Africa
Seismic
SeaBird Exploration Wins Contract For Seismic Survey In Africa
SeaBird Exploration has signed a contract to acquire a 2-D seismic survey for an international oil and gas company in the Africa region on Sept. 19.
Seismic
TGS Commences Ultradeep Survey Offshore Senegal
TGS has commenced a new survey in the MSGBC Basin, offshore north-west Africa on Sept. 19.
Reservoir Evaluation , Deepwater , Digital Oilfield
Schlumberger Introduces Intelligent Wireline Formation Testing Platform
The Ora platform brings unprecedented performance in dynamic reservoir characterization.
Field Development
Egypt’s Baltim South West Gas Field Starts Production
Output will rise to 500 MMcf/d by second-quarter 2020 when five wells are expected to be online, the oil ministry said in a statement.
Deepwater , Logistics , Seismic , Acquisitions & Divestitures
TGS Adds Deepwater Node, Acquisitions To Accelerate Growth
TGS has achieved five milestones accelerating the company’s growth strategy, the company said on Sept. 16.
Exploration & Production , Lease Sales
Angola Spotlights Frontier Offshore Acreage For Upcoming Round
Africa’s second largest oil-producing country will offer 10 blocks for oil and gas exploration, development and production in October.
Exploration & Production , International
US Judge Rejects Exxon, Shell Attempt To Revive $1.8 Billion Arbitration Award
The companies claimed that Nigerian oil company took more crude from the project than was allowed.
Exploration & Production , Transactions
Tullow Oil Calls Off Plans To Sell Stake In Uganda Project
The London-listed firm had previously sold about two-thirds of the project to CNOOC and Total for $2.9 billion in transactions completed by 2012.
Exploration & Production
Eni Makes ‘Significant’ Gas, Condensate Discovery In Nigeria
Eni said Aug. 27 a well drilled by its affiliate Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Ltd. (NAOC) has discovered would could amount to about 1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 60 million barrels of associated condensate in Nigeria’s Niger Delta.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
U.S. EXIM Bank Seeks Vote On $5 Billion Loan To Mozambique LNG Project
EXIM estimated interest and fee income from the transaction of more than $600 million from a consortium led by Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s recently acquired Anadarko Petroleum Co.