Canadian oil and gas company Zenith Energy has completed the acquisition Anglo African Oil & Gas’ subsidiary which is the operator of the Tilapia oilfield in the Republic of the Congo.
Over the past five days, a total of 16 seafarers were kidnapped by pirates off the coast of West Africa, marking a continuation of rampant pirate activity in the region. Ten mariners were kidnapped in an attack reported by Dryad on April 30, when pirates boarded Panama-flagged oil products tanker MT
BW Energy has experienced a delay in hook-up operations of a well in the Dussafu Marin Permit, offshore Gabon, due to the coronavirus crisis.
The worldwide offshore rig count in April 2020 has dropped 28 rigs year-over-year and 19 rigs sequentially, according to rig count reports by Baker Hughes Company.
150,000 seafarers will be in need of crew change by May 15, according to the latest data compiled by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC). This number is up by 50% from 100,000 when ICS first highlighted the problem with national govern
Dredging Today team has just found this frightening video of an accident during a dredging project. The man operating the excavator had just jumped out of the cab at the last minute. Unfortunately, equipment fails and drownings are common accidents among dredge workers. Each type of dredger uses spe
Ports around the world are joining today an initiative encouraging ships to sound their horns for 15 seconds at noon as a special tribute to the contributions of seafarers in keeping supply chains robust and maritime trade going amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, dubbed the Horns of Hope,
Six pirates have been arrested for attempting to board an LPG tanker identified as Epic Bermuda while off Takoradi port in Ghana. The incident took place some 2.5. nautical miles east of Takoradi on April 30, maritime security firm Dryad Global said. “Reports suggest that during the initial boarding
FAR Limited has said it is unlikely it will be able to finance its part of the Sangomar project development in Senegal. Therefore, FAR has started a process to sell all or part of its working interest in the project.
Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) has announced the kick-off of Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) cable. The system is a high-capacity direct link connecting Dakar, Senegal and Praia, Cape Verde. The SHARE system is about 720 kilometres and has a design capacity of 16Tbit/s, using HMN’s com
CNOOC saw an increase in its quarterly production driven by new project startups in China and the contribution from new international projects.
A partnership consisting of Portugal’s Mota-Engil and Besix of Belgium has secured a contract for the Total-led $20 billion Mozambique LNG export project. Under the deal, the 50/50 partnership will build a pier bridge and an offloading facility for about $365 million, according to a Mota-Engil state
