The appraisal programme on the Al Jumd discovery in Block 56 on shore the Sultanate of Oman is continuing with the recent spud of the Al Jumd-3 well which is to be directly followed by Al Jumd-4, both of which are horizontal appraisal wells. Simultaneously, testing operations on the Sarha-3 and Sahab-1 wells has commenced […]

The parties have entered into an agreement on commercial terms for a coordinated development of the licenses Krafla, Fulla and North of Alvheim (NOA) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Equinor is the operator of the Krafla license and Aker BP is the operator of the NOA and the Fulla licenses. The area consists of many […]

Zambia’s Energy Minister Peter Kapala has announced that his country intends building a 700-kilometre long pipeline connecting the port of Dar es salaam in Tanzania with his country. He said at the recent weekend that construction had already commenced and that the pipeline will run parallel with the existing pipeline but will be fully modern in comparison. […]

Tullow Ghana Limited, operator of the offshore Jubilee and TEN fields, has awarded a five-year contract to Petrofac Ghana (Petrofac) to support operations and maintenance activities on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah (KNK). Petrofac is the largest amongst a number of companies, all of which are either indigenous Ghanaian firms or local joint ventures, which will […]

On behalf of the Bacalhau licence partners, Equinor Brazil has awarded Valaris, represented by Ensco UK Drilling Limited and Ensco do Brasil Petróleo e Gás LTDA, a 540-day drilling contract scheduled to start in 2023.  “Brazil is one of Equinor’s core areas, and Bacalhau is one of our flagship projects internationally. We are pleased to […]

The Republic of Cameroon and other African nations will experience enhanced access to cleaner fuels following the recent commissioning of two FCFA 46 Billion Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessels in Ulsan, South Korea, by Sahara Group, a leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate. Sahara Group continues to play a leading role in promoting energy transition in […]

GE and Azito Energie S.A.  have announced the start of operations for the simple cycle of the Azito Phase IV power plant, located in the Yopougon district of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. For this project, GE provided a GT13E2 2012 MXL2 gas turbine including power generation equipment, analytics and controls software, and a service agreement for twenty years […]

Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company, has completed  the farm-in agreement with OMV Norge. Through the agreement, Longboat farmed-in to two near-term, gas weighted exploration prospects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (“NCS”) targeting combined gross unrisked mean prospective resources of 223 mmboe(1) (45 mmboe(1) net to Longboat). The first of these wells, […]

TGS ASA, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has announced that it has been named a successful bidder in the auction process conducted in connection with ION Geophysical Corporation’s (ION) Chapter 11 bankruptcy case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.  As a result, TGS will acquire certain assets […]

TGS ASA, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has announced  that it has acquired Prediktor AS, a leading provider of asset management and real-time data management solutions to renewable and energy asset owners. Established in 1995, the company has carried out thousands of installations on mission-critical industrial and energy assets on all seven […]