UK-based oil and gas services company Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured two major contract extensions in Africa, worth around US$250mn
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Total contracts UK firm for Congo-Brazaville offshore project
UK-based Subsea Riser Products (SRP) has won a multi-million dollar contract from France’s Total to supply a drilling riser and deployment tooling for the company’s Moho Nord project off Congo-Brazzaville
Kosmos Energy signs one-well rig agreement with BP and Maersk Drilling for Morocco’s offshore block
Kosmos Energy has entered into a one-well rig share agreement offshore Moroccan block with UK’s BP and Maersk Drilling for Maersk Discoverer rig
Cortez Subsea wins pipeline inspection deal offshore Ghana
Subsea services and technology products’ company Cortez Subsea has secured its first contract for offshore pipeline inspection work worth US$1mn in Ghana
Africa oil and gas industry aiming to ‘reduce dependency on expatriate workers’
The Hays Oil & Gas Global Job Index for Q3 2013 has revealed that oil and gas companies in Africa have been working to reduce their dependency on expatriate employees, looking instead to employ local workers