/west-africa?format=feed West Africa en-US Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:17:19 -0500 /news/521500-ades-gets-its-first-jack-up-contract-offshore-nigeria Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor ADES Holding has secured a $21.8 million drilling contract with Brittania-U for its Admarine 504 jack-up drilling rig, marking… Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:17:19 Z /news/521500-ades-gets-its-first-jack-up-contract-offshore-nigeria /news/514247-chevron-extends-shelf-drilling-s-jack-up-stay-in-west-africa Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡ÀÏ»¢»ú drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured a contract from Chevron's Angola subsidiary for its Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig for drilling operations offshore West Africa… Wed, 05 Jun 2024 07:38:13 Z /news/514247-chevron-extends-shelf-drilling-s-jack-up-stay-in-west-africa /news/514201-fpso-for-bp-s-gta-lng-project-reaches-its-destination-offshore-west-africa The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, a key component of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 LNG development, has arrived at its final… Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:47:49 Z /news/514201-fpso-for-bp-s-gta-lng-project-reaches-its-destination-offshore-west-africa /news/512094-eni-makes-major-discovery-offshore-c-te-d-ivoire Italian energy giant Eni has made a significant oil and gas discovery in block CI-205, offshore Côte d'Ivoire, in West Africa.The discovery, named Calao, stands as the second largest in the country… Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:18:27 Z /news/512094-eni-makes-major-discovery-offshore-c-te-d-ivoire /news/511898-vaalco-plans-baobab-fpso-upgrade-following-svenska-petroleum-acquisition U.S. based oil and gas company Vaalco has entered a sales and purchase agreement to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration, including its non-operated interest in… Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:25:15 Z /news/511898-vaalco-plans-baobab-fpso-upgrade-following-svenska-petroleum-acquisition /news/511556-bp-welcomes-flng-gimi-in-west-africa The floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel Gimi, that is a core component of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project, has arrived at its destination on… Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:44:42 Z /news/511556-bp-welcomes-flng-gimi-in-west-africa /news/511424-trident-terminates-island-innovator-rig-contract-offshore-equatorial-guinea The contract for the Island Drilling’s semi-submersible Island Innovator rig has been terminated by Trident Energy due to safety concerns, putting the drilling campaign at the Block G… Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:22:58 Z /news/511424-trident-terminates-island-innovator-rig-contract-offshore-equatorial-guinea /news/510958-island-innovator-kicks-off-infill-drilling-ops-offshore-equatorial-guinea The three-well infill drilling campaign at Equatorial Guinea’s offshore Block G – operated by Trident Energy, with partners Panoro, Kosmos Energy and GEPetrol – has started… Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:27:41 Z /news/510958-island-innovator-kicks-off-infill-drilling-ops-offshore-equatorial-guinea /news/510954-wison-takes-charge-of-pre-feed-for-two-flngs-in-nigeria Wison New Energies has been appointed to lead the design validation and preliminary front-end engineering and design (Pre-FEED) for two 3MTPA floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) units in Nigeria… Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:31:54 Z /news/510954-wison-takes-charge-of-pre-feed-for-two-flngs-in-nigeria /news/510705-azule-energy-to-use-futureon-s-digital-twin-software-on-four-oil-projects Angola-based Azule Energy has awarded a three-year contract with extension options to Norwegian company FutureOn for its FieldTwin digital design and visualization platform… Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:35:12 Z /news/510705-azule-energy-to-use-futureon-s-digital-twin-software-on-four-oil-projects /news/510601-petrofac-gets-multi-million-contract-from-bp-for-west-africa-ops Oilfield services company Petrofac has secured a four-year operations services contract from BP for its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) natural gas project in Mauritania and Senegal… Mon, 08 Jan 2024 08:25:18 Z /news/510601-petrofac-gets-multi-million-contract-from-bp-for-west-africa-ops /news/499675-zenith-bids-for-benin-s-largest-oilfield Zenith Energy has made an offer to the Republic of Benin operate Block 1 containing the 'largest and most prospective oilfield in the country'. The shallow water… Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:00:15 Z /news/499675-zenith-bids-for-benin-s-largest-oilfield /news/498384-eni-ups-ivory-coast-field-estimates Italian explorer Eni has reported 'excellent results' from its latest exploration well offshore Ivory Coast, West Africa, resulting in a 25% increase in the resource estimate for the Baleine field… Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:13:25 Z /news/498384-eni-ups-ivory-coast-field-estimates /news/479092-down-but-not-out-aker-energy-committed-to-developing-ghana-offshore-oil-field-despite-delay Norwegian oil firm Aker Energy, which operates the Pecan offshore oil field development offshore Ghana, is not giving up on the project, despite having recently… Fri, 05 Jun 2020 08:49:19 Z /news/479092-down-but-not-out-aker-energy-committed-to-developing-ghana-offshore-oil-field-despite-delay /news/478245-falcon-rov-chosen-for-project-off-west-africa A service provider in the West African offshore energy sector has ordered a Saab Seaeye Falcon, fully fitted for survey work.Lucas Inyama, Technical Director of… Wed, 06 May 2020 15:17:32 Z /news/478245-falcon-rov-chosen-for-project-off-west-africa