Africa

Is Enhanced Oil Recovery the Future of Angola’s Oil Production?

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2018-01-17 10:40

17th January 2018

With production decline a common challenge to offshore production in mature fields globally, operators in West Africa are taking advantage of innovative technical developments in enhanced oil recovery techniques to recover the maximum from their existing oil reserves.

Fourth Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel delivered to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2018-01-11 13:40

11th January 2018

Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Ltd (Homeland) of Lagos, Nigeria, has taken delivery of another Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel for operations in the offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea.

ExxonMobil Completes LNG Acquisition in Mozambique Area 4

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2017-12-13 15:24

13th December 2017

ExxonMobil to lead construction and operation of future gas liquefaction facilities.

Halliburton and Akwa Ibom Open Oil & Gas Training and Research Center

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2017-11-09 14:49

09th November 2017

Halliburton announced today that it worked with the Akwa Ibom state government to inaugurate and open Nigeria’s first oil and gas training center fully-equipped with oilfield operations tools. The Akwa Ibom Oil and Gas Training and Research Center will provide courses in field development, drilling and completions engineering, well intervention solutions and digital technologies to local energy employees and students.

The challenges in Africa’s oil & gas industry

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2017-11-01 08:54

01st November 2017

The sustained lower price of oil has been accepted as the new normal in the oil & gas industry with companies putting plans in place to enable a more agile response to commodity price fluctuations in the future. For some, this means a diversification of portfolio, with many considering moves to an energy mix that includes some form of renewables. Despite the challenges, there are a number of opportunities on the African continent.

Kosmos Energy Acquires Hess Corp. Assets in Equatorial Guinea

Submitted by kbecker on Tue, 2017-10-24 09:01

24th October 2017

US oil company Hess Corporation will give up its 85-percent stake in the producing Ceiba and Okume oilfields offshore Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea.

Schlumberger launches new fluid mapping-while-drilling service

Submitted by Editorial on Sun, 2017-10-01 00:00

01st October 2017

Schlumberger has launched the new SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service. The service is the industry’s first to deliver downhole fluid composition during drilling with real-time pressure measurements while drilling.