5155 results found for 'french guiana'

5155 results found for 'french guiana'
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  • Spectrum in 2D seismic survey off Argentina

    20 April 2017

    Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has started a 35,000 km Multi-Client 2D seismic survey covering 435,000 km2 offshore the deep waters of Argentina in cooperation with YPF S.A. and the authorization of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. This survey is designed in close cooperation with YPF S.A. and will provide industry with the first […]

  • Spectrum Begins 2D Shoot Offshore Argentina

    20 April 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Spectrum has started a 35,000 km multi-client 2D seismic survey covering 435,000 km2 in the deep waters of Argentina in cooperation with YPF S.A. The survey will provide industry with the first ever detailed seismic grid over this under-explored frontier area of Argentina, allowing for basin-wide studies of the area as well as prospect/lead level interpretation studies for upcoming license […]

  • Brazil: Spectrum Begins Foz do Amazonas Survey

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Spectrum commenced the next phase of their Brazilian Equatorial Margins program this week taking the first shot on the 15,000 kilometer Foz do Amazonas survey. After completion of this survey in the third quarter 2012, Spectrum will have collected over 27,000 kms of new long offset data over this highly prospective region. The program is […]

  • BP corroborates preliminary results of Rhino’s gas condensate discovery in Namibian waters

    21 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    BP has backed the disclosed findings related to a recent gas condensate discovery, which Rhino Resources, an African energy exploration player, made off the coast of Namibia, with a semi-submersible rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling.

  • TGS and CGG team up for second phase of 3D multi-client survey in Brazil

    5 January 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    TGS and CGG have agreed to conduct the second phase of the Foz do Amazonas 3D multi-client survey offshore Brazil.

  • ‘World’s first’ hybrid wind-powered cargo vessel visits Port Canaveral (Gallery)

    9 September 2024
    Ports & Logistics

    MV Canopée, the “world’s first” hybrid propulsion commercial cargo vessel, made its inaugural U.S. visit to Port Canaveral. 

  • Tullow Starts Drilling Offshore Guyana

    10 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Northern announces that operations have commenced on drilling the Zaedyus prospect, with well GM-ES-1, in the Guyane Maritime Permit. Tullow Oil (“Tullow”), the Operator, believes the well has the potential to open up a major new oil province in Guyane (French Guiana) with a significant number of further prospects and leads already identified. Tullow […]

  • Northern Petroleum Starts Drilling on Zaedyus Prospect (Guyane)

    11 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      Northern announces that operations have commenced on drilling the Zaedyus prospect, with well GM-ES-1, in the Guyane Maritime Permit. Tullow Oil , the Operator, believes the well has the potential to open up a major new oil province in Guyane (French Guiana) with a significant number of further prospects and leads already identified. Tullow […]

  • French turbine builder makes comeback with Togo delivery

    28 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Technology

    Following the acquisition by the Acti Group, the French start-up Guinard Energies Nouvelles has delivered a tidal turbine in Togo. The tidal turbine Poseide 66 on the Mono River is a key part of the autonomous electricity network deployed in this remote area of the power grid with the German company Reusch Energietechnick. At the […]

  • Tullow Acquires Heritage’s Ugandan Assets for US$1.35 billion

    27 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    Tullow Oil plc  announces that on 26 July 2010, Tullow Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of Tullow, has completed the US$1.35 billion acquisition of a 50% interest in Blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda from Heritage Oil & Gas Limited (“HOGL”) with an additional contractual settlement amount of US$100 million. Following conditional Government approval on 6 […]

  • Rovco Finalizes Amazon Reef Survey for Greenpeace

    14 June 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Rovco has completed an underwater survey of the Amazon Reef, off the northern coast of Brazil, for the environmental organisation, Greenpeace. The company carried out a full 3D seabed survey, deploying its SubAtlantic Mojave and Seaeye Cougar ROVs while using its latest 3D reconstruction technology. The project also required Rovco to mobilise a survey grade, […]

  • Reducing emissions – Transport ship ‘Canopée’ sails into the maritime future

    14 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, IT & Software, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels, Vision

