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Eni: important oil & gas discovery offshore Congo
Eni has made an important oil and gas discovery in the Nene’ Marine exploration prospect located in the Marine XII Block offshore Congo approximately 17 kilometers from the shoreline. The company estimates the volume of the discovery proved with the 2 wells so far drilled at around 600 million barrels of oil and 700 Billion cubic feet of gas in place. The structure has considerable additional upside that will be evaluated with further delineation wells.

Hyundai Heavy Wins USD 2 Billion Offshore Facilities Order
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and leading offshore facilities contractor today announced it received a letter of award for a USD 1.3 billion order for a floating production unit (FPU) and a USD 700 million order for a tension leg platform (TLP) from Total E&P Congo on March 26.

Hyundai Heavy will carry out engineering, procurement, supply, construction, and commissioning for the two offshore facilities to be deployed in Moho Nord field, 80 km off Republic of the Congo’s coast.

The 14,600-tonne vertically moored floating TLP will be used to extract oil and natural gas, and transport those to the floating production unit. The 62,000-tonne FPU, measuring 250 m in length, 44 m in width, and 18 m in depth, will process the received oil and gas, and send the products to onshore plants via subsea pipelines. The FPU has a production capacity of 100,000 barrels of oil and 2.5 million cubic metres of natural gas per day.

The TLP and FPU will be installed at the Moho Nord field in the first half of 2015 and 2016 respectively.

KBR Awarded Subsea 7 Topsides Contract for Chevron Lianzi Offshore Project
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it was selected by Subsea 7 to perform the topsides design for the Chevron Lianzi development project in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola.

GE Wins US$165 Million Contract to Supply Subsea Technology for Chevron Oil Project in West Africa
GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) today announced it has received a £102 million (US$165 million) contract to supply production equipment to Chevron’s Lianzi project, situated offshore between Angola and the Republic of Congo.

Chevron Sanctions the Lianzi Project Offshore Angola and the Republic of Congo
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that its subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Lianzi field located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola.

Perenco celebrates 10 years of success in Congo
Perenco has celebrated the 10th anniversary of Congorep, its partnership vehicle with SNPC in Congo. To mark the occassion a ceremony was held in Pointe Noire which was attended by many distinguished guests and Perenco representatives, including Francois Perrodo. Since entering the region, Congorep has breathed new life into its reservoirs and significantly upgraded its facilities.

DRC 2011 offshore drilling campaign launched with Libwa 12
The shallow-draft Hercules H260 RIG arrived in DR Congo the 1st of September for a drilling campaign that is expected to last approximately six months.

Perenco drills its 200th well onshore in DRC
Perenco is proud to have completed the drilling of its 200th onshore well in DRC.

Chevron Confirms Discoveries Offshore the Republic of the Congo
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today confirmed discoveries within the Moho-Bilondo license in the Republic of the Congo.

New Discoveries in the Moho-Bilondo License in the Republic of the Congo
Total announces discoveries from the Bilondo Marine 2 and 3 wells (BILDM-2 and BILDM-3), drilled in a water depth of 800 metres in the central area of the Moho-Bilondo license, approximately 70 kilometres offshore the Republic of the Congo. They follow the successful exploration wells Moho Nord Marine 1 and 2 drilled in 2007.