Africa
HMC Completes Block 31 PSVM Campaign Offshore Angola
After a period of 15 months, Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) completed the Block 31 PSVM campaign offshore Angola. HMC’s Deepwater Construction Vessel Balder finished the offshore installation campaign with the safe and successful lay down of the last second end FTA of the last production line. Wit
HMC’s Balder Completes Offshore Installation Works in Angola
After a period of 15 months, Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) completed the Block 31 PSVM campaign offshore Angola. HMC’s Deepwater Construction Vessel Balder finished the offshore installation campaign with the safe and successful lay down of the last second end FTA of the last production line. Wit
Nigeria: NIMASA Arrested Five Vessels for Illegal Oil Transfer
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has arrested five vessels for illegal crude oil transfer and bunkering activitie… By Godwin Oritse Geofrey Bivbere & Martha Akokhia (Vanguardngr) [mappress] Source: Vanguardngr, October 27, 2011
UK: Arms Race May Develop Between Pirates and Shipping Industry, Warns ITF
An arms race may develop between pirates and the shipping industry given the widespread use of security teams to prevent vessels from being hijacked, the ITF has warned. It raised the fear in a letter to the US Navy which calls for land-based assaults on pirate strongholds and a crackdown on known p
Eni’s 3Q Production Drops Due to Libyan Disruptions
Eni announces results for the third quarter and the nine months of 2011. Adjusted operating profit: €4.61 billion in the quarter (up 12%); €13.71 billion in the nine months (up 9%); Hydrocarbon production still affected by the Libyan disruptions: down by 13.6% inthe third quarter of 2011 to 1.47 mmb
Eni Raises Giant Mozambique Gas Find Estimate
Eni announced that the discovery of gas made in the exploratory prospectus of Mamba South 1, Area 4 offshore Mozambique, is about 50% larger than what announced by the Company on October 20th. During deepening of the well, it encountered a new separated pool that contains a potential of up to 7.5
Mozambique: Eni Increases Mamba Gas Reserves Estimate
Eni announces that the discovery of gas made in the exploratory prospectus of Mamba South 1, Area 4 offshore Mozambique, is about 50% larger than what announced by the Company on October 20th. During deepening of the well, it encountered a new separated pool that contains a potential of up to 7.5
South Korea Wants Deeper Energy Ties with Africa
South Korea’s energy minister and chief executives from the country’s energy companies, including state-run Korea National Oil Corporation… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, October 27, 2011;
BP Discovers Gas Offshore Egypt
BP Egypt on Monday announced the Salmon gas discovery in the North El Burg Offshore Concession, Nile Delta. Salmon is the third gas discovery BP has made in the concession following Satis-1 and Satis-3 Oligocene deep gas discoveries. Salmon, drilled by IEOC, the affiliate of ENI in Egypt, on behalf
Dutch-based Fairstar Wins Transportation Contract from Nabors Drilling
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Nabors Drilling to transport the DB 301 from Port Gentil, Gabon to Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel FJELL. The USD 2.1 million contract was signed today in Houston. The FJELL will load the DB 301 immed
Tunisia: Didon Unsuccessful for PA Resources
PA Resources has encountered complications during flow testing of the new production well on the satellite field Didon North in Tunisia. It has been decided to suspend the well. Despite good oil saturation in the reservoir, only small amounts of hydrocarbons have been recovered from the Didon North
EU Navfor Warship Escorts AMISOM-Vessel from Mombasa to Mogadishu
EU NAVFOR warship SPS INFANTA CHRISTINA left Mombasa’s waters last week to assume the escort of merchant vessel PETRA 1 which carries supplies for the African Union troops operating in Somalia as part of the AMISOM force. The journey is from Mombasa to Mogadishu and in addition to the ship escort, a