Category: News

LUANDA, July 20, 2016 – The Angola LNG export plant has reportedly been shut down until late-August for final tests, traders said on Wednesday. The facility had recently been restarted after …

Eni SPA has made an  oil discovery on Block 15/06 in the Ochigufu exploration prospect offshore Angola. It is the 10th commercial oil discovery for the block, and is estimated …

STAVANGER, Norway – Statoil has failed to find hydrocarbons with its first presalt well in the Kwanza basin offshore Angola. The drillship Stena Carron drilled Dilolo-1 in block 39. Despite the result, Statoil says …

LEIDSCHENDAM, the Netherlands – To accommodate the future needs of the rapidly growing Angola offshore oil and gas industry, Fugro has opened its new facility in the SONILS Oil Service Centre …

Italy’s Eni S.p.A. announced Wednesday that it started production two weeks ahead of schedule at theCinguvu oil field, from the West Hub Development Project in Block 15/06 in the Angolan …

JOHANNESBURG, March 20 (Reuters) – Angola expects oil output to average 1.84 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, up 10 percent from 1.67 million bpd in 2014, according a …

ABERDEEN, UK –Applus RTD has won a contract from Heerema Marine Contractors as part of the Kaombo development offshore Angola. As part of the largest ultra-deepwater SURF (subsea, umbilicals, risers, flowlines) development, Applus RTD …

HOUSTON–Doris Engineeringhas been involved in one major expansion/upgrade program and studies for three new field developments offshore Angola. Company officials, exhibiting at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, providedOffshorewith …

Reuters recently reported that the Angola LNG export facility has shut down for maintenance, and that it was not expected to recommence operations at full capacity until late August 2016. Now,Reuters claims …

Reuters recently reported that the Angola LNG export facility has shut down for maintenance, and that it was not expected to recommence operations at full capacity until late August 2016. Now,Reuters claims …

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 21 By Maksim Tsurkov : Angola’s Sonangol Hidrocarbonetos İnternacional oil and gas company is interested in cooperation with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), said the …

London (Platts)–6 Jul 2016 707 am EDT/1107 GMT   The spread between Angolan oil grades Dalia and Pazflor continued to widen Tuesday as Pazflor traded at a $0.80/b premium over …

Published in Oil Industry News on Friday, 8 July 2016 GC Rieber Shipping has secured a time charter agreement with Technip Angola for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx. The vessel will conduct …

Offshore staff WILMSLOW, UK – Exmar has contracted EM&I for diverless underwater inspections on the Kissama accommodation barge operating offshore Cabinda, Angola. According to Graham Cross, EM&I special projects director, this will involve the first use of the …

Angola’s state-run oil giant Sonangol, recently taken over by the president’s daughter, has announced a gas discovery in the offshore Kwanza Basin that could hold 813 million barrels of oil …

Offshore staff LONDON – Bumi Armada has awarded Petrofac a three-year condition monitoring program for the FPSO Olombendo. The vessel, currently under conversion in Singapore, will operate on Eni’s 15/06 East hub development offshore Angola. Petrofac’s scope includes implementation …

MILAN, Italy, May 5 (UPI) — Italian energy company Eni announced Tuesday it was ahead of the curve with what its partners described as a breakthrough operation offshore Angola. Eni …

IRVING, Texas –ExxonMobil Corp.announced that its subsidiary,Esso Exploratoin AngolaLtd., has started oil production ahead of schedule at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 project offshore Angola. The project is a subsea infrastructure development of …

Technip Angola Engenharia Limitada, a joint venture between Technip and Sonangol, was awarded by Total E&P Angola a three-year engineering services contract. This contract covers services for the existing Girassol, …

Oceaneering International, Inc. (“Oceaneering” or the “Company”) (NYSE:OII) announced today that a unit of BP p.l.c. (“BP”) (NYSE:BP) has exercised its right, under the Field Support Vessel Services contract that …

Tremendous effort has been taken in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) since the 1970s. Comparatively, enhanced gas recovery (EGR) is a recent concept that has taken shape owing …

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Seadrill has secured a two-year drilling contract offshore Angola for the semisubmersible West Eclipse, due to start in 2Q 2016. Currently the contractor’s backlog totals $5.1 billion, comprising $3.9 billion for its drilling floater …

PARIS – Total E&P Angola has awarded Technip Angola Engenharia Ltda., a joint venture between Technip and Sonangol, a three-year engineering services contract. The contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia, and CLOV FPSO …

LUANDA, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Angola plans to increase its oil production by 20 percent by next year after suffering a “very difficult” 2014 as costs soared, prices slumped and …

Fugro, a provider of survey services to the international offshore oil and gas industry, will provide offshore survey and positioning services at the Kaombo oil development offshore Angola. Under a …

Cobalt International Energy, a Houston-based oil exploration and production company, will reduce its workforce by 50 percent when compared to its pre-Angola sale workforce. According to Cobalt, with the pending …

Work continues on the Kaombo oil development offshore Angola. Under a subcontract let by Technip SA to Fugro NV, the Dutch engineering firm will provide offshore deepwater survey and positioning services to a …