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Niger Delta Avengers Attack Escravos Terminal
The Niger Delta Avengers attack Chevron's Escravos terminal in Nigeria, according to a statement on Twitter.
8:00 PM EST | May 25, 2016
CAMAC Ups West African Interests
U.S.-based CAMAC Energy's announces three updates that show the company's commitment to boosting operations in West Africa in 2012.
7:00 PM EST | December 29, 2011
Saipem Wins Jack/St. Malo, Kashagan Contracts
Saipem has been awarded new offshore contracts worth approximately $700 million for work in the Gulf of Mexico, Kazakhstan, North Sea, and Azerbaijan.
7:00 PM EST | December 15, 2010
Oyo Pumps First Oil Offshore Nigeria
Allied Energy and Eni's affiliate, Nigerian Agip Exploration, have started up production from the Oyo oil field, located in the Niger Delta Deep offshore.
7:00 PM EST | December 14, 2009
Bumi Armada Closes Financing for Nigerian FPSO Project
Bumi Armada successfully closed a $190 million limited recourse loan facility, part of which will fund the construction of the FPSO Armada Perdana for the Oyo field offshore Nigeria.
8:00 PM EST | August 31, 2009
Nigerian Militants Blow Up US Firm-Owned Oil Pipeline in Niger Delta
Eni declared a force majeure on some of its crude exports from Nigeria, following an act of sabotage on a pipeline located north of the Brass River field earlier in the week.
8:00 PM EST | July 12, 2009
Topaz Wins 10-Year Contract to Support Kashagan Devt Program
Topaz Energy and Marine will custom-build, own and operate six specialized barges over a ten-year period to support its development program in the Kashagan oil field in the Northern Caspian.
8:00 PM EST | May 31, 2009
Aker Solutions, Saipem Ace $2.6B in Contracts for Kashagan Devt
Aker Solutions in partnership with Saipem has secured two significant contracts from Agip for the hook-up work of the Phase I development of the Kashagan field in the Caspian Sea.
8:00 PM EST | May 17, 2009
Oando Scores $150MM Agip Drilling Contract in Niger Delta
Oando has secured a $150 million two-year drilling contract with Nigerian Agip Oil Co for its oil fields in the Niger Delta swamps.
8:00 PM EST | May 17, 2009
Nigeria's Oando Pays $197MM for Agip Deepwater Blocks
Oando has paid $197 million to Agip for a 15% stake in Oil Mining Licenses 125 and 134.
7:00 PM EST | January 11, 2009
Bumi Armada Wins Nigerian FPSO Contract from Eni's Agip
Bumi Armada Berhad was awarded a contract to provide an FPSO vessel to Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd (NAE), a subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni SpA.
8:00 PM EST | June 17, 2008
SBM Offshore Sells FPSO Mystras, Extends Lease on FPSO Falcon
SBM Offshore's FPSO Mystras has been purchased by Agip Energy and Natural Resources, while the FPSO Falcon has received a one-year exstention of the lease held by ExxonMobil.
8:00 PM EST | May 20, 2008
Shell Shuts-In 169,000 bbl/d at Nigeria Bonny Terminal
Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria has shut-in around 169,000 barrels a day of crude production from its Bonny Light oil fields following an attack on a key pipeline which feeds-in to its export terminal.
8:00 PM EST | April 20, 2008
MEND: Oil Companies in For 'Raw Deal,' Pipeline Sabotaged
Claims of pipeline sabotage have surfaced from Nigeria's southeast region as reports of an explosion are being investigated by Shell.
8:00 PM EST | April 17, 2008
Danger in the Niger: Sabotage Leads to Shell Shut-In
Shell revealed that the leak on the pipeline leading to the Bonny Light crude export terminal was the result of what appears to be an attack on the pipeline.
8:00 PM EST | April 17, 2008
Oando, Shell and Agip Work Out Interest in OML 125 and 134 Offshore Nigeria
Agip has exercised its pre-emption right to the two oil blocks located in OML 125 and 134. Oando has in turn immediately expressed its willingness to work with Agip to explore collaborative opportunities and remain confident of a positive outcome.
8:00 PM EST | April 02, 2008
Nigeria Oil Advisor: No New Leases in 2008
The oil adviser to Nigeria's president, Emmanuel Eghobah, told reporters Feb. 13 that Nigeria will not be offering new oil and gas leases.
