Liberia forms O&G technology department in response to fleet registry growth

Liberia's Offshore and Gas Technology Department head Stephen Bomgardner; Source: LISCR Liberia has established its Offshore and Gas Technology Department, renewing the registry’s focus in these sectors. The creation of the department strengthens Liberia’s presence in the offshore and gas sectors and is a response to the registry’s growth in 2018. Liberia, dubbed the fastest …

Baru Says Oil Workers Avert Nationwide Strike

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has commended the leaderships of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) for their roles in the prompt resolution of the recently averted planed industrial action. The NNPC GMD made this …

DANGOTE REFINERY: NIGER DELTA TYPE MILITANCY LOADING AT LEKKI… A REPORTER’S PERSPECTIVE

By Chris Paul Otaigbe           The ongoing construction of the Dangote Refinery is proposed to relieve Nigeria of the perennial issue of Fuel scarcity and Fuel subsidy. It is, therefore, supposed to be a thing of joy to the country at large and the surrounding community of its proposed operations. The …

DANGOTE REFINERY BILLIONAIRE OWNER ACCUSED OF LAND GRAB BY HOST COMMUNITIES

The fourteen Host communities surrounding the Dangote Refinery have accused the Dangote Group/Refinery of conniving with the Lagos State government to use the Nigerian Police and Army in harassing and depriving their Villagers of their Ancestral Lands. In a Press Released signed by Professor Maurice Fangon, Secretary-General, Center for Defense of Human Rights and Democracy in …

African Petroleum defends its position as Petrosen seeks tenders for disputed Senegalese block

zoomSource: African Petroleum Senegal’s Petrosen is seeking tenders for two blocks offshore Senegal, including the Senegal Offshore Sud Profond (SOSP) block, much to African Petroleum’s surprise.  Namely, African Petroleum holds a 90% operated working interest in the SOSP block and the National Oil Company Petrosen holds the remaining 10% equity. The SOSP PSC is currently the …

Update: Sirius hires Shelf Drilling rig for Nigeria ops. ‘COSL Force’ deal rescinded

zoomIllustration: A jack-up rig - Image source: Pixabay Update: Adds more details provided by Sirius Petroleum. COSL rig deal rescission confirmed. Offshore driller Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for the Adriatic I jack-up rig with Sirius Petroleum. Shelf on Monday said Sirius Petroleum would use the Adriatic I rig for its drilling program offshore Nigeria. The 1981-built rig …

BGAM Services acquires security vessel with NCI Fund

  The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote has commissioned a new security vessel, MV Tamuno-Dein II, acquired by BGAM Services Limited, the first oil and gas company to access the Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCI Fund). The ceremony was performed on Friday at the Naval Shipyard, Port Harcourt, …

Delmar picks up mooring contract for Development Driller III rig

Delmar Systems, a U.S. offshore mooring and subsea services company, has been awarded a mooring contract for the Development Driller III at ExxonMobil’s locations offshore Equatorial Guinea. Development Driller III; Image by: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley; Source: Wikimedia (this image is cropped) Delmar has said that it will provide engineering …

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