Exploration is back on the menu in Africa, with big finds and strong prices
Exploration is back, emissaries of some of the world’s top oil companies have said, with Africa in a strong position to meet new demand.
Exploration is back, emissaries of some of the world’s top oil companies have said, with Africa in a strong position to meet new demand.
Havfram has won work to decommission subsea facilities at Chinguetti and Banda, offshore Mauritania, from Petronas.
TotalEnergies is in the process of securing a rig to drill up to nine development wells, and two exploration/appraisal wells on Nigeria’s OML 130, Africa Oil has said.
Eni’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions increased in 2021, largely as a result of its African operations, but it offset this through the acquisition of 2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in forestry credits.
Kosmos Energy is generating free cash flow at unprecedented volumes, allowing it to pay down debt, and has been talking up LNG.
Sirius Petroleum and Somoil have officially signed a sale and purchase agreement for stakes in three blocks offshore Angola for $335.5 million.
Sungara Energies has signed a deal to buy a 10% stake in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, from state-owned Sonangol.
Worley will carry out a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the proposed Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) project.
Vaalco Energy has completed a new well in the Etame field. Initial flow rates of 3,100 barrels per day of oil gross exceeding internal expectations.
Namibia aims to reach production from its Venus and Graff discoveries by 2028, Immanuel Mulunga, managing director of Namcor has said.
Namibia has leapt to the forefront of exploration thinking with the Venus and Graff discoveries earlier this year, but there are opportunities beyond TotalEnergies and Shell.
Italian energy contractor Saipem (BIT: SPM) has won new offshore drilling contracts in the Middle East and West Africa worth over $400 million.
Bowleven has warned that the final investment decision (FID) for Etinde is expected in late 2022 but that it will need to raise financing.
Tullow Oil increased emissions in 2021 amid delays in installing gas capturing equipment offshore Ghana.
Eni believes its Ndungu field could hold 800 million to 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent in place.
Vaalco Energy has contracted DOF Subsea to carry out subsea construction and installation work to allow it to go ahead with swapping in a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel in Gabon.
BP and Eni have reached an agreement to combine their Angolan businesses in a 50:50 joint venture.
South Africa has made clear it is not moving away from hydrocarbons in the near term, talking up exploration plans and gas imports, in addition to scope for new coal generation.
Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas has completed its acquisition of Azinam Group, setting the stage for drilling offshore South Africa late this year.
Amid higher oil prices, Tullow Oil is beginning to scale up its growth plans once more, raising near term possibilities for drilling around TEN and further out plans for gas and Kenya.
QatarEnergy (QE) has signed up to support Namcor, following two high-profile discoveries in the Southern African state.
The Western Cape High Court has confirmed Searcher Seismic cannot go ahead with its data acquisition plans off the west coast of South Africa.
Eni has begun producing at the Ndungu project in Angola’s Block 15/06.
TotalEnergies has made a “significant” discovery at the Venus 1-X well, offshore Namibia.
Panoro Energy more than tripled its production in 2021, to 7,582 barrels per day of oil.