Senegal’s energy industry is one of Africa’s most watched energy sectors of 2021, with its significant oil and gas projects attracting both regional and international attention.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 17, in compliance with an order from a U.S. District Court. The Biden Harris Administration is continuing its comprehensive review of the deficiencies associated with its offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing programs.

Fugro has finalized fieldwork on a site investigation program for TotalEnergies off the north-west coast of Paramaribo in Block 58 of the Guyana-Suriname Basin.

Fishbones, a well stimulation technology leader in the oil and gas industry, has published findings evaluating the relative carbon emissions footprint between its stimulation options and alternative conventional completion techniques. 

Equinor has awarded COSL Offshore Management AS a contract to drill four wells on Statfjord Øst with the COSLPromoter rig from the spring of 2023. In addition, the rig has options for drilling five wells for Statfjord satellites afterwards.

Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI), an integrated marine services contractor providing turnkey projects, marine services technology development and expert consultant services to government, commercial telecom, offshore energy and ocean observing markets globally, today announced the award and kick-off of a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a submarine communications cable between an offshore oil and gas field development and the customer’s onshore operation.

bp Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) has confirmed that its Matapal project has safely achieved first gas. The major milestone was achieved ahead of schedule and under budget despite the constraints brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CRP Subsea is launching its new Motion Stabilizer technology, specifically designed to protect cables, umbilicals and flowlines from motion instability and damage from uncontrolled movement.

In partnership with African Business, the African Energy Week will prepare a special report deep-diving into Africa's Oil & Gas industry.

Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey Plc, has been commissioned to provide asset integrity data for an operator in the Gulf of Mexico seeking to extend the life of over 18 of their risers.

Eni started production from Cabaça North development project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, via the Armada Olombendo Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.

Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract by OneSubsea®, the subsea technologies, production and processing systems division of Schlumberger, for a project at the Ormen Lange field operated by Shell in the Norwegian Sea.

The cleanest of all the fossil fuels has entered its most defining moment as the world gets back to the twin ambitions of economic recovery and sustainable progress, the participants of the 4^th GECF Annual Workshop on Promotion of Natural Gas Demand heard on Wednesday (29 Sept).

A DWOS project to train Petronas crew members for a specific deep-water drilling campaign has shown how human performance can be improved by 63% by drilling the well on a simulator beforehand.

TMC Compressors (TMC) has been contracted to supply the marine compressed air system for the Woodside Sangomar FPSO. 

Aker Solutions has been awarded a large^[1] topside modification contract by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS for Tommeliten Alpha, offshore Norway. Combined with previous subsea contracts for this field development, the contract award means Aker Solutions has been assigned an integrated responsibility for this field development.