Africa
Nigeria: Oyo State Plans Major Dredging Projects
The Oyo State, triggered by the previous flooding experience has learnt its lesson, and is now undertaking preventive measures to anticipate potential flooding in the future, Business Day news portal writes. Namely, the state environmental ministry has initiated clearing of 43 key locations, which e
GPS Jupiter to Drill Hammamet West-3 Well Offshore Tunisia
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces that Cooper Energy Limited (“Cooper Energy”), on behalf of the Bargou Joint Venture, has entered into a legally binding Letter of Intent with Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP) with respect to the
Plan for River Benue Dredging Moves Ahead (Nigeria)
“The Federal Government would embark on the construction of a river port in Benue this year and that the dredging of the River Benue would commence before the last quarter of 2012,” said Sen. Idris Umar, the Minister of Transport. He dropped the hint when the members of the Makurdi River Port Implem
STATS Names Director for MENA Region
Pipeline engineering company based in Aberdeen,UK, STATS Group, has appointed Angus Bowie as Regional Director for the Middle East North Africa (MENA) in a move which heralds a major expansion in the region. Bowie was previously Technical Director and has relocated from Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi where h
HMS Echo Discovers Underwater Mountain in the Red Sea
Survey ship HMS Echo has discovered an underwater mountain the size of the Rock of Gibraltar has she sailed through poorly-mapped waters in the Red Sea. The ship came across the huge feature while searching for volcanoes on the seabed – and also located a WW2 wreck off the Libyan coast as her 19-mon
ODYE Awarded Two Offshore Exploration Blocks in Sierra Leone
ODYE Limited has been provisionally awarded ODYE participation in two offshore exploration blocks, SL 8A-10 and SL 8B-10, in Sierra Leone. The exploration blocks were provisionally awarded and subject to negotiations by the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone for its 3rd bid round for nine open of
Plan for Boat Harbor in Plett Includes Dredging (South Africa)
Ten-year-old plans to build a small boat harbor in Plett appear to finally be coming to fruition. According to CXPress, Western Cape Marina Investments has eventually made good on an undertaking to take the project forward with the release of an information document describing plans to build the har
FAR Completes 3D Data Acquisition Offshore Kenya
Australian listed petroleum exploration company, FAR Ltd has successfully completed the data acquisition of their anticipated 3D seismic survey over some of the world’s most keenly sought petroleum exploration acreage off the coast of Kenya. FAR’s L6 permit off the Kenya coast lies in the Lamu Basin
Research: LNG Infrastructure Investment to Be USD 35.8 Billion in 2012
Global Information Inc. published the new market research report: The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market 2012-2022. New research puts the value of global investment in infrastructure for LNG on track to reach $35.8 billion in 2012, including all capital investment in the infrastructure required for
FAR Wraps Up Kenya Seismic Survey
Australian listed petroleum exploration company, FAR Ltd has completed the data acquisition of their anticipated 3D seismic survey over some of the world’s most keenly sought petroleum exploration acreage off the coast of Kenya. FAR’s L6 permit off the Kenya coast lies in the Lamu Basin, north of re
Rialto Starts Drill Stem Testing of Gazelle P3 ST2 Well (Ivory Coast)
Rialto provides the following update on the drill stem testing of the Gazelle-P3 ST2 well announced on 25 June 2012. Following the successful completion of wireline logs, vertical seismic profiling and sidewall coring operations on the Gazelle-P3 ST2 well, the drill stem testing programme has commen
PetroSA Gets Approval to Produce Gas from F-O Field (South Africa)
PetroSA’s Project Ikhwezi, has been granted regulatory approval by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to produce gas feedstock from the offshore F-O development fields, the company announced yesterday. Project Ikhwezi is aimed at sustaining the life of the Mossel Bay GTL Refinery.