West Africa

Participants at Offshore Well Intervention West Africa 2022 (OWI WA) – to be held in Accra from 12-13 July – will have the opportunity to attend a presentation by Total Energies, a global multi-energy energy company.

Ezra Kavana, Project Regulatory Compliance and Permitting Management, Total Energies will elaborate on regulatory compliance within the region. He will be speaking at length about the company’s regulatory compliance management system and how it helps them. To demonstrate its advantages, he will examine a case study on how the company remained compliant with regulations in a recent crude oil pipeline project before presenting an outline of their strategy for permitting/license management.

The OWI WA will also host the Technology Showcase Hall, that not only brings together the most innovative technology with West Africa’s leading operators, but also provides a unique networking opportunity for the region’s well intervention decision makers.

To learn more, be sure to download the event brochure here:
https://www.offsnet.com/owi-wa/conference-brochure

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Rachael Brand
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At the upcoming Offshore Well Intervention West Africa (OWI WA), which is running in Accra from 12-13 July, Dr Wisdom Enang, an Engineering Technical Lead, will draw upon his extensive experience in the oil and gas industry to provide participants with a vision of West Africa’s future.

In his exclusive session, Dr Enang will identify the imperatives for producing the energy of the future as the transition continues to gather momentum and calls for cleaner power snowballs.

Turning to Nigeria specifically, he will then analyse and quantify the deficiencies affecting the upstream sector and explore the innovative solutions capable of preventing crude oil theft, delaying production depletion, and solving inefficient production operations. He will also analyse efforts to address the lack of accountability in the sector before seeking to identify a roadmap for implementing an integrated innovative approach for enhancing the operational and cost efficiency of the upstream sector within Nigeria.

Alongside learning from the other exciting lineup of sessions led by industry experts, attendees of the event will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion led by Dr Enang. Together, they will be able to explore the potential benefits, implementation challenges and enablers which distinguish innovation solution options available in West Africa.

With five international oil majors, three regulatory bodies, two national oil companies, six regional oil companies, as well as a host of service providers and more already confirmed, OWI WA is not an event to be missed.

To learn more, be sure to download the event brochure here:
https://www.offsnet.com/owi-wa/conference-brochure

Or reach out to the details below:
Rachael Brand
Project Manager
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Attendees of Offshore Well Intervention West Africa 2022 (OWI WA) will be treated to no less than four presentations from Shell when the conference arrives in Accra from 12-13 July.

Up first for the international supermajor is Segun Lanade, Logistics Supervisor for Shell Nigeria, who will present on the topic of local sourcing. Lanade will explain the impact sourcing equipment has on the local economy, as well as the implications it has on intervention projects, before exploring the influence local authorities can have on encouraging this practice and how this can affect intervention activity in the region.

Following this, Benjamin Ajaraogu, Well Integrity Adivisor, LI: Well Integrity SME & Production Technology TA2 at Shell Nigeria, will concentrate on brownfield wells management by showcasing Shell’s approach for acquiring best in class well integrity technologies to keep ageing wells productive. He will also touch upon approaches towards plug and abandonment (P&A) with a focus on effectiveness and safety.

Looking at deepwater well intervention in West Africa, Chiwuike Amaechi, Subsea Systems & Intervention Engineer at Shell, will provide detail on the current regulations and standards as well as how to navigate them in order to ultimately increase the volume of well intervention in West Africa. Light well intervention has been touted as efficient and cost-effective solution which could help to solve sub-Saharan Africa’s rapidly ageing offshore assets and, in light of this, Amaechi will help participants discover the trail blazing technology, tool and services that have been used in the region to help enhance future deepwater well intervention campaigns.

Last but by no means least, Ajaraogu will return to the stage to discuss utilising digitalisation for risk management. In the session, he will explain how technologies can assist in well monitoring to allow for full visibility; demonstrate how to identify potential risk factors before they occur; and, through his expertise and impressive experience, provide participants with the knowledge to increase their chance of protecting wells from integrity failures in order to maximise protection.

These exclusive presentations will be accessible at OWI WA along with a unique opportunity to network with a wide range of industry professionals and experts. To learn more, be sure to download the event brochure here:
https://www.offsnet.com/owi-wa/conference-brochure

Or reach out to the details below:

Rachael Brand
Project Manager
T: +44 (0) 20 3409 3041
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EnerMech, a global services company specialising in critical asset support across the asset lifecycle, has hired Carl Mook as the Regional Director for Europe and expanded Paul Cockerill’s role to oversee Africa, in addition to his current Middle East and Caspian remit.

The new senior structure will help drive further growth for the firm’s Europe and Africa operations. The business will leverage both leaders’ expertise to span responsibilities focusing on the two continents, as well as scaling up teams when required in the Middle East and Caspian region.

Mook has 30 years of international leadership experience in engineering consultancy and design, asset management, operations and maintenance, inspection services technology and asset integrity. He has held several senior roles in his career, including Executive Vice President at Penspen and Vice President of Process and Pipeline Services at Baker Hughes.

Cockerill has been EnerMech’s Regional Director Middle East and Caspian for almost two years and has been pivotal in the business securing several transformational projects and pre-commissioning campaigns in the region. He has significant experience in Africa, having previously held senior positions at Halliburton in Angola, Congo and Nigeria for 16 years where he was instrumental in increasing market share and developing local workforces.

EnerMech CEO Christian Brown remarked, “The Europe and Africa region has been delivering a solid performance for the business, which is a direct result of our teams in these geographies delivering excellence day in, day out. However, we are not a company to rest on its laurels.

