Baker Hughes Wins Subsea Contract from Eni in Ivory Coast
Energy technology company Baker Hughes announced it has been awarded a contract by Eni and its partner Petroci for the Baleine Phase 2 project in Ivory Coast, Africa’s first Scope 1 and 2 net-zero emissions development.This award, which includes eight deep water trees, three Aptara manifolds, the relevant subsea production control system, and flexible risers and jumpers, strengthens Baker Hughes’ presence in West Africa and unlocks considerable growth potential in the country.Baker Hughes will deliver a configured-to-order product portfolio across subsea production and flexible pipe systems
Film-Ocean Buys Work Class ROV, Plans to Add Staff
asset, and we look forward to mobilizing the system in the coming months.” says Scott Jenney, CEO of Film-Ocean.Latterly Film-Ocean’s ROV fleet has been deployed across the world with recent operations in U.K. continental shelf (UKCS), Mediterranean, West Africa including Angola, Ghana and Ivory Coast where the ROVs have been deployed on underwater inspection in-lieu of dry docking (UWILD), construction and IRM operations supporting both oil and gas and offshore wind projects.As part of its five-year growth plan, Film-Ocean has expanded its workforce by over 50% in the past two years. Recent
TDI-Brooks Wraps Ivory Coast Offshore Survey for Total
TDI-Brooks International, in partnership with the French environmental firm Créocéan and Benthic Solutions, has completed an Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS) for the oil major Total offshore the Ivory Coast.The survey was conducted over offshore blocks CI-705 and CI-706, and included seawater sampling and profiling (CTD rosette) as well as plankton sampling (bongo net) at 7 stations, sediment sampling (Mega Box Core) at 45 stations, and live feed benthic video sled at 24 transects. The two blocks cover an area of around 3,200 sq km and include multi-target hydrocarbon prospects
MacArtney Underwater Technology Turns 40
off the company. Having watched the MacArtney Group from the sidelines since childhood, they do not intend to change its identity, although they are not part of the company during their daily working lives. They are both board members, though, but work in other fields as businessmen, one in the Ivory Coast and the other one in Denmark.Entering a new era, the two owners are looking forward to many years of growth for MacArtney Under-water Technology and to being part of this new epoch headed by Claus Omann as CEO and Niels Erik Hedeager as Chairman of the Board of Directors
Complex Steel and Cofferdam Repairs Carried Out Afloat
. The plate was then lowered into the water with hoisting equipment. Due to the very specific shape of the affected area it was essential that the plate was precisely positioned over the designated section. Next it was welded underwater by our certified welders. Extensive doubler plate repair in Ivory Coast allows bulker to sail after collision A 190-meter bulker suffered severe collision damage in Lagos, Nigeria. A large hole in the hull plating prevented the ship from sailing at full speed. The classification society also demanded that the vessel go to drydock immediately unless an on-site solution
Ghana Can Continue Production in Ivory Coast Oil Dispute
An international maritime tribunal on Saturday ruled that Ghana can continue developing a $4.9 billion dollar offshore oil project in an area caught up in a border dispute with Ivory Coast but must not start new drilling. The decision is positive for the government of Ghana and for British firm Tullow, which leads a consortium developing the "TEN" field and has already drilled the wells it needs to begin production in mid-2016. A moratorium would have denied the West African state's government revenue it needs as it seeks to restore economic stability with the help of an
Petroci, Vioco Petroleum to Invest $255m in Offshore Field
Ivory Coast's state oil company Petroci and Vioco Petroleum will invest $255 million to bring into production the Gazelle oil and natural gas field on the West African nation's CI-202 offshore block, the government said on Wednesday. Vioco, a joint venture between the exploration and production arm of Switzerland's Vitol and Azonto Petroleum, holds an 87 percent stake in CI-202 under a production sharing agreement signed last year. Petroci owns the remaining 13 percent. "The council adopted a decree authorising the exclusive exploitation of the Gazelle oil and gas field,"
Ivory Coast Seeks Deepwater Oil Investors
Ivory Coast will seek investors in its available offshore oil acreage, including seven new ultra-deep water blocks in the Gulf of Guinea, at a promotional event in Texas next week, a senior oil ministry official said on Tuesday. The West African nation will target companies including Exxon Mobil, Total, Eni, Anadarko Petroleum, Tullow Oil and ConocoPhillips , the ministry's oil director Ibrahima Diaby said. Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan and Oil and Energy Minister Adama Toungara will lead the government delegation at its promotional event in Houston on Oct. 14 and 15. "This oil
Subsea 7 S.A. Awarded Contract in the Ivory Coast
Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract in the Ivory Coast by CNR International (Côte d’Ivoire) SARL (CNR International) in support of its Baobab Field Phase III development. The scope of work covers the installation of spools and umbilicals. The effective date of the contract is 25 September 2014, with the main offshore installation phase expected to be executed by the Subsea 7 vessel the Seven Pacific in the second quarter of 2015. Onshore project management and engineering will be carried out from the Company’s Paris office. Olivier Carré, Subsea 7’s
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