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Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Egypt: SDX makes second Nile Delta discovery

Egypt-focused SDX Energy expects to bring its South Disouq field in the onshore Nile Delta into production during H2 2018. On 12 April, it announced a gas discovery at the Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well, which it spudded on 26 March. It drilled the well to a total depth of 9,068...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Egypt

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Senegal/Mauritania: TechnipFMC wins Tortue FPSO contract

BP has given TechnipFMC a front-end engineering design contract for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Tortue/Ahmeyim gas field development.TechnipFMC said the agreement provided a mechanism to move to an engineering, procurement, construction...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Senegal, Mauritania

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Cameroon: VOG looks to new markets after Eneo setback

Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) remains in informal talks with Bowleven despite the termination of a farm-out agreement for the Bomono gas permit, and both sides are hopeful that a solution can be found. Announcing its H1 results on 29 March, Bowleven said the farm-out transaction...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Cameroon

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Nigeria: AKK pipeline contracts

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded two of the three contracts for the 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline, part of the Trans-Nigeria pipeline project which aims to extend gas supply across the country. The contracts cover engineering,...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Nigeria

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Gabon: Repsol drilling success

Repsol’s Ivela-1 exploration well in the Luna Muetse (E13) Block intersected a 78-metre gross oil column. Partner Woodside Energy said in its Q1 results on 18 April that assessment was ongoing. Seadrill’s West Capella drillship spudded the well on 28 January in 2,665 metres of...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Gabon

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Nigeria: Subsea 7 contract for Edop-Idoho pipeline

ExxonMobil subsidiary Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited has given Oslo-listed Subsea 7 a contract for production uplift pipelines in shallow water offshore Nigeria. The contract scope includes engineering, construction, transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of 20km...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Nigeria

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Mauritania: Second decom contract for Ocean Installer

Malaysia’s Petronas has given Ocean Installer a contract to assist in decommissioning work on the offshore Chinguetti oilfield. The contract for decommissioning of risers and umbilicals on the field follows an award from floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel...

Issue 367 - 05 April 2018

Mauritania

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