Italian energy services giant Saipem has secured a $260 million offshore drilling contract from Eni’s Ivorian subsidiary, paving the way for one of the world’s most advanced ultra-deepwater drillships to begin a long-term drilling campaign off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire from early 2027.
Clariant has appointed Gapuma Group as the distributor of its Well Service Additives (WSA) portfolio across Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, expanding the availability of its specialty oilfield chemicals in key West African upstream markets. Under the agreement, Gapuma will distribute Clariant’s Well Service Additives portfolio through its regional network, including the HOSTADRILL™, HOSTAMER™ and HOSTASTIM™ product families used in […]
Under the contract, drill-ship the Santorini will be assigned to carry out development drilling offshore Côte d’Ivoire.
The World Bank approved an $875 million financing package for Côte d’Ivoire and signed an interim agreement with Eni’s local unit to support development of the country’s growing natural gas sector, including technical assistance for its Gas Master Plan.
Murphy Oil Corporation has made an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well offshore Côte d’Ivoire, the company announced on Monday. The Bubale-1X well was drilled in Block CI-709 approximately 64 kilometres offshore Côte d’Ivoire to a total depth of 6,263 metres under 2,376 metres of water, encountering 30 metres of net oil pay across two […]
Eni and partners Petroci and Vitol have reached a positive FID for the third phase of the Baleine project in Côte d’Ivoire, Eni announced on Monday. The new development phase will follow the same model previously utilised by Eni in Côte d’Ivoire and involve the deployment of a new FPSO. Following completion, oil production will rise […]
Eni and its partners have approved the final investment decision for the Baleine Phase 3 offshore development in Côte d’Ivoire, advancing the next expansion phase of what the company describes as the country’s largest hydrocarbon discovery.
Marius Koffi, Côte d’Ivoire operations lead for the Oilfield Engineering and Services Group (OESG), talks to The Energy Year about renewed interest in Côte d’Ivoire among global companies following high-profile offshore discoveries and growing the company into an integrated upstream services provider.
Murphy Oil has plugged and abandoned its Caracal-1X exploration well offshore Côte d’Ivoire after the well encountered hydrocarbon shows, but failed to establish commercial volumes.
Vaalco Energy reported initial production of approximately 2,000 bopd from a new development well offshore Gabon and confirmed operatorship of a potentially material offshore project in Côte d’Ivoire.