Africa
Anadarko: Successful First Flow Test Off Mozambique
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation said that the Barquentine-2 well, offshore Mozambique, flowed at an equipment-constrained rate of 90 to 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), with minimal pressure drawdown, providing confidence in well designs that are capable of 100 to 200 MMcf/d. “The test at Bar
Anadarko’s First Flow Test Offshore Mozambique Successful
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced the results of its first flow test offshore Mozambique. The Barquentine-2 well flowed at an equipment-constrained rate of 90 to 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), with minimal pressure drawdown, providing confidence in well designs that are capabl
Van der Velden Provides Rudder System on CoTuNav’s New RoPax, Tunisia
Van der Velden Marine Systems delivered two TIMON rudders for TANIT, the new RoPax ferry of la Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (CoTuNav). Tunisia’s state owned ferry company CoTuNav has chosen the Korean shipyard DMSE to build this new RoPax cruise ferry, which will be one of the biggest ferries
Reportlinker Announces Global Alternative Energy Industry
Reportlinker announced a new market research report “Global Alternative Energy Industry”. The global outlook series on Alternative Energy provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global Alternat
Asian Shipowners Calls for UN Troops to Guard Ships
The Asian Shipowners’ Forum has called for a United Nations resolution that would see the international body sponsor and manage armed personnel on board ships sailing through pirate-infested waters. The call, in a statement released by ASF on Wednesday, follows the group’s proposal to Working Group
Nigeria: Calabar Port Operators Call for Dredging
Operators of Calabar port, Cross River State, have prompted the Federal Government to immediately initiate dredging of the port, remove all the critical wrecks on the waterways thus enable accommodation of bigger vessels, Thisdaylive reports. The operators, Ecomarine Terminals Limited, Shoreline Log
EUNAVFOR Warships Provide Assistance to Stricken Vessel in Gulf of Aden
Over the past few days EUNAVFOR warships, operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission codenamed Operation ATALANTA, have provided life-saving assistance to a stricken dhow, with 12 crew and 92 passengers onboard, including a pregnant woman and 33 children. The dhow had put out a distress si
Kenya: Prime Minister Speaks at Ground Breaking Ceremony of Proposed Lamu Port
Prime Minister Raila Odinga guaranteed the viability of the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport and Economic Development Corridor(Lapsset) saying it is literally the road towards the realization of the African century and African dream. With state of the art transport network, he added, Lapsset
Kenya: Prime Minister Speaks at Ground Breaking Ceremony of Proposed Lamu Port
Prime Minister Raila Odinga guaranteed the viability of the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport and Economic Development Corridor(Lapsset) saying it is literally the road towards the realization of the African century and African dream. With state of the art transport network, he added, Lapsset
Nigeria: Afren Confirms High Quality Oil at Okoro East Discovery
Afren plc announces that testing has been completed at the Okoro East oil discovery, offshore south east Nigeria, and that results confirm a high quality 38° to 40 API oil, in excellent reservoir sands. Based on the test data the Company expects future horizontal production wells at Okoro East will
USA: FMC Technologies to Receive Two Awards by OTC
FMC Technologies, Inc. has been named the recipient of two Spotlight on New Technology awards by the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The awards, which honor innovative technologies that significantly impact offshore exploration and production, recognize FMC’s subsea processing systems designed
Nigeria: Funiwa Fire Stops Burning
Chevron’s subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), announced that the fire at the site of the Funiwa 1A natural gas well offshore Nigeria ceased burning on Friday, March 2. The well stopped flowing on its own. Chevron says it has detected no natural gas flowing from the well since the fire ceased