7:00 PM EST | February 12, 2008
Kazakh Min: May Seek Full Halt at Kashagan by Nov. 22
The Kazakh Ecology will demand a complete stop to work at the giant Kashagan oil field if operator Agip KCO doesn't fix environmental violations by Nov. 22, Kazakhstan Today news agency reported Ecology Minister Nurlan Iskakov as saying Tuesday.
7:00 PM EST | November 05, 2007
Saipem Awarded Two Offshore Contracts Worth US $230 million
Saipem has been awarded two new offshore contracts in Kazakhstan and Egypt worth a total value of US $230 million.
8:00 PM EST | July 08, 2007
Agip KCO: Successful Well Tests at Kashagan Island A
Agip KCO that operates the Kashagan oil field in the Kazakh part of the Caspian Sea said Thursday that well tests at Island A confirmed the preliminary evaluation of initial yield of over 35,000 barrels of oil a day.
8:00 PM EST | May 23, 2007
Island Concludes Atlantic Margin Deal with OMV
Island Oil & Gas plc has concluded an asset swap agreement with OMV, the leading oil and gas group in Central Europe.
8:00 PM EST | April 16, 2007
Aker Kvaerner, ERSAI Land Kashagan Hook-up
An unincorporated Aker Kvaerner/ERSAI consortium has started early work activities for Agip KCO for the hook-up and commissioning of the first phase of the Kashagan field development in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea.
8:00 PM EST | April 12, 2007
Nigerian Co Replaces Eni Unit as Operator of Two Offshore Fields
The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company has taken over as operator of two offshore oil fields previously operated by Agip Energy and Natural Resources, a government official has confirmed.
7:00 PM EST | February 22, 2007
Bateman Litwin to Run Kashagan Training Program for Agip
Bateman Litwin (BNLN) said that its Kazakhstan Energy Division will initiate and operate an Agip KCO Training and Induction Program (TIP) to train Kazakh citizens in construction, operation and maintenance for the Kashagan Field Development Project.
7:00 PM EST | January 07, 2007
Caspian Services Charters Three Vessels to RXT
Caspian Services, Inc. said that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Caspian Services Group Ltd., it has signed a contract to provide three vessels to Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT).
7:00 PM EST | January 03, 2007
Nigeria Militants Threaten to Kill Eni Oil Workers
Nigerian militants said Wednesday they plan to kill four oil workers of Italian oil giant Eni SpA abducted several days ago unless the Nigerian government releases four Nigerians currently in jail.
7:00 PM EST | December 19, 2006
Blasts Hit Shell, Agip in Nigeria Port Harcourt
Coordinated blasts tore through two oil-company facilities in Nigeria's oil capital Port Harcourt, officials at Royal Dutch Shell and a source close to Agip said Monday, but oil production was unlikely to have been hit by the blasts.
7:00 PM EST | December 17, 2006
VC Bank Acquires Stake in Challenger
Venture Capital Bank (VC Bank), a Bahrain-based investment bank, along with its partner, the US private equity firm Global Emerging markets (GEM), have acquired a significant stake in the MENA-based oil drilling contractor Challenger Limited.
7:00 PM EST | November 20, 2006
Keppel Launches Kazakhstan's First Barge
Keppel Kazakhstan has launched transportation barge AKKU1, built for Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company N.V.
8:00 PM EST | October 08, 2006
Reservoir Exploration Technology Receives LOI for Work in the Caspian Sea
Reservoir Exploration Technology has signed a letter of intent for a contract in the Caspian Sea. Estimated contract value is $30-35 million.
8:00 PM EST | October 02, 2006
Labtech Builds First Fully Automated H2S Package for M-I Swaco
Labtech Modular Engineering has enhanced its engineering capability with the construction of the world's first automated hydrogen sulphide gas separation unit for the oil and gas industry.
8:00 PM EST | May 23, 2006
Multiphase Solutions to Provide PFMS to Agip KCO
Multiphase Solutions has been awarded a contract by Agip KCO to provide two independent pipeline facilities management systems (PFMS) for the Kashagan Development Experimental Program Project in the North Caspian Sea.
