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  • Chevron’s drilling ops in Nigerian waters lead to new hydrocarbon discovery

    Chevron’s drilling ops in Nigerian waters lead to new hydrocarbon discovery Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered Chevron and the operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)/CNL joint venture, has made a new hydrocarbon discovery off the coast of Nigeria, Africa. The post Chevron’s drilling ops in Nigerian waters lead to new hydrocarbon discovery…

  • TotalEnergies offloads oil stakes in Nigerian JV and sets up Middle East’s new trading player

    TotalEnergies offloads oil stakes in Nigerian JV and sets up Middle East’s new trading player France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has taken steps to divest its oil interest in Renaissance joint venture (JV), formerly SPDC JV, licenses in Nigeria to Vaaris and breathe life into BxT Trading, a new trading company for petroleum products in the…

  • Shearwater prepares new seismic campaign in Nigerian waters

    Shearwater prepares new seismic campaign in Nigerian waters Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater Geoservices is preparing to send out one of its vessels for a new multi-client seismic project offshore Nigeria. According to the company, the 3D survey is backed by significant industry funding and will be executed in partnership with Harvex Geosolutions and…

  • TotalEnergies and Chevron fortify oil & gas ties with Nigerian farm-out deal

    TotalEnergies and Chevron fortify oil & gas ties with Nigerian farm-out deal France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has strengthened its oil and gas bonds with the U.S.-headquartered Chevron by inking a deal to divest a partial stake in two exploration licenses off the coast of Nigeria to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company. The…

  • Drydocks World transforms oil tanker into FPSO destined for Nigeria’s oil field

    Drydocks World transforms oil tanker into FPSO destined for Nigeria’s oil field The UAE-headquartered marine and offshore services provider Drydocks World Dubai, a part of DP World, has confirmed a sail-away ceremony for a recently converted floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel bound to be deployed at an oil field off the coast of Nigeria,…

  • TotalEnergies and Conoil swap oil & gas assets offshore Nigeria

    TotalEnergies and Conoil swap oil & gas assets offshore Nigeria France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has bolstered its oil and gas portfolio in African waters by striking an asset exchange deal with Conoil, which enables it to up its stake in an offshore license in Nigerian waters. The post TotalEnergies and Conoil swap oil & gas…

  • Nigeria LNG shipping unit picks Hudong-Zhonghua for new LNG carrier batch

    Nigeria LNG shipping unit picks Hudong-Zhonghua for new LNG carrier batch West African LNG exporter Nigeria LNG (NLNG) is moving ahead with a fresh round of fleet renewal, with its shipping arm Bonny Gas Transport (BGT) selecting China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for a new tranche of LNG carrier tonnage. Newbuilding sources said BGT has agreed to…

  • Shell turns to Halliburton for integrated drilling and completion work offshore Nigeria

    Shell turns to Halliburton for integrated drilling and completion work offshore Nigeria U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton has landed a new assignment off the coast of Nigeria with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered Shell, in collaboration with its joint venture partner, Sunlink Energies. The post Shell turns to…

  • Versatile SSCV booked for Shell’s $5B deepwater project off Nigeria

    Versatile SSCV booked for Shell’s $5B deepwater project off Nigeria A semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) from the fleet of Bluewhale Offshore, a Singapore-headquartered offshore drilling contractor and service provider and member of CIMC Group, has been picked to work on a project offshore Nigeria being developed by the Nigerian subsidiary of the U.K.-based energy giant…

  • Bulker crew stranded in Nigeria without pay for three months

    Bulker crew stranded in Nigeria without pay for three months The crew of the 2008-built bulker Eleen Armonia has been stranded in Nigeria for more than three months without receiving salaries. According to an email sent to Splash from a crew representative, many crew contracts have already expired, but the owner of the Liberian-flagged vessel…

  • Clarion Group sets sail with launch of Nigerian-owned shipping line

    Clarion Group sets sail with launch of Nigerian-owned shipping line The Clarion Group, a prominent Nigerian logistics and port services firm, has officially entered the regional liner shipping market with the launch of Clarion Shipping. The new shipping line took delivery of its first vessel, the 349 teu Ocean Dragon, on July 3 from China’s…

