Geoscience data provider TGS has restarted the geochemical coring project offshore Nigeria. The initiative is part of an anomaly targeting program focusing on the previous analysis of multibeam and backscatter data. This survey takes place in conjunction with Nigerian joint venture partner TGS-Petro
London-listed oil and gas firm Europa Oil & Gas has been granted a one-year extension for the initial phase of the Inezgane exploration permit in the Agadir Basin, offshore Morocco.
Dutch-based subsea contractor DCN Diving said it has set up a new entity in Nigeria. DCN Diving Nigeria Limited includes a new office, workshop and yard. The company will use the new place to maintain its in-country dive equipment and dive support boats. The new entity has already completed several
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-well contract from Total for the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager which will be employed to drill development wells in Angola’s Block 17.
Offshore survey player TDI-Brooks has completed environmental baseline studies (EBS) for Total off Ivory Coast. The work took place in collaboration with the French environmental firm Créocéan and also Benthic Solutions. TDI- Brooks deployed the R/V Proteus to blocks CI-705 and CI-706 to conduct sea
A career at sea has lost much of its capacity to attract newcomers. This could lead to the global shortage of seafarers, Drewry believes.
An LNG carrier has been boarded and attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, resulting in the kidnapping of one crew member.
Marine seismic player Polarcus has secured a contract for a 3D seismic data acquisition services in West Africa. According to the Oslo-listed company, the contract has an expected duration of two months. The project, for an undisclosed client and unknown value, should commence in the fourth quarter
Africa Energy has received approval from shareholders for a transaction which will see it increase its interest in a Total-operated block off South Africa.
Siemens Energy said it has been contracted to supply power generation equipment and boil-off gas compressors for the Mozambique LNG project.
There has been a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, the latest figures from ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) show. Pirates armed with guns and knives are abducting bigger groups of
The coronavirus crisis has not hindered ports’ investments in environmental sustainability, a new survey found.
