Eni has welcomed the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at its facilities in Abidjan. The meeting was part of President Mattarella’s first State visit to Côte d’Ivoire. The President visited a gas transportation facility along the road to Grand Bassam. Gas produced from the Baleine field is fed into the Ivorian energy grid, […]

VAALCO Energy has announced that it has entered into a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB, a privately-held exploration and production company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Svenska’s primary asset is a 27.39% non-operated working interest in the deepwater producing Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa. […]

DOF has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install one FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit) and one FSO (Floating Storage unit) for the phase 2 development of the Baleine field in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa, operated by Eni with Petroci Holding as partner. The project includes the complete installation of seabed […]

The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi have met in Abidjan to celebrate production start-up from the Baleine field, situated off the eastern coast of Côte d’Ivoire, and to review Eni’s activities in the country. Eni and its partner Petroci have successfully initiated production from Baleine in August […]

Altera Infrastructure has been awarded contracts for redeployment of the FPSO Voyageur Spirit and the shuttle tanker Nordic Brasilia for the Baleine Phase 2 project, located offshore Côte d’Ivoire. The vessels are set for deployment on the Baleine field with a 15-year firm contract. The development of the project will be on a fast-track schedule with […]

The crude oil production from Cote d’ivoire has increased owing to kick off of production from Eni Baleine Field.  Eni has disclosed its operations in field located in the waters offshore Côte d’Ivoire has started production of oil and gas. According to the via its recent media release stated that this milestone is being achieved less […]

Tullow Oil’s capital allocation strategy is to focus on its highest return producing assets and to maximise cash flow. In line with this strategy, Tullow is considering all options with respect to its interest in the Espoir field in Côte d’Ivoire. No formal commitments have been made. In the event this process develops, Tullow will […]

Another FPSO has been added to existing fleet onboard Africa. This time is the new FPSO Firenze currently sailing to resume production start-up of the Baleine field, which is the largest hydrocarbon discovery in Côte d’Ivoire. Eni, in partnership with PetroCi, is celebrating the sail away of the FPSO Firenze to the Baleine field offshore Côte […]

AMEA Power Expands its Presence in West Africa by signing Agreement with the Government of Ivory Coast to Deliver 50MW PV Solar Plant.  Amea is one of the global fastest growing renewable energy companies based in the Middle East. The company course of enlarging its coast in West Africa, has recently announced that it has […]

Tullow Oil has announced the signing of a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for offshore exploration licence CI-803 in Côte d’Ivoire. Tullow will operate the licence with 90% equity, the remaining 10% is held by PetroCi. CI-803 covers an area of 1,345 square kilometres and is adjacent to licence CI-524 which is also held by Tullow […]