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With an investment value of $500mn and a NSCDC, to bring culprits to book,” he said. continue to support their operations.
storage capacity of 580,000 cubic metres to store The operation controller said several 100-150 DPR, September 24 2021
petroleum derivatives including Gasoline, Die- cylinders, weighing scales and decanting devices
sel and LPG, the Oceanic Terminal in Bengo is were confiscated from the eight suspects.
expected to create over 3,500 direct and indirect He urged the media to support government SERVICES
jobs during the construction phase of the project in sensitising the public on the benefits of LPG
“We are very proud to launch the oceanic and the hazards associated with the activities of Sercel awarded major
terminal project in Bengo; it’s a project of high illegal roadside vendors.
national relevance, as per Angola’s National DPR, September 25 2021 contract for seismic
Development Plan 2018-2022. It will be highly
beneficial to the communities in Bengo, along DPR seeks police assistance equipment in North Africa
with other opportunities it will create in sectors
such as telecommunications and transporta- in enforcement of filling CGG has announced the award to Sercel of a
tion,” Azevedo said during the launch event. major contract to supply land seismic equipment
The Oceanic Terminal on Barra do Dande station regulations for a 3D mega-crew survey in North Africa. It
is scheduled for completion within 17 months includes a 508XT acquisition system with
from launch. Once operational, it is expected to The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) 100,000 QuietSeis® digital sensors and a fleet
significantly improve fuel distribution in Angola in Bauchi state has sought police collaboration to of twenty Nomad 90 Neo broadband vibrator
and create safer and cost-efficient regional trade enable it enforce regulations laid down for filling trucks. The equipment is expected to be deliv-
and distribution opportunities. stations. State DPR Comptroller Iliyasu Abdul- ered in Q4-2021.
Energy Capital & Power, September 28 2021 lahi sought the collaboration Thursday when he The addition of these 100,000 digital sensors
paid a courtesy visit to the state commissioner of confirms the increasing industry enthusiasm for
DPR, NSCDC arrest 8 illegal police, Sylvester Abiodun Alabi. low-noise and high-accuracy sensor technology.
QuietSeis leads this field and is the only sensor
He said collaboration between the depart-
LPG dealers in Maiduguri ment and the police would help in the enforce- fully capable of meeting the industry’s expecta-
ment of its regulations and provide security tions for true broadband seismic. Sercel’s com-
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to the 528 existing filling stations in the state. prehensive and diversified product portfolio
in collaboration with Nigerian Security and Civil According to him, the agency always adheres meets all survey requirements today, providing
Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested eight ille- to the standard operational procedures while the best fit for our customer’s needs.
gal dealers of LPG in Maiduguri. The DPR North granting licenses for establishing petrol and gas Emmanuelle Dubu, Sercel CEO, said: “We
East Operations Controller, Mr Agada Jerome, stations to ensure strict compliance with extant are grateful to all our customers who have placed
made this known on Friday in a statement issued regulations. their trust in our state-of-the-art solutions, and
in Maiduguri. The DPR boss noted that in view of the imple- we are proud to accompany them in what is
Jerome said the dealers were arrested dur- mentation of the operational codes coupled with truly a paradigm shift in generating, recording
ing a patrol by officials of DPR and NSCDC. the availability of registered retail outlets, the and managing the data required for precision
He said the activities of illegal LPG dealers and state has not experienced fuel scarcity for a long imaging. This is perfectly illustrated by this new
gas refill outlets posed grave danger to lives and time. Responding, the commissioner of police award: the combination of the QuietSeis digital
properties. Sylvester Abiodun Alabi who appreciated the MEMS sensor and the Nomad 90 Neo vibrator
“A single accident has the capacity to spread department for the visit assured that the police source is the winning combination for 21st-cen-
fear, discourage locals from using LPG and under his watch would ensure strong synergy tury broadband seismic.”
diminish all efforts of government to deepen with the department to enable it discharge its CGG, September 28 2021
domestic gas usage. Having refused to heed the mandate diligently.
sensitisation and appeal by the DPR, the agency He advised the department on the need to Chariot signs well services
has conducted spot-checks on illegal dealers of intensify efforts to checkmate bad practices in
LPG, in collaboration with officers and men of some petrol stations, stressing that they would contract with Halliburton for
Anchois offshore well

AIM-listed Chariot, the Africa focused transi-
tional energy company, has signed a binding let-
ter of intent with Halliburton, one of the world’s
largest oil field service companies, for services
on Chariot’s planned Anchois gas appraisal well
within the Lixus licence, offshore Morocco.
The services Halliburton will assist Char-
iot with include but are not limited to: project
management services; directional drilling and
logging whilst drilling services; drilling fluids
materials and engineering services; cementing,
pumping, materials and engineering services;
wireline logging services; and drill bits and cor-
ing services.

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