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CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
Training contract for oil industry Nigeria: A new training contract for career in oil
industry
25/07/2013 (Aset) ASET has finalised a contract worth over £444,000 with Learning Resources Nigeria to train 23 Nigerian Nationals for a career in the oil industry.
Shell projects in Nigeria Shell to sell at least four more Nigeria oil blocks
31/07/2013 (Shell) Royal Dutch Shell will sell at least four more oil blocks in Nigeria in its latest divestment from Africa's top oil exporter, three oil industry sources familiar with the deals said on Wednesday.
Shell Tells Nigeria of Interest in Buying Some
Chevron Oil Blocks
03/08/2013 (Chevron,Shell) Royal Dutch Shell PLC has notified the Nigerian government that it is interested in buying some of U.S. firm Chevron Corp.’s Nigeria oil licenses, said a senior Nigerian government official Thursday. Other link
New Oil discoveries Lagos oil discoveries may boost reserve by 856mboe
25/07/2013 The recent discovery of crude oil in the Lagos area may boost the country’s oil reserve by 856 million barrels of oil equivalent. Oil was discovered at the Aje field located at Oil Mining Lease 113 and Ogo-1 well located at Oil Prospecting Lease 310.
Eni makes important oil & gas discovery offshore Congo
05/08/2013 (Eni) Eni has made an important oil and gas discovery in the Nene' Marine exploration prospect located in the Marine XII Block offshore Congo approximately 17 kilometers from the shoreline.
Africa
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
Petroleum training in Niger No Plans To Relocate Petroleum Training Institute,
Federal Government Assures Urhobo Union
22/07/2013 President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that his administration has no intention of moving the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun from its present location
Total E&P and BP contracts in Angola Ocean Rig signs drillship contract with Total in Angola
24/07/2013 (Total) Deepwater driller Ocean Rig has announced that it has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for its drillship Ocean Rig Skyros to work for Total E&P Angola
Wood Group wins $18m subsea contract in Angola
04/08/2013 (BP, Wood Group) Wood Group subsidiary, Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has recently been awarded a new contract with two Engineering Services scopes with BP Angola under the BP Global agreement awarded to WGK in 2007.
Moho Nord project- Congo
Technip to manage Moho Nord tieback program
offshore Congo
05/08/2013 (Technip, Total) Total E&P Congo has awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the Moho Nord project, 75 km (46.6 mi) offshore Pointe Noire.
Technip awarded the major Moho Nord Subsea
project in Congo, West Africa
05/08/2013 (Technip, Total) Technip was awarded by Total E&P Congo a major(1) lump-sum contract for the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation (EPSCI) and pre-commissioning for the Moho Nord development project. This project is located approximately 75 kilometers off the coast of the Republic of the Congo, at water depths ranging from 650 to 1,100 meters.
Africa
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
Africa
Total- Publication officielle Des parcours, des projets, des rencontres : Total, un
acteur qui s’engage en Afrique
04/08/2013 (Total) Interviews about operators on Total African project issued of a training programm (nb: Marcio Camuhoto, Opérateur pour le projet CLOV, Angola)
Operations and Maintenance MODEC awarded FPSO contracts for TEN Project, Deepwater
Tano in Ghana
6/08/2013 (Modec, Tullow) MODEC announced today that Tullow Ghana Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc., has awarded TEN Ghana MV25 B.V., a subsidiary of MODEC, contracts for the supply, charter and lease, operations and maintenance of a FPSO vessel for the Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Ntomme fields in the Deepwater Tano contract area in water depth averaging 1,500m.
Egina project- Saipem signed a contract with Total Upstream Nigeria Saipem EPIC for Egina
01/08/2013 (Saipem, Total) Saipem has been awarded the contract for the Nigerian subsea development of the Egina field, in a 1700m water depth. It is worth approximately $3 billion. Fabrication will be performed almost entirely in Nigeria and most in the Saipem Rumoulumeni Yard in Port Harcourt.
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
Newbuild jackup in the UK North Sea Total books jackup for long-term North Sea duty
25/07/2013 (Total) Total E&P UK has issued a conditional letter of award to Prospector Offshore Drilling for use of a newbuild jackup in the UK North Sea.
New find off Shetlands
26/07/2013 (Total) Operator Dong Energy has laid claim to a new gas find after drilling on the Cragganmore deepwater prospect in the UK north of the Shetlands Islands.
Engineering system for BP Bowtech delivers chain stopper monitoring system for
BP Quad 204
20/07/2013 (Bowtech Products, BP) Bowtech Products Ltd, a global market leader in subsea vision systems, announced on 9 July 2013 that it delivered a £100,000 Chain Stopper Monitoring System to SBM Offshore, to monitor the chain stoppers during installation of the BP Quad 204 Turret Mooring System (TMS).
New contract for Chevron in North sea Chevron lets Rosebank, Alder field development contracts
24/07/2013 (Chevron) Chevron North Sea has awarded more than £550 million ($843.5 million) in contracts for capital projects at Alder and Rosebank in the UK North Sea.
Europe - North sea
Shetlands island news New find off Shetlands
26/07/2013 (Total) Operator Dong Energy has laid claim to a new gas find after drilling on the Cragganmore deepwater prospect in the UK north of the Shetlands Islands.
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
Shell exploration in north sea Shell commits steady investments in North Sea exploration 5/08/2013 (Shell) Royal Dutch Shell said its UK arm is interested in North Sea investments and has been investing £2bn annually, either in new developments or in refurbishment of existing activities to upgrade them for the next ten to 20 years.
