ExxonMobil has contracted BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of the BMT Group, to provide maintenance services for systems installed on the two Kizomba Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) offshore Angola. BMT previously installed integrated marine monitoring systems (IMMS) on the TLP and FPSO facilities on both developments, as well as subsea riser tension monitoring […]

US service firm National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has awarded a contract to Nigerian engineering and fabrication firm Aveon Offshore Ltd. for the fabrication of an offloading buoy. The offloading buoy is part of the package for Total’s Egina development. The contract for the offloading buoy includes the fabrication of the 700-ton buoy hull, installation, and […]

Circle Oil’s drilling of the KSR-12 well on the Sebou Permit in Morocco is continuing. The company’s primary target is in the Mid Hoot interval and a secondary target in the Upper Guebbas. The present planned TD of the well is 1,980 meters MD. Upon completion of KSR-12, the present drilling rig will be demobilized […]