Africa
African Petroleum Non-Exec Director resigns BoD
African Petroleum Corporation Limited has announced that Non-Executive Director James Smith has tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors, taking effect from 1 August 2014. Smith’s decision to leave the Board of African Petroleum Corporation will allow him to focus his attention more full
Date Set for Next Year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference
Date has been set for the next year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference. The event will be held on October 13 and 14, 2015. Save the date and join tens of thousands international professionals again at the meeting place for the offshore industry in Amsterdam. Offshore Energy is an annual eve
AGR Nets Well Management Contract Offshore Benin
AGR has been awarded a contract to provide Well Project Management services to Dallas based ‘Hunt Oil’ for the drilling of one exploration well plus one future option well located in offshore Benin. AGR’s Executive Vice President, Ian Burdis, said: “AGR is pleased to continue its working relationshi
AGR to work on well management offshore Benin
AGR has been awarded a contract to provide Well Project Management services to Dallas based ‘Hunt Oil’ for the drilling of one exploration well plus one future option well located offshore Benin. AGR’s Executive Vice President, Ian Burdis, said: “AGR is pleased to continue its working relationship w
Mubadala Petroleum strikes deal with Somalia
Mubadala Petroleum, an Abu Dhabi upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Federal Republic of Somalia. During the first half of 2014, a high level engagement took place between the U.A.E. a
Deep Down secures work offshore West Africa
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, has been awarded a contract for a project located offshore West Africa. Deep Down will supply vessel-based equipment and personnel for an umbilical
Deep Down Bags Contract in West Africa
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services announced that it has been awarded a contract offshore West Africa. The contract is for the supply of vessel-based equipment and personnel at an umb
EU, Guinea Bissau Rekindle Fishery Ties
EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has met with the newly appointed Prime Minister from Guinea Bissau, Mr. Domingos Simões Pereira, and the country’s Secretary of State for Fisheries, Mr. Idelfonso de Barros, to discuss the bilateral and strategic cooperation in fisheries matters between the E
Marine Information Technology and Risks It Brings
The threat to the marine sector – from malicious attacks on systems and organisations via information technology – is real, Bernard Twomey and Jonathan Earthy of Lloyd’s Register Marine explained while addressing the London Joint Hull Committee on Monday. According to them, cyber losses may also b
IMDO: LNG Carrier Demand Growing by Leaps and Bounds
The demand for LNG ships has shot up this year with orders coming to $4.6bn, the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) said in its Shipping Market Review citing Lloyd’s List. Twenty-three contracts for the building of new LNG carriers have been signed so far this year, at a rate of almost one a
NPA Negotiates with Potential Strategic Investors
The Nigerian Ports Authority, managed under a “Landlord” model, has put all necessary arrangement in place to encourage prospective investors, both local and foreign in the Nation’s seaports. This information was disclosed by Nigerian Ports Authority Managing Director, Malam Habib Abdullahi, during
KCA Deutag secures contract for jack-up ‘Ben Rinnes’ (Angola)
International drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag, has been awarded a $170m contract by Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, S.A., for the provision of the Ben Rinnes jack-up rig in Angola. The two-year agreement, which comes with a two-year extension option, will see KCA Deutag’s offshore divi