Africa
Help Celebrate the Day of the Seafarer
Every year, June 25th is celebrated globally as the Day of the Seafarer, an official United Nations observance day. This year, once again, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is asking people everywhere to show their appreciation, through social media, for seafarers and their contribution
USCG: 13 More Nigerian Ports Become ISPS Code Compliant
The United States Government has confirmed that thirteen more port facilities in Nigeria are now fully compliant with the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code bringing the total number of compliant port facilities in the country to twenty two. In an engagement between the offi
PNG LNG Offers to Sell Four Cargoes
ExxonMobil’s PNG LNG export terminal is offering to sell four cargoes loading in August to long-term buyers as well as Asian end-users, Reuters reports. Completing the plant ahead of schedule enabled rapid export rate which helped lowering global LNG prices as major Japanese buyers are backing out o
Hydra Offshore partners with Alexander Comley (Ghana)
Alexander Comley has signed a partnership agreement with Hydra Offshore, an indigenous oilfield services company, in developing products for Ghana’s oil sector. Under the agreement Alexander Comley will partner Hydra Offshore in the supply of customised flanges, pipe, tube, fittings, plate, machined
Statoil Hits Gas Offshore Tanzania
Statoil of Norway has made another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional two to three trillion cubic feet
Statoil, ExxonMobil strike gas offshore Tanzania
Norwegian energy giant Statoil has made another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional two to three trilli
Tanzania: Statoil, ExxonMobil Make High-Impact Gas Discovery in Piri Prospect
The discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional two to three trillion cubic feet (tcf*) of natural gas in place in the Piri-1 well brings the total of in-place
Video: IHC Merwede Presents Hi-Traq Trencher
IHC Merwede has officially introduced the world’s first four-tracked subsea trencher, specifically developed for shallow water operations and targeted towards cable burial in offshore wind farms. The Hi-Traq was presented at a special event at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, which was attended b
Chinese Ports Switch to CCAM System
China Customs Head Office has ordered all Chinese ports to stop using old manifest system and implement the new CCAM system as of June 30, 2014. In order to facilitate this CCAM requirement, China Shipping (North America) Agency will be implementing a ‘No Document-No Load’ rule. The new rule will ta
First ever oil discovery offshore East Africa verified
Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL has announced that, after lengthy analysis, it has been verified that the recently completed Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has intersected an oil column – the first-ever oil discovered off the East African coast. The gross oil column is assessed to be 14m
Subsea 7 hires HRG for travel management services
Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) has been awarded a global travel contract for Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading global contractors in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore industry.
African Petroleum gets new independent Board director
African Petroleum Corporation has announced the appointment of Bjarne Moe as a Norwegian based independent director to the Board. Moe has over 35 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry including being the former Director General of the Oil and Gas Department of the Ministry of Petroleum, Norw