The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in partnership with Learners Support Consultancy Company has called for submissions from innovators, technologists and other young science enthusiasts to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) programme. The NCDMB initiative is the first-ever technology hackathon in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry and is aimed at […]
A recent expansion of Gabon MegaSurvey coverage has significantly increased access to 3D seismic over the 35 open blocks on offer. The Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) and PGS now offer over 65 000 sq. km of 3D seismic and over 21 000 km of 2D seismic data. An extension to the tender submission deadline […]
Lukoil a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow is still in talks with Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons on the development of offshore block EG-27 months afterround. EG Ronda bid round. Lukoil and GEPetrol in November last year were awarded the operations of EG-27 (formerly Block R) through the EG Ronda 2019 […]
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the commencement of crude oil exploration along the Bida Basin sokoto North of Nigeria. The crude oil exploration 2D seismic data acquisition surveys in the Bida Sokoto basin are expected to spread across eight local government councils of Niger state, two in Kwara state and one in […]
TGS, a global leading provider of multi-client geoscience data for exploration & production companies, has recently announced the acquisition of its latest 3D survey SN-UDO-19, offshore Senegal. This latest stand-alone survey is located in northern Senegal. This unprecedented fit is sequel to a further recently completed survey, SS-UDO-19, in the southern part of the country. […]
PetroNor has announced that the Company has reached a mutual agreement with the Government of Senegal to suspend the Arbitration related to the Rufisque Offshore Profond and Senegal Offshore Sud Profond licence areas for a period of six months with a view to reaching a satisfactory outcome for all parties. A formal request has been […]
Aker Energy Ghana Limited (“Aker Energy”) reaffirms its commitment to finding a solution that will allow for the commencement of a phased development of the Pecan field offshore Ghana. “In a time when most other E&P companies are putting development projects on the shelf due to the COVID-19 situation and historic low oil prices, Aker […]
On the verge of covid 19 pandemic, the Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR) has ordered oil and gas companies operating in the country to downsize their workforce and practice social distancing as a tightening measures to cushion the corona virus outbreak. The regulatory body ordered oil and gas companies particularly the multinational, indigenous E & […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has approved the Nigerian Content Compliance Certificate (NCCC) and Approved Vendors Lists (AVLs) for the Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project. The approval gives NLNG the final clearance to award the project to Saipem, Chiyoda, Daewoo Consortium and commence the execution, having previously signed the Letter Of Intent […]
Nigeria-focused Oil Company Lekoil a Nigerian indigenous exploration and production company has of recent announced reduction of its workforce numbers which is believed to be unconnected with the prevalence of global covid 19 pandemic but as part of the “immediate and accelerated” implementation of the company’s general and administrative (“G&A”) cost reduction measures. “These measures […]
