Africa

South African Ministry of Energy Confirms Support for Future Energy Africa 2018

Submitted by Editorial on Mon, 2018-06-04 14:53

04th June 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa, rich in oil and natural resources, has entered a dynamic period of exploration, development and production.

Production starts up at Timimoun gas field

Submitted by Mark Venables on Mon, 2018-04-02 21:07

02nd April 2018

Total announces first gas from the Timimoun field in southwestern Algeria.

Sercel DeliversLand Acquisition System and Nomad 65 Neo Vibrators to Algeoland

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2018-03-29 14:18

29th March 2018

Sercel announced today the delivery of a 25,000-channel 508XT land seismic acquisition system and 15 Nomad 65 Neo broadband vibrators to Algeoland, Algeria’s leading private geophysical company.

SAL Africa Service to Commence 1st April 2018

Submitted by Editorial on Mon, 2018-03-26 16:12

26th March 2018

SAL Heavy Lift announces a brand new regular service linking West, South and East Africa with North Europe, the Arabian Gulf and Indian sub-Continent.

Is the era of fossil-fuelled transportation drawing to a close?

Submitted by Editorial on Tue, 2018-03-13 10:49

13th March 2018

The era of fossil-fuelled transportation is drawing to a close. Climate change concerns and dwindling liquid hydrocarbon reserves will undoubtedly change the patterns of personal and commercial transportation in the future.

TechnipFMC completes Kaombo project umbilical supply scope in Angola

Submitted by Mark Venables on Tue, 2018-03-13 08:23

13th March 2018

TechnipFMC completes Kaombo project umbilical supply

TechnipFMC has announced that the engineering, procurement, fabrication and supply of umbilical systems for the Kaombo project has been completed.

Castrol hires Heike van de Kerkhof as Regional Vice President of its Europe & Africa business

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2018-02-21 12:21

21st February 2018

Castrol has appointed Heike van de Kerkhof as head of its Europe and Africa lubricants business and she will be based in the UK.

RTS Africa’s Hy-Optima hydrogen analysers: optimised refinery operations, product and quality

Submitted by Editorial on Fri, 2018-02-16 13:48

16th February 2018

The basic process of refining crude oil – fractional distillation – into useable product is reasonably simple. Crude oil contains various hydrocarbon compounds all of which condense at varying temperatures.

BP begins production from Egypt’s Atoll gas field seven months ahead of schedule

Submitted by Mark Venables on Tue, 2018-02-13 12:19

13th February 2018

Atoll is the first new project to come into production for BP in 2018

BP today announced the start of gas production from the Atoll Phase One project, offshore Egypt.

CGG in support of SNH in its Promotion of Open Acreages in Rio del Rey and Douala/Kribi-Campo Basins for 2018 Cameroon Licensing Round

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2018-01-18 10:09

18th January 2018

CGG announced today that it has an agreement with Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), the National Oil and Gas Company of Cameroon, to promote enhanced multi-client E&P data packages and interpretative products.