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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 […]
Tanesco awards Mtwara Power Plant to Symbion-GE The Tanzania National Electrical Supply Company (Tanesco) signed a $1 billion contract with the US consortium of Symbion Power (Symbion) and the technology company General Electric International (GE) for the team of the Mtwara Power Plant and the expansion of the electrical power national grid in the south […]
ILF won South-Sudan export pipeline feasibility study The German-based ILF Consulting Engineers (ILF) has been awarded by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining a contract to perform the feasibility study on export pipeline projects out of the Republic of South Sudan. By this contract ILF is expected to analyze and compare the alternative routes to export […]
A leading Asian exploration and production company Home based in Bangkok, Thailand, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) was established in 1985 to provide Thailand with sustainable oil and gas supply in competitive conditions. PTTEP is a national petroleum exploration and production company owned by the state-owned company PTT, but since 1993, PTTEP […]
Sudan and South Sudan to resume oil export South Sudan holds 75% of the oil reserves lying in the previously unified Sudan, but South Sudan needs to use Sudan refineries and pipelines to export it. When created in created in July 2011 from the scission with the northern part of Sudan, the oil produced in South Sudan continued to be carried out to Port Sudan […]
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 […]
$50 billion estimated to develop giant Mamba gas field In October 2011, the Italian National oil Company ENI announced a first giant discovery with the successful well appraisal in Namba South 1 within ENI’s concession Area 4, offshore Mozambique in the Rovuma Basin. The Manba South 1 field is located in 1,585 meters depth, 40 […]
