Africa
Siera Leone: African Minerals Announces Pepel Port Development Plans
African Minerals has decided to expand existing rail and port infrastructure at Pepel rather than develop a new port at Tagrin Point. This decision follows a scoping level review of expansion options as it continues to ramp up production at the Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone. It says this w
ExxonMobil to Start Exploration Offshore South Africa
Exxon Mobil said that its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited, will soon begin exploration activities offshore South Africa. The ExxonMobil affiliate signed an agreement with Impact Africa Limited, a subsidiary of Impact Oil & Gas Limited, to acquire a 75 percent pa
ExxonMobil to Start Exploration Activities Offshore South Africa
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited, will soon begin exploration activities offshore South Africa. The ExxonMobil affiliate signed an agreement with Impact Africa Limited (Impact), a subsidiary of Impact Oil & Gas Lim
Exxon Mobil Searching for Oil Offshore South Africa
Exxon Mobil Corporation will soon begin exploration activities offshore South Africa. The company signed an agreement with Impact Africa Limited (Impact), a subsidiary of Impact Oil & Gas Limited, to acquire a 75 percent participating interest in the Tugela South Exploration Right and will become op
ICS Sets Out Future for Arctic Shipping
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the world merchant fleet, has issued a new position paper on Arctic shipping. As the Arctic becomes more accessible, ICS has set out some key principles with regard to the future governance of Arctic waters. Offshore support v
Eni CEO Presents $8 Bln Investment Plan to Libyan Officials
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan, the Libyan Minister of Petroleum Abdelbari al Arusi, and Eni’s CEO Paolo Scaroni, met yesterday in Tripoli to discuss Eni’s activities and future projects in the country. During the meeting Paolo Scaroni presented an investment plan worth $8 billion for the developme
Madagascar: BMT to Manage Site Investigations
WTR proposes to mine and export 407,000 tonnes per annum of ilmenite and 44,000 tonnes of zircon rich concentrate from the Ranobe Mine to a new port site near Toliara (Tuléar). To date, BMT has completed a Port Options Study, the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the marine works, and concept engineer
Ballast Water Convention – Tripartite Meeting Shares Concerns with Implementation
Representatives of the leading worldwide Associations of Shipbuilders, Classification Societies and Shipowners met in Busan, Korea for their annual Tripartite meeting hosted by the Korean Register of Shipping and KOSHIPA, the national shipbuilders association. The meeting was united in expressing it
Three New Oil Firms Enter Accra Block Offshore Ghana
Rialto Energy Limited it has received Ministerial and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) approval to acquire a 12.5% participating interest in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, Ghana, West Africa (the “Accra Block”). The Company is acquiring its interest alongside fellow new entrants Ophir
Wartsila to Supply Gas Power Plant to Mozambique
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has signed a contract to engineer, supply and install a major gas fuelled power plant to Mozambique. This will be the biggest gas power plant ever installed in Mozambique and second largest power plant running exclu
Hess Finds Oil at Pecan-1 Well Offshore Ghana
Hess Corporation announced today that it filed a notice of discovery with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation for the Pecan-1 exploration well located in the Deepwater Tano / Cape Three Points license offshore Ghana, which has encountered 245 net feet of oil pay in two separate Turonian interva
Congo: Pan African Port Conference Opens
The 9th Pan African port conference opened Monday evening in Brazzaville, Congo, to review the relations between the state and the ports across Africa, PANA reports. Organised by the Port Authority of Pointe-Noire, under the auspices of the Pan African Association for Port Cooperation (APCP), the co