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Technip Energies is pleased to announce that – following a successful sea trials campaign – the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) sailed away from China to Senegal and Mauritania via Singapore on January 20.

The response in the past few days regarding the appointment of Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), as the president of the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference (COP28), has been notably intense and dramatic.

Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria, will be attending the African Energy Chamber-organized Invest in African Energy Reception in London on January 26.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, président du Gabon, a rencontré son homologue équato-guinéen, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, lors d’une visite d’État dans le pays. Les parties ont discuté de la promotion du commerce intra-africain, de l’intégration régionale et de la coopération dans les domaines de la sécurité et de l’énergie.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, met with his Equatorial Guinean counterpart, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, during a state visit to the country, whereby the parties discussed advancing intra-African trade, regional integration and cooperation across the fields of security and energy.

U.S.-based Symbion Power has been awarded the Makelele biogas block on Lake Kivu in the DRC, a move recognized as a step in the right direction for the country’s power sector.

Following an agreement forged during the Namibian International Energy Conference in 2022, a youth training initiative launched by Namibia and Equatorial Guinea has set the tone for an ambitious local content drive that will position Namibia as a competitive hydrocarbon producer.

In late 2019, as the African oil and gas industry was looking to the future with optimism, Offshore Engineer wrote that the continent was had reason to expect a “more productive 2020.” Instead, the unforeseen happened, and the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the oil and gas industry in Africa and around the world.

It didn’t surprise me when TGS, the Norwegian seismic data company, announced last May that it would work with National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) to reprocess more than 5,100 square kilometers of 3D seismic data captured in the offshore Liberian basin. After all, the company has a 20-plus year history working in west Africa. TGS has helped countries strengthen their petroleum laws and supported authorities’ efforts to promote licensing rounds and farm-outs.

À la fin de l’année 2019, le président et le directeur général d’Africa Oil Corp. Keith Hill, président et directeur général, a déclaré à Petroleum Economist que, compte tenu des bassins pétroliers et gaziers non éprouvés de l’Afrique, le continent était probablement « la plus grande frontière », avec des opportunités exceptionnelles pour les entreprises d’exploration, de production et de développement, y compris les indépendants