Nigeria Oil, Gas & Energy Directory

NIES 2025: Lokpobiri Harps on Presidential Directives to Ramp up Production

The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Oil, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has reiterated the presidential directives to ramp up crude oil production as a sustainable policy of the present administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

This tenacious stand of the current administration was reechoed...

NOG Dir - February 26 2025

Woodside Reports Strong well Reserves performance at Sangomar

Woodside has announced that at year-end 2024 it had remaining proved (1P) reserves of 1,975.7 MMboe, remaining proved plus probable (2P) reserves of 3,092.2 MMboe, and remaining 2C contingent resources of 5,869.7 MMboe. Excluding divestments and production, Woodside’s proved reserves increased by 54.9 MMboe,...

NOG Dir - February 18 2025

FPSO Baobab Ivoirien MV10 Sets for Dry Dock Refurbishment Project

VAALCO Energy, Inc. has announced a significant milestone in its Côte d’Ivoire Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) Dry Dock Refurbishment Project.

In alignment with the project timeline, the FPSOBaobab Ivoirien MV10, operated by Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI), has ceased hydrocarbon production as...

NOG Dir - February 04 2025

Strategic Marine Commissions World Fastest Offshore Supply Vessels in Africa

The Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has commissioned three new offshore supply vessels that, with a maximum speed of over 53 knots, are the fastest of their kind in the world. Each vessel is powered by four 16-cylinder mtu Series 2000M72 engines from Rolls-Royce. The...

NOG Dir - January 28 2025

Corcel Drills Further at the Tobias-13 and Tobias-14 Wells

Corcel Plc, the pan-Angola-Brazil focused energy company has announced that, through its subsidiary Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide Limited (APEX), it has been informed that the Block KON-11 Operator in Angola will shortly recommence intervention activities at the Tobias-13 (TO-13) and Tobias-14 (TO-14) wells.

The results...

NOG Dir - January 28 2025

Sintana yet to Spud Hydrocarbon at Block 2813B Offshore Namibia

Sintana Energy has provided an update regarding the operations associated with the Kapana 1-X exploration well located on Block 2813B which is governed by Petroleum Exploration License 90 (PEL 90) and operated by Harmattan Energy Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. Trago Energy...

NOG Dir - January 16 2025

Trident Energy Completes Acquisition Interest in Chevron, TotalEnergies Offshore Congo

Trident Energy has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited, as well as an additional working interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko II fields from TotalEnergies, resulting in an 85% working interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko...

NOG Dir - January 16 2025

TotalEnergies Extends Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Mira Rig Contract

Northern Ocean Ltd has announced that a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE has extended the deep offshore drilling contract of Deepsea Mira semi-submersible rig in West Africa exercising the previously announced option. The firm term of this contract has, as a result, been extended by...

NOG Dir - December 28 2024

Azule Energy Completes Strategic Farm-In Agreement, Offshore Namibia

Azule Energy has announced that all customary third-party approvals from Namibian authorities and joint venture parties have been granted. This is follow-up to the May 2024 announcement of the Farm-Out Agreement for Block 2914A (PEL85), Offshore Namibia,

With the completion of the transaction, Azule Energy...

NOG Dir - December 19 2024

KOIL Energy Secures Subsea Distribution Manifolds Contract in West Africa

KOIL Energy Solutions has been awarded a significant contract to supply Electrical and Hydraulic Distribution Manifolds for a project in West Africa. This award, from a prominent international oil and gas company, highlights KOIL's core technological expertise and solidifies its position as a trusted...

NOG Dir - December 19 2024

Capricorn Progresses on Sale of Senegal Interests

Woodside Energy has notified Capricorn that all terms and conditions have been satisfied under the sale and purchase agreement relating to the disposal of its production sharing contract (PSC) interests in Senegal. Capricorn anticipates receiving $50m in January 2025. Under the sale and purchase...

NOG Dir - December 18 2024

VAALCO Energy, Hires Borr Jack-up Rig For a Drilling Campaign In Gabon

VAALCO Energy in conjunction with its 2025/2026 drilling program planned to begin mid-2025 in Gabon, announced that it has executed a contract with Borr Jack-Up XIV Inc., an affiliate of Borr Drilling Limited (Borr), to drill multiple development wells and appraisal/exploration wells, as well...

NOG Dir - December 11 2024

Africa Global Logistics To Expand Congo Port Terminal

Africa Global Logistics (AGL) subsidiary Congo Terminal is gearing up for the expansion of the Port of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo (ROC). The company, in collaboration with the China Road and Bridge Corporation, aims to position Pointe-Noire as a maritime hub in...

NOG Dir - November 28 2024

ReconAfrica Completes Drilling Operations on the Naingopo Exploration Well

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. announced that it has reached a total depth (TD) of 4,184 metres (13,727 feet) on the Naingopo exploration well on Petroleum Exploration Licence 073 (“PEL 73”), onshore Namibia.

Naingopo Exploration Well

The Naingopo exploration well was drilled to a total depth of...

NOG Dir - November 28 2024

Voltalia Inks New Deal to Revive 3 GW Wind Farm in Egypt

Voltalia, an international player in renewable energy, signed in partnership with TAQA Arabia a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity, in presence of Egypt’s Prime Minister, to repower the landmark Zafarana wind farms

Originally commissioned by the Government of Egypt two...

NOG Dir - November 19 2024

Drill Ship Santorini Arrives For Spudding of Mopane 1-A Well

Sintana Energy Inc. has provided the following update regarding a second exploration and appraisal campaign on blocks 2813A and 2814B located in the heart of Namibia’s Orange Basin, emerging as one of the world’s most prospective oil and gas regions. The blocks are...

NOG Dir - October 25 2024

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