    The state-of-the-art transport ship ‘Canopée’ has been specially designed to transport rockets, components and satellites for the space agency ESA. In the future, it will transport all parts of the Ariane 6 launcher from Europe to the spaceport in French Guiana. ESA’s specifications for the construction of the ship were challenging in many respects. Much […]

  • Total Buys Stake in Three Licenses Offshore Ivory Coast

    17 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    French supermajor Total has signed production sharing agreements with the Côte d’Ivoire state and national oil company Petroci for three new ultra-deep offshore licenses. Total will operate the CI-514 license with a 54% interest, in partnership with Canadian Natural Ressources International (36%) and Petroci (10%). Total will also hold a 45% interest in the CI-515 […]

  • Petrobras kicks off drilling ops in Brazilian Equatorial Margin

    25 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Petrobras has embarked on drilling operations at a well, which marks the resumption of the company’s search for oil and gas in the Equatorial Margin.

  • LNG-fueled CMA CGM Greenland to welcome the Olympic flame in Marseille

    6 May 2024
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    CMA CGM Greenland, a 15,000 TEU containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), will, alongside more than 1,024 other vessels, take part in the grand nautical parade around the Belem and the arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille on May 8.

  • Survey results spotlight need for oil & gas windfall tax reform, OUEK says

    30 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Britain’s trade body for the offshore energy industry, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), has disclosed the results of its survey, which indicate that the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) needs to be tweaked from next year to unlock investments in the offshore energy arena.

  • New partner joins TotalEnergies’ CO2 storage project off Denmark

    2 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Danish subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has signed a farm-down agreement with CarbonVault, an affiliate of the German cement producer SCHWENK, for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Danish sector of the North Sea.

  • Ghana: Tullow Oil Plc Informs Jubilee Phase 1 Will Deliver First Oil Late 2010

    6 July 2010

    Jubilee Phase 1 on schedule for first oil by year-end; FPSO arrived in Ghana High-impact 2H 2010 drilling programme; key wells under way in Ghana and Uganda Government approval for purchase of Heritage’s Ugandan assets expected imminently Production and Development Activities * Jubilee Phase 1 development remains on schedule to deliver first oil during November […]

  • Syroco’s tech helps Marfret’s wind-assisted ship achieve emissions reduction

    29 November 2023
    Technology, Vessels

    Climate tech startup Syroco has revealed that its optimization technology Syroco EfficientShip helped Marfret’s wind-assisted ship Marfret Niolon achieve optimized efficiency and CO2 emissions reduction.

  • Greenpeace launches campaign against oil exploration off Brazil

    27 January 2017

    The environmentalist group, Greenpeace, has launched a new campaign in Brazil with an aim to protect the newly discovered Amazon Reef from oil exploration.  In the far north of Brazil, where the Amazon River meets the sea, there is a coral reef whose discovery was announced by a group of scientists in April 2016. Greenpeace […]

  • AYRO secures $21 million financing for OceanWings wingsail solution

    27 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Technology

    French designer and manufacturer of wingsail solution AYRO has secured a 19.2 million € ($21 m) Series B round financing for its OceanWings.

  • Premier Secures Award of Three Blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round

    16 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Premier announces that it has been awarded three blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round held in Rio de Janeiro on 14 May. The blocks are located in deep water basins offshore North East Brazil in largely under-explored areas and contain prospects and leads capable of delivering between 250 mmbbls and 1 bn bbls each. Premier was […]

  • Shell ships Italy-bound LNG cargo from Egyptian plant

    14 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is on its way to Italy from Egypt on board a vessel operated by the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell.

  • Total Acquires Interests in Three New Ultra-Deepwater Licenses Offshore Ivory Coast

    17 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Total announces the signature of production sharing agreements with the Côte d’Ivoire state and national oil company Petroci for three new ultra-deep offshore licenses. Total will operate the CI-514 license with a 54% interest, in partnership with Canadian Natural Ressources International (36%) and Petroci (10%). Total will also hold a 45% interest in the CI-515 […]

  • USA: Cobalt Excited About Return to Gulf Drilling

    22 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cobalt International Energy, Inc. announced today that the Ensco 8503 drilling rig, contracted to Cobalt, has returned to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico following a sublet of the rig to drill a well in French Guiana. Cobalt received the required U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance and has subsequently received APD approval from the Bureau […]