West Africa
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October 27, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced a significant discovery with a potential recoverable resource of between 500 MMbbl and 1 Bbbl of oil on Owowo field, offshore Nigeria.
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October 14, 2016
Eni announces that the naming ceremony of the Armada Olombendo FPSO vessel was held today in Singapore. The FPSO shall operate in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, for the East Hub Development Project.
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October 05, 2016
Oceaneering International is expanding its presence for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey services to the West African region.
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October 04, 2016
OPEC crude production rose to a record in September, according to a Bloomberg survey, driven by returning output from Libya and Nigeria, members who will likely be exempt from last week’s deal to cut supply.
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October 03, 2016
The oil market gave the clearest sign yet that Nigeria’s Forcados crude is about to flow again for the first time in eight months, after Royal Dutch Shell was among companies said to have purchased the grade halted by militant attacks in February.
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September 28, 2016
Facing the likelihood of its first full-year economic contraction in 25 years, Nigeria is contemplating a rare sale of stakes in the oil and gas industry, the country’s biggest foreign-exchange earner.
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September 19, 2016
Sound Energy, the European and African focused upstream company, has announced that the second Tendrara well has now been drilled to the third and final casing point at an MD of 2,623 m and that operations have started to set and cement the 7-in. liner in the TAGI-I shale formation.
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September 06, 2016
FMC Technologies will provide subsea multi-phase boosting pumps, manifolds, and installation support services for Eni Angola's Block 15/06 West Hub Development Project located off the coast of Angola.
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August 31, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell’s Forcados pipeline in Nigeria will resume deliveries in September, according to an oil company that uses the line.
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August 30, 2016
CGG has signed an agreement with GNPC Operating Services Company (GOSCO), an independent Ghanaian E&P services company, to form a joint-venture company dedicated to conducting high-end 2D, 3D and 4D marine seismic acquisition and related services in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ghana.
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August 18, 2016
Offshore oil explorer Cobalt International Energy Inc. jumped the most in four years after an analyst upgraded the stock and said it could be a takeover target for bigger drillers.
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August 18, 2016
Crude oil production disruptions in Nigeria reached 750,000 bpd in May 2016, the highest level since at least January 2009.
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August 18, 2016
Nigeria’s Niger Delta Avengers militants, who have claimed repeated attacks on oil and gas pipelines sending the country’s crude output plunging, said Wednesday they were not ready to negotiate with the government.
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August 18, 2016
Tullow Oil has announced first oil from the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana, to the FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills.
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August 16, 2016
Oil traded near $46/bbl after the biggest three-day gain since April as Nigeria’s oil minister signaled the prospect of production cuts from OPEC was unlikely.
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August 10, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell said its local unit has declared force majeure on supplies to a liquefied natural gas plant in Nigeria because of a leak, potentially exacerbating a decline in exports for the OPEC member that’s suffering from militant attacks on energy infrastructure.
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August 08, 2016
Sound Energy has confirmed a significant gas discovery and a potential single gas column at the company's Tendrara license, onshore Morocco.
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August 03, 2016
Fugro has completed a 33-month period of metocean data acquisition for Hess Ghana Exploration Limited.
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July 27, 2016
LONDON (Bloomberg) -- Tullow Oil said a new project off Ghana will produce its first crude early next month as the African-focused explorer reported its first profit in three years.
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July 25, 2016
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta started talks with Nigeria’s government, even as another militant group claimed to have blown up a pipeline in the oil-rich region.
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July 15, 2016
Oil rose as Exxon Mobil Corp. declared force majeure on shipments of Nigeria’s biggest crude export grade.
