Aker Solutions has developed a modified workover system that enables faster and more cost-effective planned interventions. The concept will first be applied on Equinor’s Visund field in the North Sea. Workover systems enable safe well access for subsea installation and completion, diagnostics, maintenance, repairs, enhanced production and finally plugging and abandonment. The operational concept entails […]

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 leading global Norwegian multi-client geoscience data service provider for exploration & production (E&P) companies has announced the completion of its flagship Jaan 3D seismic survey covering the MSGBC Basin in NW Africa acquired in partnership with PGS and GeoPartners. Comprising over 28,000 square kilometers, the vast survey spans across offshore Senegal, The Gambia, […]

Brent blend is a light crude oil (LCO), though not as light as West Texas Intermediate (WTI). It contains approximately 0.37% of Sulfur, classifying it as sweet crude, yet not as sweet as WTI. It is typically refined in Northwest Europe.  WTI has a sulfur content of 0.24%. The lower the sulfur content of oil, […]

In response to the current global COVID-19 pandemic and the associated crash in the price of oil, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) and the IAGC have proposed a number of mitigating measures on behalf of the oil and gas industry. These measures are intended to mitigate the expected loss of jobs and abandonment of erstwhile […]

London (Bloomberg) – Tullow Oil and Total are process to sell part of their stakes in oil discoveries in Kenya. According to familiar source, the French energy giant is planning to sell half of its 25% stake in the fields, said one of the people. Tullow said last year that it planned to reduce its […]

Damen the world renowned shipbuilder has developed a new concept vessel, the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020, featuring a stable platform with lots of accommodation, good station-keeping capability , low carbon emissions and flexibility to add mission-specific tools. The vessel has been designed to perform a variety of offshore tasks both at surface level and […]

OILSERV a leading indigenous EPC Nigeria company with global presence has finally commenced the nation’s Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project. The company has been awarded the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning of the first segment of the 614 km x 40-Inch Gas pipeline, which expanses from Ajaokuta to a mid-way between Abuja and […]

1 An exploration and production company BW Energy has produced first oil from the T ortue Phase 2 field development project (Phase 2) in the Dussafu Marin Permit offshore Gabon.The Gamba well DTM-5H which p l a n n e d p r o d u c t i o n t i me w […]

VA A L C O E n e r g y h a s announced that the South East Etame 4P appraisal wellbore drilled from the VAALCO operated South East Etame North T chibala (SEENT) platform offshore Gabon in the Etame Marin permit area successfully encountered oil sands in the Gamba formation encountering approximately 20 […]