An oil and gas major has awarded French offshore vessel operator Bourbon a new fully integrated logistics contract to support its exploration campaign and the drilling of its first well off southern Namibia.
The contract’s scope covers international shipment and customs clearance of the equipment required for the drilling campaign from Houston, Singapore, and Antwerp to Walvis Bay, Namibia.
It also covers logistics base services such as handling and lifting, equipment management, storage and warehousing, waste management, and tank cleaning.
The operations will be supported by its Bourbon Logistics Suite data management system, which enables all logistics operations to be planned, executed, and controlled from end to end.
The logistics base is located in Walvis Bay and will employ almost 50 shore-based staff, almost all of whom are Namibians.
The client was left undisclosed, but there have been several announcements regarding offshore drilling in the country earlier this month.
South Africa’s privately owned oil exploration company, Rhino Resources, will begin its first drilling campaign in Namibia’s Orange Basin by the first quarter of 2025.
This month, TotalEnergies has started drilling activities on an exploration well in the Orange Basin.
