Africa
Cable Ship Chamarel Catches Fire Offshore Namibia
France Telecom-Orange has suffered a major incident on its cable ship, the Chamarel. A fire broke out on the ship late afternoon on 8 August while returning from a repair operation on the Sat3-Safe cable off the coast of Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the crew’s efforts to control the fire,
Fire On Board Cable-Ship Off Namibia
France Telecom-Orange has suffered a major incident on its cable-ship, the Chamarel. A fire broke out on the ship late afternoon on 8 August while returning from a repair operation on the Sat3-Safe cable off the coast of Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the crew’s efforts to control the fire,
Mbawa Prospect Spud Imminent (Kenya)
Apache, the operator of L8 consortium, is gearing up for drilling an offshore well located in Block L8 in Kenya. As prevously reported, the drilling operation is expected to start this month. The Mbawa prospect will be drilled with the modern deepwater drillship Deepsea Metro 1. The well is expected
Kenyan Court Sentences Seven Somali Pirates
On Tuesday 7 August 2012 seven Somali men were found guilty by a Kenyan court of attempting to commit an act of piracy against a French fishing vessel, MV Captain St Vincent, off the Somali Coast in October 2009. Following the terrifying attack, the pirates, operating in 2 attack skiffs, were locate
Nigeria: LPLE, ICTSI Sign Sub-Concession Agreement
The sub-concession has been signed for the container terminal, Lekki International Container Terminal Services (LICTS), at the Tolaram Port@Lekki. ICTSI was granted the concession to develop and operate the container terminal on an exclusive basis for a 21 – year period. Tolaram Port@Lekki is promot
DAMEN: CSD250 Dredger Delivered to African Customer
A complete turn key dredging package was delivered to an African customer. The package included a CSD250 dredger with several options, a floating pipe line and a small boat. The complete kit fitted 5 40’ containers. As the order included training and spares as well, the dredger had an excellent star
No Piracy Attacks for Full Month
The surge in Somali pirate attacks has been wiped out completely based on the figures for this month, which has been the first full month without pirate attacks since 2007, The Telegraph writes. Based on the data released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the last attempted boarding and fi
Ex-Im Bank: Success in Sub-Saharan Africa
In June, Ex-Im Bank approved a $7 million loan guarantee supporting the export of dredging equipment and spare parts from Dredging Supply Co., in Reserve. La., to Japaul Oil and Maritime Services PLC in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Ex-Im Bank is guaranteeing a medium-term loan from RB International Finan
LPLE, ICTSI Ink Sub-Concession Agreement (Nigeria)
The sub-concession has been signed for the container terminal, Lekki International Container Terminal Services (LICTS), at the Tolaram Port@Lekki. ICTSI was granted the concession to develop and operate the container terminal on an exclusive basis for a 21-year period. Tolaram Port@Lekki is promoted
Saipem Bags Drilling Contract Offshore Gabon
Panoro Energy ASA, the independent oil and gas company with assets in West Africa and Brazil, has announced that the operator has secured the use of a semi-submersible drilling unit, to drill the Tortue prospect on the Dussafu Marin Permit, offshore Gabon. The drilling unit, the Scarabeo 3, is owned
Rialto to Release GSF Monitor Rig. Focuses on Gazelle FEED (Ivory Coast)
Rialto Energy announces that the Block CI-202 joint venture (Rialto 85% working interest and operator and Petroci 15%) has elected to release the Transocean GSF Monitor drilling rig after the completion of drilling and testing of the current Gazelle-P4 development well. This will allow the JV to foc
Petroceltic Moves Closer to Development of Ain Tsila Field in Algeria
Petroceltic International, the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, announced that the parties to the Isarene Production Sharing Contract have agreed a Formal Declaration of Commerciality in respect of the Ain Tsila n