Protests disrupt gala dinner at Africa Energies Summit
Protests have disrupted the gala dinner at the Africa Energies Summit, with a group of Extinction Rebellion activists attaching themselves to Gordon Ramsay’s Heddon Street restaurant.
Agência Nacional de Petróleo Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG)
Angola visits Houston, checks in on Cabinda refinery work
VFuels is making progress with its Cabinda refinery work at facilities in Houston, with equipment passing its factory acceptance testing (FAT).
Eni, Equinor and TotalEnergies play it safe in Angola bids
Eni, Equinor and TotalEnergies have submitted bids for two blocks in the Lower Congo Basin, ignoring more frontier areas in the Kwanza Basin.
TotalEnergies starts up CLOV, following BP’s Platina
TotalEnergies has started up CLOV phase 2, offshore Angola, marking the second field to come onstream in a week.
Angola sets out contractor winning groups for onshore awards
Angola has announced the contractor groups for its onshore bid round, as it moves towards new awards.
Somoil launches drilling programme onshore Angola
Angola’s Somaoil has contracted the Falcon 1000HP rig to carry out drilling onshore, with the aim of ramping up production by 30% by 2024.
16 companies bid for Angola’s onshore blocks
Angola has received bids for all nine of its onshore blocks up for grabs in its 2020 licensing round, in the Lower Congo and Kwanza basins.
Eni, Sonangol sign up Angolan acreages
Eni and Sonangol has signed production-sharing contracts (PSCs) for Blocks 27 and 28 with the Angolan regulator.
Wildcat sets out Angola, Namibia focus
London-listed Wildcat Petroleum has set out plans to focus on Angola initially, with a secondary exploration drive in Namibia.
Total starts up production at Zinia phase 2
Total has begun production at its Zinia phase 2 project, on Angola’s Block 17.
ANPG seeks IOR advice under new tender
Angola has invited companies to study secondary recovery methods in a bid to maintain production.
ANPG defends controversial onshore exploration plans
Angola's Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG) has defended its work to assess hydrocarbon potential onshore.
Belltree wins Angolan field analysis work
Edinburgh-based Belltree has won work to assist Angola’s oil industry regulator in assessing field performance.