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Pirates boarded a fully loaded supertanker off the coast of Nigeria, an act that is sure to ring alarm bells for insurers about the risk of collecting oil from Africa’s biggest producer.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the invention of the hard hat, one of the most recognizable pieces of safety equipment in the world.

The African Energy Chamber is pushing African OPEC and non-OPEC members to commit to a declaration of cooperation and work to ensure compliance.

The Eni-operated project will be the first FLNG vessel deployed in a deepwater field offshore the African continent upon its projected 2022 startup. Samsung Heavy Industries completed the operation at its shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.

GTT has signed a technical assistance and license agreement with Chinese shipyard Wison Offshore and Marine. The agreement largely covers GTT’s membranes for FLNG and FSRU vessels, floating storage regasification power units, and LNG carriers. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will expand their offers to ship owners and target new markets, with a par…

Rovco’s stereo camera technology system sends images and 3D models of assets from the seabed to computer browsers in any location, offering users instantaneous access to information during inspection or construction.

The two main takeaways from this paper: First, it underscores the difference between explainability and interpretability and presents why the former may be problematic. Second, it provides some great pointers for creating truly interpretable models.

Industry awaits the results of Apache’s Maka Central-1 exploratory well offshore Suriname, where high expectations follow the rapid exploration success of neighboring Guyana.

To make sure deep learning meets its promise, we need to reorient research away from state-of-the-art accuracy and toward state-of-the-art efficiency. We need to ask if models enable the largest number of people to iterate as fast as possible using the fewest amount of resources on the most devices.

One of the biggest discoveries in the past decade, Sangomar, moves closer to sanction as operator Woodside and its joint venture partners submit the plan for the field's development. First oil from Senegal's first offshore development is scheduled for 2023.

The tender invites EPC contractors to develop a commercial bid for the lump-sum turnkey contract based on a fully developed scope related to design, engineering, technical, and safety specifications for the project. Commerical bids are expected next year.

The Australian company upped its forecast of initial oil production out of the field from 50,000 B/D to somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 B/D. It expects to spend between $1.9 billion and $2.2 billion on the field's development.