President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project in Borno State. The 50-megawatt, gas-fired project is aimed at restoring electricity supply to Maiduguri and surrounding areas, following attacks on power installations in the State. The project, which is part of the Federal Government’s efforts at deepening gas utilization in Nigeria’s domestic markets in line […]

QatarEnergy has announced that a light oil discovery in the Jonker-1X deep-water exploration well has been made in the offshore Namibia PEL-39 Exploration License. Shell operates the license and this is the supermajor’s third discovery in the Orange Basin.  The Jonker-1X well, located 270 km offshore Namibia, was drilled to a total depth of 6,168 […]

Saipem has been awarded by the Joint Venture Eni Côte d’Ivoire Ltd. and Petroci a drilling contract offshore the Ivory Coast worth $400 million. This value is to be considered gross of the leasing costs of the Deep Value Driller vessel that will be used for the operations. The contract includes the use of the […]