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West Africa

    EMGS awarded survey worth USD 5 million offshore West Africa

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a Letter of Award from an oil and gas company to provide 3D EM data acquisition services offshore West Africa ...
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    Published: 3/8/2010   Posted in: Geological & Geophysical, Lead Item, West Africa
    Tags: region:west africa, region:caribbean, fieldterminology:gas company
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    Chariot reports increase in resources offshore Namibian

    Guernsey-registered independent Chariot Oil & Gas announced an increase in the company's unrisked mean prospective oil resources of 3.3 billion barrels to more than 8.5 billion barrels ...
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    Published: 3/2/2010   Posted in: Production, Features, West Africa
    Tags: person:russell mcculley, country:namibia, organization:central block, person:chariot
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    Performance improvement project helps realise 16% increase in rig's productive time

    Exceed has worked closely with the team on a Transocean-owned rig to achieve significant operational benefits ...
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    Published: 3/1/2010   Posted in: Firms & Faces, West Africa
    Tags: person:ian mills, person:we, region:west africa, company:transocean, person:mr mills, country:angola, person:wullie strachan
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    RAK Petroleum enters into Tunisia

    RAK Petroleum PCL has signed an agreement to join an offshore exploration license in the Tunisian Republic ...
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    Published: 3/1/2010   Posted in: Financial News, West Africa
    Tags: country:tunisia, person:bijan mossavar-rahmani, country:oman, country:australia, person:abdulaziz al ghurair, company:rak petroleum, region:north african, geographicfeature:gulf of hammamet, organization:tunisian government, person:al ghurair, person:fushia, company:storm ventures
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    Maurel & Prom announces Onal find

    French company Maurel & Prom announced that the exploration well OMOC-N-1, drilled in the Onal AEE offshore Gabon, identified a 111m column of oil in the Grès du Kissenda play ...
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    Published: 3/1/2010   Posted in: Features, Field Development, West Africa
    Tags: country:congo, country:syria, country:gabon, company:maurel, person:trevor demara, person:mamp;p, company:mamp;p, person:kissenda
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    Report: offshore drilling to recover by 2011

    Following sharp declines last year due to flagging energy demand, the offshore drilling industry will stabilize this year but is unlikely to pick up steam until 2011, according to a new report ...
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    Published: 3/1/2010   Posted in: North America, North Sea & Western Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Production, Features, West Africa
    Tags: person:russell mcculley, region:eastern europe, continent:africa, region:middle east, country:soviet union, region:gulf of mexico, region:western europe, continent:asia, person:michael smith
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    Vanco and LUKOIL discover gas-condensate and oil at Dzata-1

    Vanco Ghana Ltd, LUKOIL and GNPC announces that the Dzata-1 exploration well drilled on the Cape Three Points Deep Water Block has discovered a significant hydrocarbon accumulation ...
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    Published: 2/26/2010   Posted in: Production, Lead Item, West Africa
    Tags: fieldterminology:state oil company, company:lukoil, company:vanco ghana ltd, company:vanco, company:gnpc, country:ghana
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    Total awards FMC Technologies $65 million contract

    FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an agreement with Total Exploration and Production Angola for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment ...
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    Published: 2/26/2010   Posted in: Financial News, West Africa
    Tags: country:norway, person:pazflor, city:dunfermline, person:tore halvorsen, region:west africa, company:fmc technologies, city:kongsberg, company:global subsea production systems, city:luanda, country:scotland, country:angola
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    Prod probes Statoil's seabed soils

    An Australian-designed seabed drilling rig got the thumbs up from Statoil after completing a challenging geotechnical assignment for the Luva development in the Norwegian Sea and has now moved on to West African waters . . .
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    Published: 2/24/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Drilling & Completions, AOG Magazine News, West Africa
    Tags: country:norway, person:jennifer pallanich, geographicfeature:norwegian sea, person:tor inge tjelta, person:benthic geotech, facility:luva
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    New FPSO report released

    Infield Systems Limited released its Global Perspectives FPSO Market Update Report 2010-2014, the analyst announced 19 February 2010 ...
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    Published: 2/19/2010   Posted in: Production, Lead Item, West Africa, Latin America
    Tags: country:brazil, region:west africa, fieldterminology:oil demand, company:infield systems, continent:asia, person:trevor demara, person:infield
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    Lacula has success at Castanha-1

    An initial test at Castanha-1 well in Cabinda Onshore South Block of Angola has proved to have production potential ...
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    Published: 2/18/2010   Posted in: Production, Lead Item, West Africa
    Tags: organization:cabinda, country:cuba, country:angola, person:trevor demara, organization:partners force petroleum de angola
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    Anadarko Jammin' off Mozambique

    Anadarko reported success with its Windjammer exploration well in the frontier Rovuma Basin offshore Mozambique ...
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    Published: 2/18/2010   Posted in: Production, Features, West Africa
    Tags: fieldterminology:natural gas, country:mozambique, person:jennifer pallanich, company:mitsui, city:anadarko, person:bob daniels, stateorcounty:pennsylvania, person:rovuma basin, company:bprl ventures, city:collier, person:rovuma
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    2 new finds off Angola

    Petrobras confirmed it and operator Eni had discovered oil at Nzanza-1 and Cinguvu-1 wells in Block 15/06 offshore Angola ...
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    Published: 2/18/2010   Posted in: Features, Discoveries & Appraisals, West Africa
    Tags: technology:api, company:petrobras, company:eni, country:angola, person:trevor demara
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    OMV discovers gas in Tunisia

    OMV said its Fella-1 exploration well in the Jenien Sud block of the recently granted Nawara production concession in Tunisia successfully tested for gas and condensate...
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    Published: 2/16/2010   Posted in: Production, Features, West Africa
    Tags: country:tunisia, company:omv, person:trevor demara
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    DOF Subsea UK awarded survey and positioning contract by Technip

    DOF Subsea UK has been awarded a contract worth around £2 million by Technip to provide survey and positioning services in BP-operated Block 31 ...
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    Published: 2/16/2010   Posted in: Geological & Geophysical, Financial News, West Africa
    Tags: company:technip, country:brazil, person:garry millard, person:this, company:dof subsea, region:west africa, country:uk, country:angola
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