7:00 PM EST | March 15, 2006
Petrofac Wins Contract for Kashagan Onshore Facilities
Petrofac has been awarded a contract for the construction management of the onshore facilities of the first phase of the Kashagan development, located 40 kilometers northeast of Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
7:00 PM EST | January 05, 2006
Shell's Bonga Field Begins Production Offshore Nigeria
Shell has begun production from the Bonga deepwater oil and gas field offshore Nigeria. The target is to attain the current nameplate production of 225,000 barrels of oil and 150 million standard cubic feet of gas per day as soon as possible.
7:00 PM EST | November 27, 2005
Prosafe Says the Abo FPSO Has Gone 1,000 Days without a LTI
Abo FPSO has been operating 1,000 days without a lost time injury (LTI). The vessel is operating at the Abo field offshore Nigeria for Nigerian Agip Oil Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ENI.
7:00 PM EST | November 10, 2005
Keppel Wins US$150 Million Kazakhstan Contract
Keppel Kazakhstan has secured a contract estimated at US$150 million from Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company N.V.
8:00 PM EST | April 25, 2005
Kazakhstan to Get Half of BG's Share in Kashagan
Agip KCO has agreed to sell one half of BG's share in the North Caspian project to Kazakhstan (the whole of BG's share stands at 16,67%).
7:00 PM EST | January 27, 2005
Saipem Wins Kashagan Installation Contract
Saipem has been awarded the contract for the installation of the offshore facilities system relating to the experimental phase of the Kashagan field development program.
7:00 PM EST | January 17, 2005
GE Supplies Gas Injection Technology for Caspian Sea Project
Agip KCO has awarded GE Energy a contract to supply an ultra high-pressure, sour gas injection system for the Kashagan oil field in the North Caspian Sea.
7:00 PM EST | December 27, 2004
Aker Kvaerner Seals Deal for Caspian Barge Contract
Agip KCO and Aker Kvaerner have signed the contract for fabrication, outfitting and testing of seven barges for oil production in the giant Kashagan oilfield in the north Caspian Sea, offshore Kazakhstan.
7:00 PM EST | November 04, 2004
Saipem Wins Kashagan Pipeline Contract
Saipem has been awarded the contract for the construction and installation of the offshore pipeline system as part of the development of the program of the Kashagan field located in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.
7:00 PM EST | November 01, 2004
Aker Kvaerner to Provide Services for Caspian Barges
Aker Kvaerner has signed a letter of intent to perform fabrication, outfitting and testing of seven barges for oil production in the giant Kashagan oilfield in the north Caspian Sea, offshore Kazakhstan.
8:00 PM EST | August 16, 2004
National Oilwell to Build Kazakhstan Drilling Facility
National-Oilwell has been awarded a letter of intent regarding the design and construction project for a complete drilling facility for Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company's (Agip KCO) "D" Island Project in the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan.
8:00 PM EST | July 28, 2004
Saipem Awarded $220 Million in Contracts
Saipem has won two turnkey onshore contracts worth $220 million in total.
7:00 PM EST | February 22, 2004
Crosco Provides Onshore Drilling Services in Libya
Crosco Integrated Drilling & Well Services Co., Ltd. and Arab Drilling and Workover Company (ADWOC) are providing drilling services for Agip Oil in Libya.
7:00 PM EST | January 12, 2004
Woodside to Increase Interest in Mauritania
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. will increase its interest in two of its core Mauritanian exploration areas following the signing of an agreement to acquire Agip Mauritania B.V.
7:00 PM EST | December 16, 2003
ExxonMobil Participates in Two Caspian Discoveries
ExxonMobil's subsidiary, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Inc., has participated in two discoveries in new prospects on the North Caspian Production Sharing Agreement contract area.
7:00 PM EST | November 23, 2003
Chinguetti-4-5 Well has been Suspended
Woodside reports that the Chinguetti-4-5 combined appraisal and early development well has been successfully suspended as a potential oil production well.
7:00 PM EST | November 10, 2003
Agip Extends Bredford Dolphin Contract
Dolphin Drilling has received notification of a contract extension from Agip Gas BV for its semisub, Bredford Dolphin.
8:00 PM EST | October 23, 2003
Preliminary Results from Chinguetti 4-5 Well as Expected
Roc Oil says that wireline logging has essentially confirmed the pre-drill expectation for this well in terms of the thickness, quality and hydrocarbon content of the reservoir.
8:00 PM EST | September 17, 2003