“Paul has delivered exceptional results in the Middle East and Caspian. Widening his portfolio to support our Africa operations, means we can rapidly scale up our teams as more campaigns and megaprojects are won. The wealth of experience and enthusiasm Carl brings to the business will help us to further develop our European operations with a pin-sharp focus on securing new business as well as overseeing existing project work.”

Baker Hughes has announced that it will be acquiring Altus Intervention, a leading international provider of well intervention services and down-hole oil and gas technology, to complement its existing portfolio of oilfield technologies and integrated solutions.

Altus Intervention employs around 1200 people globally and operates across four regions: UK and West Africa; Norway and Denmark; Americas; and Middle East and Asia Pacific.

“The addition of Altus Intervention supports our strategy to transform core oil & gas operations by enhancing technological capabilities and providing customers with higher-efficiency solutions,” commented Maria Claudia Borras, Executive Vice President of Oilfield Services at Baker Hughes. “We value the Altus Intervention team’s deep expertise and look forward to bringing these fully integrated well intervention solutions to our global customer base.”

Åge Landro, CEO of Altus Intervention, added, “Our technology and techniques play a critical role in improving production, well intervention and plug and abandonment, and we believe this agreement with Baker Hughes is the right step forward.

“We are focused on a long-standing vision of making intervention smarter to deliver real change operationally and commercially, and we look forward to leveraging Baker Hughes’ strong network, complementary technology and global infrastructure in the oil and gas industry.”

The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022. The acquisition agreement includes all intellectual property, personnel and commercial agreements.

Senergy Wells, a Vysus Group company, has secured 15 new contract wins in wells disciplines globally, stretching from Mexico, through Europe and Africa to southeast Asia.

The contracts, worth more than UK£5mn to the company, include a range of projects with numerous customers, including Energean, Repsol, Shell, Chevron, TAQA and Harbour Energy UK.

To support the breadth of international projects secured, Senergy Wells has embarked upon a recruitment drive to bolster its expertise across services from exploration to decommissioning.

Matt Rothnie, SVP Senergy Wells & ModuSpec, commented, “We are naturally delighted to have secured such a wide range of contracts to deliver projects across the world for a range of customers from energy independents to super majors and NOCs. It’s also encouraging that the type of work covers the complete spectrum of the asset lifecycle from wildcat exploration and front end engineering, through field development, well construction and design, and ultimate decommissioning.

“This positive start to 2022 comes as we bring back the Senergy name. Vysus Group is extremely proud of its heritage and the legacy companies which give us our unique breadth of deep domain expertise. Our experience in the well engineering, operations and project management sector originated within Senergy – and this is a name still instantly recognisable by many in our industry as a service provider and trusted partner for well operators. It’s not just what we do but importantly how we do it, how we show up for our customers. That is why we’re bringing it back.

“The calibre of projects we are supporting this year is fantastic and testament to the proven technical delivery of our team. We look forward to continuing to help our global customer base deliver efficient operations throughout 2022 and beyond.”

Tendeka offers its portfolio of innovative tools and technologies in sub-Saharan Africa to restore production from existing well stocks, reduce gas and water flow and improve production.

The versatile suite of solutions does not require complex interventions and has already brought huge logistical, technical and financial savings to operators in the region.

Intelligent technology

PulseEight dynamic downhole reservoir management system is the world’s first re-deployable wireless completion range. Utilising Fluid Harmonics telemetry, two-way communications to and from a suite of downhole tools can be used to optimise production:

• PulseEight Electronic Ambient Valve (EAV) reinstates wells which were previously closed through loss/lack of a safety valve
• PulseEight Wireless Gauges (WG) provides pressure and temperature data from wells which have lost permanent systems or where these were never installed
• PulseEight Intelligent Valve (ICV) delivers infinite, inline manipulation of flow for choking and shut-off purposes

In addition to PulseEight, the company’s Mature Fields offering includes retrofittable, next generation inflow control technology, to attain a uniform inflow profile for enhanced oil production in new wells or through intervention.

Tendeka also offers in-house capability to custom design a range of sealing solutions, from non-standard diameters to unique fluid parameters, ensuring a perfect fit for well projects.

These include SwellStack sealing solutions which are rated to 15,000 psi in gas, reinstating the function of safety valves quickly and effectively; Swellable O-rings to reinstate the function of safety valves quickly and effectively; and SwellRight Side Pocket Mandrel (SPM) Plugs to provide pressure integrity in damaged side pocket mandrel bores.

Following success in Chad to solve sand production issues in water injection wells, Tendeka is working with a local partner in Nigeria to deliver Casacde3 in a multi-well subsea development.

Environment Quality Services (EQS) has successfully assisted in a decommissioning project offshore Angola. Dubai-based EQS deployed their Saab Seaeye Falcon to assess the integrity of the offshore structures via visual inspection and image gathering.

Carlos Rodrigues, CTO, of EQS, commented, The Falcon supports EQS in their aim to fulfil specific works in a safe and cost-effective manner by delivering accurate and relevant information.”

Rodrigues said that the Falcon is an ideal resource for specialist work as it can handle an array of cameras, sensors, tooling and complex data gathering systems that can easily be added or changed thanks to the Falcon iCON intelligent module- focused distributed control architecture.

The Falcon is the top selling robot of its class and its success is attributed to it being a portable, metre-sized, intelligent, powerful highly mahneuverable, easy-to-use vehicle with a depth rated range to 1,000 metres.

It has a reliability record covering more than one million hours underwater, including deep tunnel work. The Falcon can remain stable in turbulent waters and strong currents whilst undertaking both robust and precision tasks.

The structures inspected on the platform offshore Angola included the platform (jacket), well head, protection dome, pipelines and umbilical. EQS helped the offshore energy clients navigate the complex environmental regulatory landscape to achieve compliance as well.