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Work is far advanced on alternatives to the “renowned” Bonny Terminal Nigerian companies pumping crude oil into the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) have advanced so much in progressing alternative routes that several sources are “so sure” that there will be hardly a drop of crude pumped into that line by June 2020. The …
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The worldwide offshore rig count in October rose by three units compared to October 2017 numbers. According to BHGE’s report released on Wednesday, the worldwide offshore rig count in October 2018 was 230 units, up from 227 a year ago. A drillship in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Adventures of KM&G-Morris/Flickr. Shared under …
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UK-based offshore driller Ensco has won a new contract for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships. Illustration; One of Ensco’s drillships; Image by: CellsDeDells; Source: Wikimedia – under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license According to VesselsValue, a maritime and offshore analytics company, Ensco won a term charter deal for the Ensco DS-9 drillship. The drillship was chartered by French …
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Malaysian FPSO supplier Yinson and Nigerian oil company First E&P have given themselves more time to conclude an FPSO deal. The two parties in June 2018 entered into a Heads of Terms for the purpose of engaging in exclusive negotiations for the potential supply and charter of an FPSO unit to process hydrocarbons from the Anyala & Madu fields under …
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Panoro Energy has plans to use the CTF-4, a 2,000-horsepower onshore rig for the drilling of the Salloum West-1 well (“SAMW-1”) located in the Sfax Offshore Exploration Permit, offshore Tunisia. The oil company has signed a Heads of Terms for the supply of the rig with the Tunisian drilling contractor Compagnie Tunisienne de Forage (“CTF”). …
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UK-based offshore driller Ensco has won a new contract for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships. Illustration; One of Ensco’s drillships; Image by: CellsDeDells; Source: Wikimedia – under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license According to VesselsValue, a maritime and offshore analytics company, Ensco won a term charter deal for the Ensco DS-9 drillship. The drillship was chartered by French …
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UAE-based Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESVs) serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, has been awarded a contract for one of its Small Class vessels. Illustration – A GMS unit/ Source: Gulf Marine Services GMS said on Tuesday that the new charter was for 12 months …
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Eni’s Nigerian subsidiary Agip Exploration has chartered Pacific Drilling’s Pacific Bora drillship for drilling operations offshore Nigeria. Pacific Bora drillship – Image source: Wikimedia. Shared under CC BY-SA 3.0 licenseThe contract, for one firm well, is valued $9 million. Agip will have two additional option wells. According to Pacific Drilling, the contract is expected to start in mid …
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Maersk Viking; Source: Aker Energy Maersk Drilling-owned drillship Maersk Viking is nearly ready to start drilling an appraisal well offshore Ghana for Aker Energy, following the arrival in Ghanaian waters. Maersk Drilling and Aker Energy signed a contract for the drillship Maersk Viking to drill the Pecan-4A appraisal well located in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points …
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North Africa-focused oil company SDX Energy has terminated talks for a potential acquisition of assets in Egypt from BP. An offshore drilling rig used by BP to drill for oil and gas in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Egypt in 2014 /image source: BPThe company had on September 20 said that it was in talks for …
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