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The FPSO handles production from Jubilee, Ghana’s largest producing oilfield (Photo: Tullow Oil)

“Africa currently presents a lot of exciting oppor- changeouts, and technical engineering sup-
tunities and is a major player in the energy space, port, and the certification of cranes, rigging loft
so gaining a further foothold and expanding our inventory and other equipment.
in-country experience here is key to Sparrows’ Apart from work secured in Ghana and a
growth, as well as demonstrating our commit- similar contract in Angola this year, Sparrows
ment to the region.” was recently also awarded an operations and
On the Ghana project, Sparrows will be maintenance project on a newly converted
responsible for maintenance, performance, and Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) off-
reliability of the main deck cranes installed and shore Gabon.
in operation onboard the FPSO KNK, as well as Sparrows also has ongoing operations in
the delivery of deck technicians and core spe- Congo, Gabon, Senegal, Mauritania, Equatorial
cialists. Additionally, it will oversee the project Guinea, Nigeria, and South Africa, and employs
management, troubleshooting, equipment over 100 people across the continent. ™

ExxonMobil makes discovery

in Bavuca Sul-1 well at Block 15

ANGOLA ANGOLA’S National Agency for Oil, Gas and
Biofuels (ANPG) reported on November 7 that
ExxonMobil (US) and its partners have made
a new discovery at the offshore licence area
known as Block 15.
ANPG said in a statement that the US
super-major had encountered 30 metres of
hydrocarbon shows in high-quality sandstone
within the Bavuca Sul-1 exploration well. It did
not say whether the deepwater find held crude Valaris DS-9, used at Bavuca Sul-1 (Photo: Valaris)
oil, gas condensate or natural gas. However, it
did note that it had used the Valaris DS-9 drill- The US giant has made 17 commercial finds
ship to sink the well in 1,100-metre-deep water at Block 15: Dikamba, Hungo, Kissanje and
at a site about 365km northwest of Luanda. Marimba in 1998; Chocalho and Xikomba
The agency did not comment on ExxonMo- in 1999; Batuque, Mondo and Saxi in 2000;
bil’s further plans for the well, so it is not clear Mavacola, Mbulumbumba and Vicango in
whether the company and its partners will con- 2001; Reco-Reco in 2002; and Bavuca, Clochas,
tinue drilling to deeper levels. Kakocha and Tchihumba in 2003.

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