Cabo Verde Telecom and EllaLink announce the signature of a binding memorandum of understanding to deliver subsea fibre connectivity to Cabo Verde. The EllaLink system, which will be operational in 2020, is a new 4-fiber-pair submarine cable that is being constructed to meet the demand for traffic b
CGG has completed acquisition of 3D marine seismic data in the outer Zambezi Delta Basin, west of the Beira High, Mozambique. The 15,400 km2 survey area covers blocks Z5-C and Z5-D and surrounding non-held acreage. This is the first survey to be conducted following the agreement CGG signed with Moza
Subsea 7 has secured a sizeable engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract by Burullus Gas Company for the West Delta Deep Marine Phase 9b development, offshore Egypt. According to Subsea 7, a sizeable contract as being between USD 50 million and USD 150 million. The scope inc
An Ocean Rig-owned drillship has been mobilized to Namibia in preparation for the drilling of Tullow Oil’s Cormorant-1 well planned for September.
ExxonMobil is progressing the Liza Phase 1 development with the start of development drilling offshore Guyana. Development drilling began in May for the first of 17 wells planned for Phase 1, laying the foundation for production startup in 2020. The company and its co-venturers have so far discovere
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract offshore Egypt.
French seismic company CGG has said it has completed the acquisition of 15,400 km2 of 3D marine seismic data in the outer Zambezi Delta Basin, west of the Beira High, offshore Mozambique.
New Age ltd, an oil and gas company working to develop an offshore gas field in Cameroon, has reportedly signed an important gas agreement with the government of Cameroon to develop the Etinde field using a newly built FLNG unit.
Sonatrach, Total, Repsol and the Algerian national agency for the valorization of hydrocarbon resources, Alnaft, signed a new concession contract for a period of 25 years to extend the exploitation of the Tin Fouyé Tabankort (TFT) gas and condensate field.
French tidal energy technology developer, Blue Shark Power System, will install one of its turbines off the coast of Djibouti in early 2019 as part of a large-scale project planned for the country situated on the Horn of Africa.
MarineEnergy.biz team is now on its way to Cherbourg, France, where the 7th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) will kick off on June 12 and bring together stakeholders from tidal, wave and ocean thermal energy industries.
A suspected stowaway was discovered aboard the bulk carrier MI Harmony in the Port of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
