5107 results found for 'french guiana'

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  • Shell Spuds Fourth Well Offshore French Guiana

    13 August 2013

    Northern Petroleum Plc announces that GM-ES-5, the final well of the current four well drilling programme in the Guyane Maritime Permit (offshore French Guiana) has been spudded by Shell as Operator on 10th August 2013.   Northern, through holding 50 per cent of Northpet Investments Limited, owns a net 1.25 per cent interest in the offshore exploration licence `Guyane Maritime’. […]

  • New milestone for Chevron’s Australian gas project with 1,000th LNG cargo send-off

    11 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Chevron has reached a new achievement at its gas project off the coast of Australia, which is considered to be one of the country’s largest resource developments and its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub.

  • Shell to Become Operator of Guyane Maritime Permit in French Guiana

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Northern announces that earlier today, Tullow Oil Plc (“Tullow”) in their Interim Management Statement provided the following update on well GM-ES-1, in the Guyane Maritime Permit, in which Northern has a 1.25% interest:  “In French Guiana, the Zaedyus exploration well discovered 72 metres of net oil pay in two turbidite fans. This is the first […]

  • Shell Drills Dry Well Offshore French Guiana

    13 November 2013

    Shell will plug and abandon the GM-ES-5 well, offshore French Guiana, after failing to hit oil, a partner in the licence said. Northern Petroleum Plc, which owns a share in the area said that the GM-ES-5, the final well of the 2012 -2013 four well exploration programme in the Shell-operated Guyane Maritime Permit (offshore French […]

  • French Guiana: Officials Seek Bids for Port of Larivot Dredging

    4 November 2011

    Ville de Matoury invites tenders for dredging works at docks A, B, C and D in the Port of Larivot, with additional works in the fairway and holding moorings to the ferry terminal. Project Period: 5 months from date of contract. Tender Details: Open Procedure. Tender Deadline: 16.11.2011. French Guiana’s main seaport is the port […]

  • Seatrium picks Swiss player for work on Petrobras’ Brazil-bound FPSO pair

    10 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    ABB has received a large order from Singapore’s Seatrium to supply electrical equipment and automation solutions for a new generation of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, destined to work for Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras.

  • Stena IceMAX Drillship to Work for Shell in French Guiana

    23 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Stena Drilling has been awarded a 5 year worldwide drilling contract by Shell for the new build Stena IceMAX. The drilling contract which is on market dayrates will commence this month when the vessel is delivered from the yard in South Korea. The first assignment for the vessel will be in French Guiana. Stena IceMAX […]

  • French Guiana: Shell to Begin Guyane Drilling in Mid 2012

    2 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Northern Petroleum announces plans to commence drilling in mid 2012 on the Guyane permit offshore French Guiana, to follow up on the Zaedyus oil discovery in late 2011 that demonstrated the prospectivity of this licence area off South America. This is a relatively low cost investment for Northern with high upside potential.  In the Zaedyus […]

  • Northern Petroleum: More Drilling to Be Conducted Offshore French Guiana

    17 April 2013

    Northern Petroleum Plc  announces the joint venture decision to extend current drilling operations on the Guyane Maritime permit in French Guiana. The GM-ES-3 exploration well is the second well of a four well exploration drilling campaign that commenced in 2012 to follow up the oil discovery at GM-ES-1 in 2011. The GM-ES-2 well had exploration […]

  • Shell Spuds 2nd Exploration Well Offshore French Guiana

    3 January 2013

    Shell has spudded its second well of the current four well programme in the Guyane Maritime Permit (French Guiana). The well GM-ES-3, the has been located to test the Priodontes Prospect and provide further geological data critical to gaining a better understanding of the potential of this area as a new offshore oil province. Related:  Tullow: […]

  • Value Maritime widens its net in Türkiye via new agreement

    12 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    The Netherlands-based cleantech company Value Maritime (VM) has broadened its market reach in Türkiye, having inked a commercial representation agreement with technical services consultancy Bulutlu Marine. As disclosed, the two parties shook hands on this deal on June 5 during a maritime conference in Oslo, Norway. As the commercial agent, Bulutlu Marine will strive to […]

  • Shell Starts Drilling at Cebus Well, Offshore French Guiana

    8 May 2013

    Shell has started drilling at Cebus prospect (GM-ES-4), the third well of the current four well exploration programme in the Guyane Maritime Permit (French Guiana), Northern Petroleum, which holds a stake in the permit, has announced. The drilling operations are being conducted with the Stena Ice Max drillship. Northern through holding 50 per cent of Northpet […]

  • Tullow: No Commercial Oil at Zaedyus-2 Well (French Guiana)

