Saipem has secured a $260 million contract from Eni Côte d’Ivoire Limited for a long-term drilling campaign using the Santorini drillship from early 2027.
Wison New Energies has signed an EPCIC contract with Eni and Altera Infrastructure for an FPSO serving the Baleine Phase 3 development offshore Côte d’Ivoire.
Wison New Energies has signed an EPCIC contract with Eni and Altera Infrastructure for the Baleine Phase 3 FPSO in Côte d’Ivoire, covering the project from FEED through engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning.
Altera Infrastructure has signed agreements with Eni for a new FPSO serving Baleine Phase 3 offshore Côte d’Ivoire under a fixed 15-year bareboat charter.
Murphy Oil has reported a light oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well in Block CI-709 offshore Côte d’Ivoire, with one evaluation well planned for the second half of 2026.
Eni and its partners have approved Baleine Phase 3 offshore Côte d’Ivoire, increasing oil and gas production while allocating all gas output to the domestic market.
Vaalco Energy reported strong initial output from the Etame 14H well offshore Gabon and said the Baobab FPSO in Côte d’Ivoire remains on track for a production restart in the second quarter of 2026.
Vaalco reports Etame 15H-ST onstream in Gabon at about 2,000 barrels per day and confirms operatorship of Côte d’Ivoire’s Kossipo, targeting an FDP in H2 2026 with the Baobab Ivorien FPSO expected back in late March.
Saipem reports two West Africa offshore discoveries with Eni: gas and condensates at Côte d’Ivoire’s Calao South and an estimated 500 million barrels of oil in Angola’s Block 15/06.
