Africa
Hyperdynamics Seeking Experienced Partner for Work Offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced today that it has engaged BofA Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to assist the Company in connection with a potential sale of a portion of its 77% interest in the 25,000-square-kilometer oil and gas exploration concession offshore Guinea in West Africa. Hyperdyna
Orca Names New COO to Boost Its Operations in Tanzania
Orca Exploration Group Inc. announces that Beer van Straten has been named Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. He will assume responsibility for the Company’s field operations including a large scale development and exploration drilling program in Tanzania. He replaces Dale Rollins who re
Tideland Wins Another Angola LNG Deal
Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, has won a further order to supply eight of its SB-2200 polyethylene buoys complete with MaxLED-200 lanterns to the new LNG port at Soyo in the north of Angola. Like the previous order, the new buoys will be used in marking t
BRICS Unveils New Submarine Cable System
A new submarine cable system was recently unveiled at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Business Forum held in New Delhi, India. Andrew F B Mthembu, Chairman of i3 Africa and Imphandze Investments – the two South African entities promoting the project – presented the BRICS Ca
Kenya: Mombasa Port Dredging Nears End
According to allAfrica, the dredging of Mombasa Port is almost completed. The port has now been dredged to minus 15 metres in the inner channel, with a width of 300 metres in the narrowest point. The turning basin, where a large ship can turn around, has also been dredged to a depth of minus 15.0 [&
Rialto Ready to Resume Drilling Offshore Ivory Coast
Rialto Energy Limited, a private company focused on exploration in Africa, provides the weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 Well as at 06:00hrs, 16 April 2012 (GMT). The Gazelle-P3 well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig. The well is
Liberia: Dredging Starts in Port of Greenville
According to the Daily Observer, the National Port Authority (NPA) has commenced the dredging of the Port of Greenville. The Dutch port dredging and marine engineering company, Van Oord, recently signed a US$20 million agreement with the Government of Liberia to dredge the Freeport of Monrovia and t
Liberia: Greenville Port Dredging Kicks Off
According to the Daily Observer, the National Port Authority (NPA) has commenced the dredging of the Port of Greenville. The Dutch port dredging and marine engineering company, Van Oord, recently signed a US$20 million agreement with the Government of Liberia to dredge the Freeport of Monrovia and t
Egypt: Saipem Orders Sonardyne’s SPRINT for West Delta Deep Marine Concession
Sonardyne International Ltd has received an order valued at over £2.1 million from international oil and gas turnkey contractor, Saipem. The order includes six SPRINT systems and associated acoustic positioning equipment making it Sonardyne’s largest sale of acoustically aided inertial navigation te
Bowleven Orders Wellhead Equipment for Drilling Offshore Cameroon
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces the signing of a further contract to supply wellhead equipment for appraisal activity to an operating subsidiary of Bowleven pl
Plexus Supplies HP/HT Wellhead Systems for Bowleven in Cameroon
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces the signing of a further contract to supply wellhead equipment for appraisal activity to an operating subsidiary of Bowleven pl
Ghana: CCCC to Invest in Harbours Expansion
According to Ghana Business News, the China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) has expressed interest in investing in Ghana’s roads, railways and harbours expansion projects. The CCCC, the largest construction company in China and Asia, is one of the Chinese companies that the CBD ha