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Zaedyus-2 appraisal well (GM-ES-2), offshore French Guiana, has completed drilling. The well, drilled 5km up-dip from the Zaedyus-1 well, encountered a total of 85 metres of reservoir quality sands with oil shows in several objectives but did not encounter commercial hydrocarbons at this location. Results of drilling, logging […]

  • CNES Invites Bids for Pariacabo Dredging Project (French Guiana)

    14 June 2013

    Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Port on the Pariacabo Kourou dredging project. This deepening program will include maintenance dredging of the river access channel, maintenance of the Pariacabo Port turning basin, maintenance of the ship berthing area to the right of the RoRo/LoLo pier and hydrographic […]

  • Wessex Exploration: GM-ES-4 Shows No Hydrocarbons (French Guiana)

    23 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Wessex Exploration PLC announces the conclusion of drilling activities on the GM-ES-4 well in French Guiana. The well penetrated the primary and secondary reservoir objectives before drilling operations were concluded at a total depth of 6,292m. The results of the wireline logging programme has confirmed the presence of reservoir, however no evidence of hydrocarbons is […]

  • French Guiana: Dredging Deal Inked for Port of Degrad des Cannes

    11 May 2012

    Deal de la Guyane and Société Baggerbedrijf de Boer BV have signed a dredging contract for the port of Degrad des Cannes. The works are intended to maintain access to the port of Degrad des Cannes, including: – The maintenance of all access ports for a period of 42 months; – The maintenance of the […]

  • Tullow Plugs Priodontes-1 Well After No Hydrocarbons Found (French Guiana)

    23 April 2013

    Tullow Oil plc provides an update on progress with the Priodontes-1 well, offshore French Guiana.   The Priodontes-1 well, offshore French Guiana, has now been drilled to a Total Depth of 6,318m in water depths of 1,750m. Having encountered no hydrocarbons in the main target reservoir, the well has been plugged and abandoned. The Stena […]

  • APM Terminals opts for SANY Marine battery-electric solutions

    10 June 2025
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    APM Terminals, a container terminal operator based in the Netherlands and part of Danish shipping and logistics giant Maersk, and SANY Marine, a Chinese port and logistics equipment provider and a subsidiary of SANY Group, have signed a master framework agreement to drive decarbonization.

  • Total gears up for exploration well in French Guiana waters despite Greenpeace criticism

    14 May 2018

    Total has filed an application with the Prefecture of Guiana to drill an offshore exploration well in early 2019 despite objections by Greenpeace.

  • YPF Could Benefit from Hydrocarbon Potential of Jaguar Well, Offshore French Guiana

    15 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    YPF SA , Argentina’s largest oil company, is likely to benefit from rising domestic crude prices and from the potential discovery of … By Rodrigo Orihuela (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source:Bloomberg, September 15, 2011; Image:Seatrax

  • French Guiana: Officials Seek Bids for Port International de Degrad des Cannes Dredging

    17 February 2012

    DEAL de la Guyane has announced tender for the port maintenance dredging works. Details: Dredging works in order to maintain the access depth of the channel into the Port de commerce du Dégrad des Cannes, Rémire-Montjoly, Guyane. Additional works to be: – Maintenance dredging to all port access channels; – Maintenance to Naval areas of […]

  • Thumbs-up for MOL and Samsung Heavy Industries’ SOFC tech-endowed LNG carrier design

    4 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Vessels

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have received approval in principle (AiP) from the Lloyd’s Register for the design of a 174,000-cubic meter (cbm) liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier (LNGC) equipped with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology.

  • Orange Inaugurates Kanawa Subsea Cable

    18 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Orange has inaugurated its new Kanawa submarine cable in Kourou and strengthens connectivity in French Guiana and the Antilles The official inauguration of the Kanawa submarine cable took place in Kourou in the presence of François Ringuet, Mayor of Kourou, Thierry Kergall, Orange French Guiana Antilles Director and Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange. […]

  • Damen ASD 2310 SD for Dutch Dredging

    17 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld last week delivered a shallow draught ASD 2310 SD vessel, named Papillon, to De Boer Remorquage SARL, a subsidiary company of Dutch Dredging (Baggerbedrijf De Boer) and Iskes Towage & Salvage. Damen has customised the ASD for a 12-year contract with Grand Port Maritime de Guyane in the ports of Cayenne and Kourou […]

  • Hopper Dredger Lesse Ready for Its First Task

    28 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The 9th trailing suction hopper dredger in the Baggerbedrijf de Boer/Dutch Dredging B.V. fleet named ‘Lesse’ is currently on her way to her first dredging job in French Guiana. The vessel – built at Royal IHC’s partner yard MTG Dolphin BV in Bulgaria, was handed over to the owner on August 2. The design of […]