VAALCO Energy has announced the successful completion of the Avouma 3H-ST development well that was drilled from the Avouma platform in the Etame field, offshore Gabon. The initial flow rate of the well was approximately 3,100 gross barrels of oil per day (“BOPD”), which was above VAALCO’s internal expectations. This sidetrack well targeted existing high-quality […]

VAALCO Energy Inc. has announced the successful drilling of the Avouma 3H-ST development well that was drilled from the Avouma platform in the Etame field, offshore Gabon. The Avouma 3H-ST development well was successfully drilled with a lateral of 268 meters in high-quality Gamba sands at the top of the structure. It encountered premium Gamba […]

VAALCO Energy announced that the Company has contracted DOF Subsea to perform subsea construction and installation services to support the subsea reconfiguration associated with the replacement of the existing Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO) with a Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO) at the Etame field, offshore Gabon. DOF Subsea will provide all […]

Leading Australian energy producer Woodside and US-based technology developers ReCarbon and LanzaTech have launched a collaborative studies program aimed at converting carbon emissions into useful products. Together, Woodside, ReCarbon and LanzaTech are investigating the viability of a proposed Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) pilot facility in Perth, Western Australia. The proposed pilot facility would recycle […]

VAALCO Energy Inc. has provided an update on the Etame field reconfiguration in conjunction with the replacement of the existing Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO) with a Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO) offshore Gabon. VAALCO anticipates that all of the associated engineering, long-lead equipment and significant contracts are proceeding in-line with the […]

VAALCO Energy has announced the successful completion of the Etame 8H-ST development well that was drilled from the Etame platform in the Etame field, offshore Gabon. This sidetrack well targeted existing Gamba hydrocarbons in the field that have not previously been produced by prior wells and is the first well of VAALCO’s 2021/2022 drilling campaign. […]

In quest to increase its oil production and develop gas activity in Gabon, the oil company Perenco has planned to invest more than 450 million dollars (260.8 billion FCFA) in 2022. “We have placed orders for equipment to build a butane gas plant in Batanga which will produce 15,000 tonnes of butane gas per year […]

BW Energy today provides an update on the operations and development of the Dussafu Marin license in Gabon. The Company will publish financial figures for the fourth quarter and the annual report for 2021. Gross production from the Tortue field averaged approximately 12,250 barrels of oil per day in the fourth quarter of 2021, amounting […]

Sequel to acquisition of Total Gabon assets of the oil terminal built in Cap Lopez, the oil company Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon has planned to set a new investment approach in 2022 in order to further development of the said assets.  “At the level of Cap Lopez, we will create fantastic synergies for the […]

VAALCO Energy has announced that it has commenced its 2021/2022 drilling campaign offshore Gabon with the Etame 8H-ST well. Under a drilling contract announced by VAALCO in early summer, a jack-up rig provided by Borr West Africa Assets Inc., an affiliate of Borr Drilling Limited was recently deployed to the Etame platform and has commenced […]