New decommissioning service Offshore Installation Services Ltd announces easing the burden of
suspended well decommissioning
01/08/2013 (Acteon company, OIS) Offshore Installation Services Ltd (OIS), an Acteon company, has launched a new service designed to help operators fulfil their suspended well decommissioning plans.
Europe - North sea
Chevron names managing director Chevron North Sea Ltd. named Craig May as managing director of Chevron Upstream Europe, based in Aberdeen.
Total E&P project in the barent sea Norwegian Petroleum Directorate announces delineation of the 7225/3-1 gas discovery in the Barents Sea – 7225/3-2 02/08/2013 (Total E&P Norge AS) Total E&P Norge AS, operator of production licence 535, is about to complete drilling of appraisal well 7225/3-2 on the 7225/3-1 gas discovery (Norvarg discovery).
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
Best partner of Samsung Heavy Industries Wärtsilä Gets ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ Award from SHI
25/07/2013 (samsung Heavy Industries) Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea, one of the world’s leading shipbuilding companies, has recognised Wärtsilä’s contribution as a provider of high quality solutions and support by giving Wärtsilä its ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ award.
Engineering system by Daewoo LNG fuel gas pump systems order for ACD
23 Jul 2013 (DSME, Santa Ana) The Santa Ana, California-based company has been engaged by DSME to engineer and supply two high-pressure LNG fuel gas pump systems for its new 173,400 cbm ME-GI LNG carriers for TEEKAY Shipping Ltd, with options to order up to three additional systems.
New activity of Total in Kurdistan Oil Total Company to increase production in Kurdistan
30/07/2013 (Total) French oil company Total announced its expansion efforts to increase oil production in the Kurdish region. The Kurdish governmental site quoted the company that is "endeavoring to excavate Sifin and Hareer oilfields with promising production levels".
Shell and CNOOC activities in south Asia Shell, CNOOC Sign PSC for South China Sea Block
01/08/2013 (Shell, CNOOC) CNOOC Limited announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed production sharing contract (PSC) with Shell China Exploration and Production Company Limited (Shell) for Block 35/10 in Yinggehai Basin in the South China Sea.
Asia- Oceania
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
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Asia- Oceania
Bardex awarded contract for Ichthys project Bardex to Supply Mooring System for Ichthys' Platform
6/08/2013 (Inpex, Samsung Heavy Industries) Bardex Corporation received an order from Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for a mooring system for the Ichthys semi-submersible central processing facilities (CPF) production vessel, which will be located off the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Browse project- Agreement of the Resources Minister Australia Paves Way for Browse FLNG
2/08/2013 (Woodside, Shell) Australian Resources Minister Gary Gray today announced his decision to vary conditions on five Browse retention leases, paving the way for the earliest possible commercialisation of the Browse hydrocarbons field.
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
23 July- 5 August 2013
New Engineering Systems Nexans to supply power umbilical for Exxon Mobil's Julia field
26/07/2013 (Nexans, Exxon Mobil) France-based cable systems provider Nexans has secured a contract from subsea systems developer, OneSubsea, to design, manufacture and supply an integrated power umbilical and associated termination hardware for Exxon Mobil's Julia field development, in deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
Offshore Survey Company Completes Acoustic Metrology Using
Lodestar GyroCompatt
26/07/2013 (Sonardyne Inc) A leading offshore survey company recently completed an acoustic metrology project 15 hours quicker than anticipated using Lodestar GyroCompatts from Sonardyne Inc. Taking place in the Gulf of Mexico, acoustic metrology was performed on four proposed jumpers, measuring from the manifold pressure caps to the wellhead casings
Engineering services contract for WorleyParson WorleyParsons Wins Deal for Buckskin, Moccasin Production
Facility
29/07/2013 (Chevron, Worley Parsons) WorleyParsons has been selected by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide engineering services for the Buckskin and Moccasin oil and gas production facility to be located in the Lower Tertiary Trend of the outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico in the United States.
Exploration project in Bolivia Gazprom, Total to explore Bolivian Subandean block
02/08/2013 (Gazprom, Total) Gazprom of Russia and Total of France will explore the large Azero block in Bolivia’s Subandean territory between Sucre and Santa Cruz, according to announcement on the web site of state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos.
America
CEGELEC OIL & GAS SERVICES bi-monthly news Issue 4 | August 2013
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Events
Oil and gas international conference 4th Basra Oil & Gas International Conference & Exhibition
With proven reserves of around 143 billion barrels, Iraq has the third largest reserves in the world situated across 79 oil and gas fields. Of these fields only 23 are currently producing, and it has only been in recent years that Iraq has administered bids from international and national oil and gas companies to develop these further.
Oil and gas industry event in Ukraine 17th International trade fair of oil and gas industry “Oil and Gas”
International trade fair of oil and gas industry “Oil and Gas” is the leading event of the branch in Ukraine. Once a year this trade fair becomes a ground for the business dialog of the experts and becomes a platform where the latest technical inventions are demonstrated. As an international event “Oil and Gas” trade fair becomes a convenient door for foreign companies to enter Ukrainian market.
Other events Deepwater Intervention Forum August 13 - 15, 2013 SPE Offshore Europe 2013 September 3-6, 2013 Emerging FPSO Forum September 24 - 26, 2013 Link: oedigital