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PONTICELLI & CHAGURI LAND DEALS

The Bordeaux-based French firm Ponticelli recently won a contract in tandem with the Lebanese-Nigerian company IPCO owned by Gilbert and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.1997

ROBERT F. BAUER'S SIDE TRIP TO CARIBBEAN

It has emerged that Amoco will take the drillship Glomar [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.1997

WORLD BANK LOAN LIKELY FOR POWER PLANT UPGRADE

A project to renovate the old 21 MW diesel-fuelled power [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.1997

MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS

No sooner had Mobil Nigeria released the C.E. Thornton than it was back in the market looking for a replacement [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

UPDATE FOR PROBE SEISMIC SURVEY

To meet growing interest in the West African offshore, Geco [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

DOUBTS OVER ESCRAVOS GAS PROJECT'S SECOND PHASE

Chevron announced that a shipment of LPG left the Escravos [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

Spotlight
EUROMED HUB FOR NIGERIAN GAS

What has Nigerian gas got in common with the Euromed system? Answer: a gas "hub" in France for the West European market. French state secretary for industry Christian Pierret raised the possibility during the Association Technique du Gaz en France [.

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

NNPC CONCERNED

There are early signs that NNPC is becoming concerned about the drift of drilling units out of Nigeria and the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

RATES SURGE

Charter rates for jack-ups in West Africa have leaped by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

SEMI-SUBMERSIBLES MOVE OUT

While the market for rigs, and particularly for semi-submersibles, is tight in West Africa the problem is just as urgent [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.1997

LLOYD NOBLE DRILLS FOR ABACAN

While Chevron waits for approval from NNPC for a one-year [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.1997

RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

There has been no let-up in the race among operators to find slots in the timetables of rigs adapted to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.1997

ON SHOW IN LONDON

One of the most interesting papers to be presented at the conference on oil and gas development in West Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.1997

ADRIATIC IX ANC X JACK-UPS REASSIGNED

A delay in securing formal approval for a planned well [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.1997

TEXACO PLANS DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Texaco now expects to spud a deepwater well in Block [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

GMIS SEEKS SECOND JACK-UP IN REGION

Global Marine Integrated Services is understood to be trying to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

ASHLAND PULLS OUT

Ashland is seeking a solution to its dispute with Nigeria, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

NEW LNG SITE PROPOSED FOR ITALY

New hope has sprung up over saving Nigeria LNG's 3.5 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

RIGS RE-ASSIGNED

As expected, Ashland has declared force majeure on its contract for the semi-submersible rig South Seas Driller after its interests [...]