Oil and Gas News

Eni achieves ‘first oil’ from the OCTP Ghana development

Congratulations to Eni for achieving ‘first oil’ from the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Ghana development, with a record time-to-market…

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ConocoPhillips receives DU’s Corporate Conservation Achievement Award

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – June 6, 2017 – ConocoPhillips, the multinational energy corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, received the inaugural Ducks…

8 years ago

Petrofac ranked second on Top 30 EPC Contractors list

Petrofac has been ranked second in Oil & Gas Middle East magazine’s Top 30 EPC Contractors list for 2017. This…

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Three African renewable energy projects announced as winners of the US$7million Access Co-Development Facility competition

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, -- Access Power, a developer, owner and operator of renewable power projects in emerging markets in partnership with…

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$1 billion Israeli solar commitment to ECOWAS

$20 million agreement for Liberia’s first solar field inked as Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives; “Power to the African people,” says…

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GE Signs Multiyear Agreement to Upgrade Gas Turbines at Songas Ltd.’s Ubungo Power Plant in Tanzania

GE’s Power Services business and Songas signed a multiyear service agreement (MYA) to upgrade equipment at Songas’ Ubungo Power Plant…

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Damen delivers RoRo ferry to the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule

Damen has delivered a road ferry to a client in the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule. The…

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24th Annual Africa Oil Week 2017 – the mainstay event for Africa’s oil and gas industry

With over 160 speakers from the corporate and public sphere, this year’s event promises a programme designed around industry solutions…

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Baker Hughes donates over $15 million software to King Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia

(HOUSTON), Baker Hughes Incorporated has officially announced that it donated more than $15 million of technical software to King Abdullah…

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Jemena awards key Northern Gas Pipeline contract to McConnell Dowell

McConnell Dowell has been awarded a Construction Contract by Jemena for the Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) Project. The NGP is…

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Amec Foster wins contract for major Saudi Aramco oilfield development

Amec Foster Wheeler has officially announced that it has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco, for facilities required as…

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Qatar Petroleum announces new plan to raising the production capacity of LNG trains

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced new plan that it has signed an agreement with Chiyoda Corporation for conducting a detailed…

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GE signs new power agreements to increase energy production in Vietnam

May 31 2017 - GE announced a series of agreements that will increase Vietnam’s domestic energy production by 2.3 gigawatts.…

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GE secures 1500MW wind contract in Spain

According to news report from Spencer-Ogden, Spanish renewable energy group Forestalia has secured a contract by Spain’s Ministry of Energy…

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Petronas emerges as Top 2 List of Best Companies to Work for in Malaysia

PETRONAS retains the lead for two consecutive years as the Top 2 companies Malaysians most want to work for, based…

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Event: Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2017

Event Name: Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) Date: 13 – 16 November 2017 Venue: Abu Dhabi National…

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Amec Foster wins engineering contract for Italian refinery FCC revamp

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an engineering contract by ISAB Srl, a Lukoil Group Company, as part of a…

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Eni signs MOU with Fincantieri for the development of natural gas power systems

Eni has signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with FINCANTIERI S.p.A. establishing a research and development partnership. The agreement covers…

8 years ago

Total subsidiary, SunPower to supply 57 percent of awarded rooftop solar projects in France

PARIS, -- SunPower, a majority-owned subsidiary of Total SA, has officially announced that, in the first round of France's tender process…

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Nigeria: Proper planning key to Free Zones’ viability – Stakeholders

Stakeholders in the nation’s economy have advocated proper planning as a key to the economic viability of Free Trade Zones…

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Nigeria may lose N60 billion commitment to NLNG Act amendment – says BGF

As a result of moves by the National Assembly to amend the Act establishing the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company…

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Eni and Oman Oil Company finalizes a MoU for cooperation in Oil & Gas sector

Milan (Italy) - Oman Oil Company S.A.O.C. (OOC), the Sultanate’s investment arm in the energy related sectors, and Eni have…

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Nigerian Senate Passes Petroleum Industry Bill into Law

The Nigerian Senate has passed the long awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law after close by close consideration with…

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Solar Powered TV to serve as viable option for power access in a remote environment in Nigeria

Nigeria's major challenge is access to consistent power supply and it have triggered the increase of diesel and petrol consumption…

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UTeach program receives over $275,000 from ExxonMobil to fund classroom projects in United States

AUSTIN, Texas----To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the UTeach program, ExxonMobil has provided a grant of more than $275,000 to…

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Nigeria to unveil new investors for its refineries – says minister

Nigeria - Oil: “What happened to transparency?”, an op-ed by Simon Kolawolelive By Simon Kolawolelive LAGOS, Nigeria, -- At the…

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BPE Oblivious of Agip/Oando Planned Concession of Port Harcourt Refinery, Nigeria

By Chineme Okafor LAGOS, Nigeria, May 24, 2017/ -- The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is ignorant of the proposed…

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Maersk Drilling awarded extension for drillship Maersk Viking

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Viking, by oil major ExxonMobil. The estimated…

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PETRONAS Technology Challenge: Monetisation of Associated Gas from Offshore Flares – APPLY NOW

PETRONAS is looking at economic solutions to monetise Associated Gas (AG) from offshore flaring facilities which has neither existing gas…

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Afrocet Montgomery to Organize West Africa’s First Construction and Mining Event in Abuja

By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme Afrocet Montgomery will be organizing Conmin West Africa and National Mining Summit in Abuja, 13 - 15…

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