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MDL, DOF collaborate on flexible/cable lay programs offshore West Africa
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (214+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks MDL has supported DOF on back-to-back SURF projects in two West African countries. Maritime Developments Ltd. (MDL) is supporting DOF with two subsea projects offshore West Africa. The follow-on shallow-water scope in Congo…...
Quiluma field delivers first gas to Soyo complex onshore Angola
1+ week, 1+ day ago (171+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks Initial production from the Quiluma Field is expected to be 150 MMscf/d and ramp up to 330 MMscf/d by year-end 2026, bp reported. Azule Energy has begun supplying gas from the shallow-water Quiluma…...
Frontier exploration extending to more basins offshore Africa
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1683+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks The Ocean Rig Poseidon deepwater drillship arrived in September 2018 at the Prospect S well site offshore Namibia. By Jeremy Beckman, Editor, Europe Africa looks set to be the shining light for deepwater…...
Chevron agrees to transfer holdings in two blocks offshore Angola to Energean
1+ week, 2+ day ago (296+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks Energean'has signed an agreement to acquire Chevron's 31% operated interest in Block 14 and 15.5% non-operated interest in Block 14K offshore Angola.' Energean has agreed to acquire production interests from Chevron in two blocks offshore Angola....
Tests of Volans gas-condensate discovery offshore Namibia prove positive
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (11+ words) Tests of Volans gas-condensate discovery offshore Namibia prove positive'Offshore Magazine...
Azule Energy announces oil discovery at Algaita-01 well offshore Angola
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (204+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks Azule Energy has reported a new oil discovery made in the Algaita01 exploration well, located in Block 15/06 in the offshore Lower Congo Basin, Angola. The well was spudded on Jan. 10, 2026, in a water…...
TotalEnergies, Petrobras take majority stakes in offshore Namibia license
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (140+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks Located in the L'deritz Basin, PEL104 (striped yellow on the map) covers an area of about 11,000 sq km offshore Namibia. The solid yellow areas on the map represent licenses operated by TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies…...
Azule Energy farm-out offshore Angola in doubt
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (155+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks BW Energy and its partner Maurel & Prom have been notified that one of the existing joint venture partners in Block 14 and Block 14K has indicated its intention to exercise its pre-emption rights in…...
Sintana considers broadening exploration position in Namibia’s offshore Walvis Basin
2+ mon, 16+ hour ago (191+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks Sintana Energy has a letter of intent (LoI) concerning a potential indirect interest in the PEL 37 exploration license in the Walvis Basin offshore Namibia. The location is north of PEL 82, operated by…...
Chevron brings South N’dola platform onstream offshore Angola
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) Offshore energy industry news, trends, insights and outlooks Mafumeira Sul (pictured) is the second stage of the Mafumeira Field development and is located 15 miles (24 km) offshore Cabinda province in 200 ft (60 m) of water.The project includes a central processing facility, two…...