Africa
Search Underway for Missing Worker in Perro Negro 6 Incident
The search for the missing person, of Bulgarian nationality, is currently under way and being carried out by the emergency authorities, Saipem said in an update on the jack up drilling rig Perro Negro 6 incident, which occurred on July 1st. Furthermore, Saipem confirmed that monitoring of the wreck
Tower to Spud Welwitschia-1 Well in 2014 Offshore Namibia
Tower Resources plc (“Tower”), the AIM listed Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, announces the following update with respect to its Licence 0010 in the Walvis Basin, Offshore Namibia. The drilling of the Welwitschia-1 well is now planned to commence in mid-February 2014 and a firm rig i
Saipem: Search for Missing Person on Perro Negro 6 Incident Underway
Saipem, regarding the incident that occurred on July 1st to the jack up drilling rig Perro Negro 6, which was operating between the coasts of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the mouth of the Congo River, announces the following updates: the search for the missing person, of Bulgari
Saipem: Search Ongoing for Worker Missing in Rig Sinking Incident (Angola)
Italy’s Saipem has announced that the search for the person, missing since the Perro Negro 6 rig sinking, is still underway. The company, in a press release issued last night, said that the search for the worker “of Bulgarian nationality, is currently under way and being carried out by the emergency
Tower Resources to Start Drilling Off Namibia in 2014
The drilling of the Welwitschia-1 well is now planned to commence in mid-February 2014 and a firm rig is in place.
IADC: “Greener Dredging” Presentation (VIDEO)
Rene Kolman, IADC’s Secretary General, held a presentation named “Greener Dredging” at the IAPH Conference, which was held on 21-24 May 2012, in Jerusalem, Israel. “Dredging is green and is getting greener and greener. In this presentation I will emphasise the fact that my member companies are alrea
Technip to Supply Umbilicals for Egina Field in Nigeria
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Ltd was awarded an important contract by Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd to supply umbilicals to the Egina field offshore Nigeria. This field is situated within the Oil Mining Lease 130, approximately 200 kilometers from Port Harcourt, at water dept
Technip to Supply Umbilicals for Total’s Egina Project in Nigeria
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Ltd was awarded “an important” contract by Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd to supply umbilicals(2) to the Egina field offshore Nigeria. For Technip, an “important” subsea contract is ranging from €50 to €100 million This field is situated within the
PIRA Energy: Nigeria LNG Force Majeure to Stir Up Spot Markets
NYC-based PIRA Energy Group said in a report it believes that Nigeria LNG force majeure will stir up spot markets. In the U.S., PIRA expects end-October usable working capacity to be up from a year ago. In Europe, the storage deficit improves but remains significant. Specifically, PIRA’s analysis of
Starfish-1 Well Drilling Ops Move Forward (Ghana)
Rialto Energy Limited has released an update on the Ophir Energy-operated Starfish-1 oil exploration well in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, Ghana. During the period from 1400 hours (AWST) on 25 June 2013 to 1400 hours (AWST) on 2 July 2013 the 17½” (444.5mm) hole section was drilled to final tota
Ophir: Ngisi Well Shows Good Results (Tanzania)
Ophir Energy plc announces the successful results of its Ngisi drilling programme, Block 4 Tanzania and the upgrade of the recoverable resource across the Chewa-Pweza-Ngisi hub in Block 4 to 4.5 TCF. Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%. Ngisi discovery, successful Chewa
Unique Hydra, In Situ Sign CPT Rental Agreement (South Africa)
Unique Hydra, a Unique Maritime Group (UMG) company which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers has recently signed an agreement with In Situ Site Investigations (In Situ) based in Battle East Sussex, United Kingdom to offer rental Cone Penetration T