Gabon
West Africa Key Projects and Business Highlights 2014 From the 54 countries of the Africa continent, 16 were producing oil in 2010. On the last decade, the producing countries have proven to generate an higher growth than the non-producing countries. In this game, West Africa plays a leading role with key countries such as Angola, […]
Petrofac contracted as Block R Development Operator The London-based junior company Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) has appointed the engineering company Petrofac from UK, to support them for the development of the natural gas reserves held in the Block R, offshore Equatorial Guinea on the west coast of Africa. While listed in UK with main operations […]
Cameroon – Congo – Equatorial Guinea – Gabon Key Projects and Business Highlights On the Southern part of the Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon saw major projects moving forward on the first half 2013 at the initiatives of major and junior companies involving Chevron, Compania Nacional de Petroleos de Guinea Ecuatorial (GE Petrol), […]
Tortue discovery paves Harvest way to Dussafu FPSO The Houston-based Harvest Natural Resources (Harvest) and its partner Panoro Energy (Panoro) from Norway hit pre-salt crude oil again with the Tortue discovery in the Dussafu Marin License offshore Gabon. This success paves the way to Harvest and Panoro to consider the floating production, storage and offloading […]
Olam Fertilizer and Tata Chemicals to revise costs In April 2011, Olam, Tata and Gabon Government established a joint venture company called Gabon Fertilizer Company (GFC) to support the construction of a large ammonia and urea fertilizer plant. In September 2011, the Singapore-based Olam International (Olam), the Indian Tata Chemicals (Tata) and the Gabon Government selected Technip from France to perform the […]
Eni, Vitol and GNPC to develop Ghana offshore gas Eni from Italy, Vitol from Switzerland and the National Oil Company Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Blocks offshore Ghana. This MOU follows the discoveries by Eni and its partners of significant recoverable reserves […]
Shell, CNOOC and CNPC sign China and Gabon deals July 2012, Shell, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) and China National Petroleum Corp (PetroChina or CNPC) announced to have signed several contracts for oil and gas production sharing and co-operation in China and in Gabon. In these agreements: – Shell and CNOOC signed two offshore oil and gas Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) in China. […]
