Madagascar: Sterling to acquire 3D seismic on Ambilobe

A naming ceremony for the N’Goma floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel was held at Porto Amboim on 18 July as Eni prepares for first oil from the West Hub Development Project by year-end. The FPSO is ready for sailaway to Block 15/06, and will then start mooring and hook-up operations. The West Hub project is the first development that will come on stream from the blocks awarded in Angola’s 2006 licensing round. The development of the Sangos, Cinguvu and Mpungi fields involves the drilling of 21 subsea wells, of which 12 are producers