Tag: Oil and Gas News in Africa
ExxonMobil Terminates Rig in Angola
Transocean has joined the ranks of several other firms that over the past couple of months has seen early termination notices for their rigs.
Angola...
Chevron announces first gas from Southwest China project
Chevron Corporation has announced that its fully-owned subsidiary, Unocal East China Sea, Ltd, has begun natural gas production from the first stage of the...
Low Oil Price Won’t Cause Major Delay To Kenya Project –...
Falling world oil prices will not cause a major delay to plans to begin oil production in northwest Kenya, Africa Oil Corp's chief executive said on...
Cairn Energy Drilling SNE-3 Appraisal Well Offshore Senegal
JV partner FAR reports that the second appraisal well to be drilled on the SNE oil field, 100km offshore Senegal, has been re-entered and will now be...
Ophir Awards Fugro Offshore Survey Programme In Equatorial Guinea
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Ophir Equatorial Guinea (Block R) for the provision of survey services for the development of large scale assets and infrastructure...
Tanzania: Wentworth Resources Receives First Payment for Mnazi Bay Gas
Wentworth Resources has provided an operational update following first delivery of gas to the pipeline project from its assets near Mnazi Bay, Tanzania.
Highlights:
Gas delivery to...
Tullow Reaches Agreement With Gabon Over Its Licences In The Onal...
Tullow Oil has reached agreement with the Government of Gabon over its licences in the Onal Complex fields. Following negotiations, Tullow has regained its 7.5% stake...
Uganda and Tanzania agree to study possibility of crude oil pipeline
Uganda and Tanzania have signed an agreement to explore the possibility of building a crude oil pipeline between the two countries, Uganda's Ministry of...
Cobalt Agrees To $1.75bn Transaction with Sonangol for Angola Blocks
Cobalt International Energy Inc. has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its entire 40 percent participating interest in blocks 21/09 and...
Eni Discovers ‘Supergiant’ Gas Field Offshore Egypt
Eni has made a world class supergiant gas discovery at its Zohr Prospect, in the deep waters of Egypt. The discovery could hold a potential of...
Gas Utilisation and Commercialization: Next Big Thing in Sub-Sahara Africa?
By Godspower Ike
The growth of sub-Saharan Africa has over the years been stunted mainly due to its inability to harness its vast potentials, especially...
Victoria Oil & Gas Expects To Exceed 10.5 Mmcf Production Target
Victoria Oil & Gas announced recently that its wholly owned subsidiary Gaz du Cameroun, GDC, expects to exceed its gas production target of 10.5...
Tanzania Lifts Gas Reserves Estimate to 55 Trillion Cubic Feet
Tanzania's current natural gas reserves are at about 55 trillion cubic feet (tcf) following new deep sea discoveries off its southern coast, the east...
