Equatorial Guinea congratulates TechnipFMC and Schlumberger on local content compliance
The announcement follows the decision, earlier this week, to cancel all contracts awarded to international oil services firm…
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Industry Players Set Agenda at Sustainable Ocean Summit 2018
The 6th Sustainable Ocean Summit just ended after three tremendous days in Hong Kong. As Maisie Cheng, Director of Marine, Hong…
AFDB allocates $150m to fund electrification projects in Nigeria
By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme
The African Development Bank Group (AFDB) have allocated $150 million to the Nigerian Government in…
Innovative thinking needed to finance renewable energy sector – Executive Secretary, REAN
As the conversation around clean and affordable energy gathers more interest, access to finance is one of the major limitations to…
Buenos Aires set to host G20 World Leaders in November 2018
On 30 November and 1 December, leading heads of State and Government from around the world will meet in Buenos Aires to take part…
Total signs MOU with Papua New Guinea on LNG Project
Port Moresby – Total and its partners ExxonMobil and Oil Search have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the…
Explorationists say Nigeria cannot attain 40bn barrels oil reserve – NAPE
The absence of fiscal policy will continue to retard investments flow in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, such that attainment of…
Damen hands over four FCS 2610 vessels to Allianz at ADIPEC 2018
Damen Shipyards Group has handed over four new Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610 to Allianz Middle East Ship Management. The handover…
Angola Joins The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)
The African Energy Chamber congratulates Angola on becoming the sixth African country to join the Gas Exporting Countries Forum…
Ryan Ward: Nigeria is Canada’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme
Ryan Ward, Deputy High Commissioner of Canada in Nigeria, based in Lagos, has said that Nigeria is…
FCMB targets 100% Clean Energy, Launches SEFI Workshop for SMEs
By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme
First City Monument Bank, (FCMB) has restated its commitment to Renewable Energy projects financing…
Frankfurt Airport ups Q3 profit by 16 per cent despite summer woes
Frankfurt - Despite a summer of cancellations and delays, Frankfurt Airport's operator Fraport announced a 16-per-cent…
Africa Oil Week 2018 explores the financial opportunities in the African oil and gas market
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, -- Africa Oil Week – the leading event dedicated to the African oil and gas industry hosted a live…
Damen to present its new leasing fund for African shipowners in Cape Town
Damen will present its new vessel leasing fund, which is specifically designed for African shipowners, at the first Damen Fishing…
Limestones with ancient inscriptions found by German-Egyptian team
Cairo – A team of Egyptian and German archaeologists has unearthed parts of limestones with inscriptions that could be 4,000 years…
Damen’s innovative RSD Tug 2513 nominated for KNVTS Ship of the Year Award
Damen’s radical new ‘always bow first’ RSD Tug 2513 has reached the final stage of this year’s prestigious Maritime Award KNVTS…
Nigeria and Canada to strengthen their cooperation in the mining sector
By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme
ABUJA - The Nigerian High Commission in Canada, in collaboration with Prime Essentials Development…
PwC releases Latest Outlook for Africa’s oil & gas industry
As the oil price is steadily rising towards pre-collapse levels, the outlook for the industry is hopeful
JOHANNESBURG, South…
Field demonstration of ¡VAMOS! technology is a success at Silvermines, Ireland
On the 24th of October the ¡VAMOS! partners together with Advisory Board members and interested external parties – such as…
Total and Sempra Energy sign MOU to develop North American LNG Export Projects
SAN DIEGO and PARIS, – Sempra Energy and Total S.A. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides the…
Proportion of renewable electricity reaches 38 per cent in Germany
Berlin - The proportion of electricity that is generated from renewable sources in Germany reached 38 per cent in the first nine…
Maersk Drilling supports local content in Ghana, over 55% job positions filled by Ghanaians
By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme
Maersk Drilling, world’s leading supplier of rigs and drilling technology is making headway in a way…
Schneider Electric gets Nigerian Content Equipment Certificate
Lagos -- The Nigerian Content Development And Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has awarded Schneider Electric in Nigeria the Nigerian…
Merkel pledges more cash to underwrite private investments in Africa
By Michael Fischer, dpa
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to increase the extent to which the government in…
Herman Sr. BV places order for Damen Shoalbuster 2308 S
The thirteenth Damen vessel to be purchased by Herman Sr. BV
A contract has been signed between Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld and…
Considerable investments needed to maintain Nigeria’s production levels
Following oil production disruptions still periodically affecting the country’s output, Nigerian oil and condensate production…
24 Damen vessels to arrive in the Port of Rotterdam via Arctic route
The MV Tasmanic Winter has nearly finished its voyage from China to Rotterdam with 24 new vessels on board built at Damen yards in…
12th Gabon Shallow and Deep Water Licensing Round Announced
The Republic of Gabon has officially announced the opening of 12th Shallow and Deep Water Licensing Round of open blocks, at the…
Activists begin blockade of controversial German coal mine
Aachen, Germany - Anti-coal activists in Germany began a blockade of a controversial brown coal mine on Saturday, occupying an…
Ghana is currently our main focal point in West Africa – Maersk Drilling
By Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme
Maersk Drilling, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a leading rig operator in the oil and gas industry,…