Africa
ExxonMobil: Energy demand to increase on growing middle class
Significant growth in the global middle class, expansion of emerging economies and an additional 2 billion people in the world will contribute to a 35 percent increase in energy demand by 2040, according to a new report released yesterday by ExxonMobil. As demand increases, the world will continue t
RWE Dea to drill more in Egypt
Germany’s oil and gas exploration and production company RWE Dea has said it will increase exploration efforts in the Gulf of Suez, offshore Egypt. The company has been producing oil and gas in Egypt for three decades. “North Africa is one of our strategic core regions,” said Maximilian Fellner, Gen
Piriou Delivers Tuna Purse Seiner to Sapmer
Shipbuilder Piriou handed over its 8th tuna purse seiner to seafood player Sapmer. Built by Piriou in Vietnam, “Morn Seselwa” features a 80 m tuna deep freezer of 1 520 m3 capacity. The vessel will operate in the Indian Ocean while based in the Seychelles. She is an evolution of the previous 90 m tu
DRAGFLOW Through 2014
DRAGFLOW, a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, has had an extremely busy and successful year. Hereby we are bringing you a list of the DRAGFLOW’s most successful projects and achievements in 2014
PHOTO: Eni Kicks Off West Hub Off Angola
Eni has started production of first oil from the West Hub Development Project in Block 15/06 in the Angolan Deep Offshore, approximately 350 kilometres northwest of Luanda and 130 kilometres west of Soyo. The field is currently producing 45,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) through the N’Goma FPSO,
Panoro Gets Outboard 3D Seismic Data
Panoro Energy ASA has received the fully processed seismic data from the 2013 Outboard 3D seismic survey. The seismic data was acquired on the Dussafu Permit in Gabon in Q4 2013 and covers an area of 1260 km2. This seismic data, which is based on state of the art depth migration techniques, will now
Denmark Pays Up to Suspected Pirates
Nine suspected Somali pirates have received 19,600 Danish crowns (USD 3,247) each in compensation from Denmark for being detained too long before being brought before a judge, AFP cited the public prosecutor’s office as saying on Monday. The amount is staggering, having in mind that half of the Soma
Harvest gets seismic data for Dussafu (Gabon)
Panoro Energy has now received the fully processed seismic data from the 2013 Outboard 3D seismic survey. The seismic data was acquired on the Dussafu Permit in Gabon in Q4 2013 and covers an area of 1260 km2. The company says that this seismic data, which is based on depth migration techniques, wil
Egypt plans second LNG import terminal
Egypt will tender for the second LNG import terminal in the coming weeks.
Saipem Gets iXBlue’s HDAR for WA Ops
iXBlue has delivered OCEANO HD55 Heavy Duty Acoustic Releases (HDAR) rated up to 55 tones to Saipem for pipeline installations in West Africa. At the initiation stage of a pipelay operation the pipeline initiation head is connected to a DMA (Dead Man Anchor) and held under tension. The final disconn
WHL ENERGY: Encouraging data for Seychelles acreage
Australian energy company WHL Energy received an interim PreSTM data set for the Junon 3D seismic survey, offshore Seychelles, in mid-November and has started interpretation of this data. The company said that the initial interpretation indicates that potentially large structures are present at Juno
Gallery: First oil flows from Eni’s West Hub (Angola)
Eni has started production of first oil from the West Hub Development Project in Block 15/06 in the Angolan Deep Offshore, approximately 350 kilometres northwest of Luanda and 130 kilometres west of Soyo. The field is currently producing 45,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) through the N’Goma FPSO,