Africa
Nigerian Ports in Growth Mode
Subsidiary of one of the leading global shipping lines, Maersk Nigeria Limited (MNL), has expressed delight in the successful berthing… (thisdaylive) [mappress] Source: thisdaylive, July 18, 2011;
Nigerian Ports in Growth Mode
Subsidiary of one of the leading global shipping lines, Maersk Nigeria Limited (MNL), has expressed delight in the successful berthing of… By John Iwori (thisdaylive) [mappress] Source: thisdaylive, July 18, 2011;
Keppel Set to Deliver FPSO Aseng to Equatorial Guinea
Keppel Shipyard Ltd’s (Keppel Shipyard) conversion of the FPSO Aseng is on track to complete. The FPSO will be operated by Aseng Production Company Ltd, a joint venture by SBM Offshore and Compania Nacional de Petroleo de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the national oil company of Equatorial Guinea. C
Keppel Set to Deliver FPSO Aseng to Equatorial Guinea
Keppel Shipyard Ltd’s (Keppel Shipyard) conversion of the FPSO Aseng is on track to complete. The FPSO will be operated by Aseng Production Company Ltd, a joint venture by SBM Offshore and Compania Nacional de Petroleo de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol), the national oil company of Equatorial Guinea. C
Hyperdynamics Issues Invitation to Tender for 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced today it has issued an Invitation to Tender for a 3-D seismic survey covering approximately 4,000 square kilometers on its exploration block offshore Republic of Guinea. Acquisition of the new 3-D survey was approved by the Guinea project’s Petroleum Operations Ma
Hyperdynamics Issues Invitation to Tender for 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced today it has issued an Invitation to Tender for a 3-D seismic survey covering approximately 4,000 square kilometers on its exploration block offshore Republic of Guinea. Acquisition of the new 3-D survey was approved by the Guinea project’s Petroleum Operations Ma
Nigeria: Sea Trucks Group Announces a Contract Award Hyundai Heavy Industries
Sea Trucks Group, announces a contract award from Hyundai Heavy Industries for Total in Nigeria. The project comprises the charter of a DP3 accommodation support vessel and associated services for 430 company personnel at the USAN FPSO, located 100 km offshore Nigeria in water depths of 750 m to sup
STATS Completes 20 Inch Valve Change-Out on Yanga Platform, Offshore Congo
Piping technology specialist, STATS Group, has recently completed a 20” valve change-out on the Yanga platform, offshore the Republic of Congo. The Aberdeen-based company was contracted by Halliburton, on behalf of Total E&P, to provide pipeline isolation to replace a launcher valve located downstre
Sea Trucks Wins Contract from HHI for Total in Nigeria
Sea Trucks Group (“Sea Trucks”), announces a contract award from Hyundai Heavy Industries for Total in Nigeria. The project comprises the charter of a DP3 accommodation support vessel and associated services for 430 company personnel at the USAN FPSO, located 100 km offshore Nigeria in water depths
Kenya: CRBC Starts USD 66.74 Million Berth Project in Mombasa
On July 5, No. 19 berth and yard project in Mombasa, Kenya, undertaken by China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC), was launched. The project is the first port construction project undertaken by CRBC in Kenya, was signed between CRBC and Kenya Ports Authority, and is a project with a spot investment f
Ghana: Kosmos Energy’s Makore-1 Well Encounters Thick Water-Bearing Sands
Kosmos Energy announces today that the company’s Makore-1 exploration well on the West Cape Three Points Block offshore the Republic of Ghana encountered 37 meters (121 feet) of good-quality Campanian-age water-bearing sandstone reservoirs and 46 meters (151 feet) of good-quality Turonian-age water-
RNZN Builds Key Relationships as Part of CTF Mission to Disrupt Piracy
The new Commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Captain Jim Gilmour RNZN, is building key relationships as part of the CTF mission to disrupt piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Somali basin region. CAPT Gilmour met with Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia, Commander of the European Union Naval Forc