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July 03, 2024
During the deepwater Kaminho project’s first phase of development for the Cameia field, SLB OneSubsea will collaborate with TotalEnergies to deploy a highly configurable subsea production platform with standardized vertical monobore subsea tree, wellhead, and controls system.
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July 02, 2024
TotalEnergies plans to relinquish the license for Block 11B/12B because it doubts whether the complex deepwater finds can be made commercially viable, given South Africa’s small gas market. The company will concentrate instead on exploring the Orange basin, located further north on the Atlantic coast of South Africa near promising offshore oil discoveries in Namibian waters.
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June 26, 2024
Located within an emerging basin, 60 km offshore Principe, Block STP02 covers an area of 4,969 km2. Block STP02 is adjacent to the Block STP01 license operated by TotalEnergies (55%) alongside Sonangol (30%) and ANP-STP (15%).
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June 24, 2024
The aim of the agreement is to set out the next steps for implementing a gas to industry business through, on one side, commercialization of domestic gas and, on the other, the creation of a midstream compressed natural gas (“CNG”) partnership to supply Morocco’s growing industrial energy needs.
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June 23, 2024
Situated close to producing Block B, which houses the Zafiro field, the blocks are considered to be highly-prospective and are poised to play a major part in revitalizing exploration and production offshore Equatorial Guinea.
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June 20, 2024
Under this agreement, TGS holds the exclusive rights to license all of Tanzania’s offshore mainland data on behalf of the government. The agreement also grants TGS the authority to conduct future acquisition of new seismic data and to reprocess existing data. Additionally, it includes support for upcoming licensing rounds, which are anticipated to commence in 2025.
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June 20, 2024
Production start-up is expected in 2027, with a plateau of 300 MMcfgd (about 70,000 boed, including condensates). Gas from Ubeta will be supplied to NLNG, a liquefaction plant located in Bonny Island, in which TotalEnergies holds a 15% interest.
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June 19, 2024
The scope of work includes project management, engineering, and execution of subsea services such as inspection, survey, intervention, and maintenance, as well as additional services such as underwater inspection of FPSO (UWILD) and standalone ROV operations.
News
June 19, 2024
Block 49 and Block 50 are Chevron’s first operated assets outside the Cabinda concessions and are near other productive offshore concessions, like Block 17. Post exploration, these new blocks are expected to yield substantial returns and enhance Angola’s portfolio of ultra-deepwater assets.
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June 19, 2024
The Italian oil and gas company is working with advisers including Standard Chartered Plc on the possible stake sale, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Eni could sell up to 30% of the business and is drawing interest from other energy companies, including from Asia, the people said.
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June 17, 2024
Angola aims to produce 1.1 MMbopd by 2027, with plans to reach 2 MMbpd in the long-term. At the same time, the country aims to increase the share of natural gas in the energy mix to 25% by 2025, highlighting strategic opportunities for foreign investors and project developers.
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June 16, 2024
Block 32 is approximately 260 km offshore Luanda, in water depths ranging from 1,400 to 2,000 m. Production started up in 2018 and continues to be one of the biggest producing blocks in Angola. Block 14/14K is approximately 100 km offshore from Cabinda in Angola and covers around 4,094 km2. First oil occurred in 1999 and continues to have significant output of medium light crude oil.
News
June 16, 2024
The ANPG is spearheading Angola’s oil and gas revitalization with a robust six-year licensing round, fostering international investment, operational expansion and regulatory enhancements to secure the nation’s energy future.
News
June 13, 2024
Adding the blocks to Seplat’s assets will swell the company’s natural gas fields in an area where it is already one of the biggest suppliers of domestic gas to Nigerian power plants. It would almost quadruple Seplat’s output to more than 130,000 bpd.
News
June 13, 2024
The well remains on schedule to begin drilling this month and is targeting 163 MMbbl of unrisked prospective oil resources or 843 Bcf of unrisked prospective natural gas resources, net to ReconAfrica.
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June 12, 2024
The acquisition of the shares from Sonangol EP brings SBM Offshore’s ownership in the entities owning the FPSOs Saxi Batuque and Mondo to 100% and in the entity owning the FPSO N’Goma to 80%. The operating companies in Angola will be wholly owned by SBM Offshore after the acquisition.
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June 11, 2024
The scope of work is focused on two FPSO (floating production, storage, and offloading) units, namely Greater Plutonio and PSVM. The work comprises engineering, procurement, and construction services (EPC) of the brownfield maintenance and modifications scopes.  
News
June 11, 2024
The Sangomar Field Development Phase 1 features the Léopold Sédar Senghor FPSO, named after the first president of Senegal, which is moored approximately 100 km offshore Senegal, with a nameplate capacity of 100,000 bpd.
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June 10, 2024
This initiative will rejuvenate the remaining 2D and 3D data in Liberia's prospective Liberia and Harper basins. The project will integrate existing legacy datasets to create a unified velocity model in depth, utilizing cutting-edge imaging algorithms to produce the final migrated seismic data.
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June 10, 2024
Sintana Energy Inc. has closed its acquisition of an initial 49% interest in Giraffe Energy Investments (Pty) Ltd. Giraffe is the owner of a 33% interest in Petroleum Exploration License 79, which governs blocks 2815 and 2915, located inboard of blocks operated by BW Energy, Rhino Resources and Shell.
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June 09, 2024
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. has secured a 15-month award for the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig for drilling operations offshore West Africa.
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