  • Russian line founded with focus on West Africa

    Russian line founded with focus on West Africa The former chairman of FESCO has formed a shipping line to provide links between West Africa and Russia. Andrei Severilov, who founded JSC A7 Holding last year, has just debuted A7 African Cargo Lines with a first link set to be established between Novorossiysk and Nigeria’s port…

  • Aquaterra wins well intervention work in Nigeria

    Aquaterra wins well intervention work in Nigeria UK-based Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-year contract with Intrepid Energy Limited to deliver a bespoke subsea well intervention equipment package for a project in Nigeria. The well access package will enable Intrepid Energy to conduct intervention operations across multiple mature oil wells in the region, supporting enhanced…

  • Stena Bulk forms Nigerian tanker venture

    Stena Bulk forms Nigerian tanker venture Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk has signed a deal with NNPC Shipping, part of oil producer Nigerian National Petroleum Corp and local integrated offshore support player Caverton Marine for a new tanker joint venture in Nigeria. The deal will create a new tanker operation serving Nigeria and West Africa’s regional…

  • Upcoming ops in Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, and Libya mark oil & gas drilling hotspots across Africa

    Upcoming ops in Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, and Libya mark oil & gas drilling hotspots across Africa African Energy Chamber (AEC), which serves as the voice of the energy sector in Africa, has shed more light on the ongoing and anticipated high-impact drilling campaigns in Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, and Libya. The post Upcoming ops in Namibia,…

  • Nigerian offshore fields reach new decarbonization heights with 96% cut in routine gas flaring

    Nigerian offshore fields reach new decarbonization heights with 96% cut in routine gas flaring The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has tucked a new milestone in the reduction of routine flaring of associated gas (AG) from two shallow-water oil and gas fields located off the coast of Nigeria. The post Nigerian offshore fields reach new…

  • Damen delivers FCS 3307 patrol to Nigeria’s Homeland IOSL

    Damen delivers FCS 3307 patrol to Nigeria’s Homeland IOSL Damen Shipyards Cape Town recently delivered an FCS 3307 patrol vessel to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Ltd. (Homeland IOSL) in Nigeria. This vessel, on charter with an international energy company, will perform offshore patrol duties to enhance the security of personnel, assets, and the environment in…

  • Dolphin Drilling wins $100m in Nigerian court case

    Dolphin Drilling wins $100m in Nigerian court case Semisub rig owner Dolphin Drilling has won a prolonged court spat with Nigerian oil company General Hydrocarbons Limited over a contract termination. The disagreement between the two companies started in April this year when Dolphin Drilling terminated a contract for the Blackford Dolphin rig with the Nigerian…

  • Dolphin Drilling emerges as winner in arbitration saga over rig termination deal

    Dolphin Drilling emerges as winner in arbitration saga over rig termination deal Dolphin Drilling has disclosed a positive outcome of arbitration proceedings with Lagos-based General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL), which has been made in the Norwegian player’s favor. The post Dolphin Drilling emerges as winner in arbitration saga over rig termination deal appeared first on Offshore…

  • Closing oil & gas chapters in Azerbaijan and Nigeria garners $2 billion for Equinor’s portfolio enhancement

    Closing oil & gas chapters in Azerbaijan and Nigeria garners $2 billion for Equinor’s portfolio enhancement Equinor has crossed the finish line for the divestment of its upstream assets in Azerbaijan and Nigeria, bringing a consideration of up to $2 billion to fuel the firm’s oil and gas portfolio optimization mission. The post Closing oil…

  • Noble rigs score more work with TotalEnergies, BP, and TAQA as Inpex opts for early termination

    Noble rigs score more work with TotalEnergies, BP, and TAQA as Inpex opts for early termination Noble Corporation has secured further work for two floaters in Nigeria with France’s TotalEnergies and in the UK with TAQA while one of its jack-up rigs also got more work in Britain with BP. However, Inpex has decided to…