dutch Businesses in Kenya on Trade Mission
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen and a delegation of 25 Dutch businesses were on an official visit to Kenya, from 28 to 31 October. The aim of the trip was to further strengthen diplomatic and economic relations between the Netherlands and Kenya. The main theme
Kiliwani North Gas Sales Negotiations at Advance Stage, Tanzania
Aminex announced that gas sales negotiations between its Tanzanian subsidiary Ndovu Resources and the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation for its Kiliwani North Field in Tanzania are at an advanced stage and expected to be concluded prior to year end. As part of the gas sales arrangements be
NATO and Ukraine Navy Together in Fight Against Piracy
The Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, General Knud Bartels, travelled to the Gulf of Aden on 28-30 October 2013 to visit the Ukrainian Navy frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy deployed there as part of Operation Ocean Shield, NATO’s counter-piracy mission. “Ukraine’s ability to plug in and out of NATO’
Schlumberger Launches New Downhole Reservoir Resting System
Schlumberger announced today the release of the Quartet downhole reservoir testing system enabled by Muzic wireless telemetry, which provides data in real time for validation so that critical information is available to meet the well test objectives. “When working in high-cost environments such as d