East Africa

Baker Hughes to Invest in Strategic Gas Project in Algeria

Baker Hughes an energy technology company said it was awarded a major contract from SONATRACH for a gas-boosting project for the Hassi R’Mel gas field in Algeria. The contract is part of a broader order awarded to a consortium between Baker Hughes and Tecnimont, part of technology and engineering group MAIRE.  The signing ceremony took place in Algiers in the […]

Oilfield Africa - Sunday May 26, 2024
Rosetta Energy Signs HoT of First LNG Virtual Pipeline in Tanzania

Rosetta Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Taqa Arabia, has proudly announced the signing of a Heads of Terms (HoT) agreement with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and Africa50 to develop Tanzania’s first Small Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project. This new venture will invest in, develop, and operate Tanzania’s first LNG Virtual Pipeline. The project […]

Oilfield Africa - Sunday May 26, 2024
Perenco Makes First Successful Oil Discovery in 30 Years

Perenco subsidiary MIOC undertakes active drilling campaign offshore DRC First exploration success offshore DRC for three decades Muanda International Oil Company (MIOC), Perenco’s offshore DRC subsidiary, announces that it has drilled two exploration wells to date in 2024, making the first exploration discovery offshore DRC in almost thirty years. Using the Dixstone owned “Nuada” Self-Elevated […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday May 23, 2024
Trident Energy Strikes Major Assets Acquisition deal in the Republic of Congo

Trident Energy has disclosed that it has signed an agreement with Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) to acquire the entire issued share capital of Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited which holds a 31.5% non-operated working interest in the Moho-Bilondo, Nkossa, Nsoko II fields and a 15.75% operated interest in the Lianzi field. In addition, Trident Energy has […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday April 24, 2024
TotalEnergies Divests Interest in Moho License in Republic of Congo

TotalEnergies announced that its 85%-owned affiliate, TotalEnergies EP Congo, has signed an agreement with Trident Energy combining the acquisition of an additional 10% interest in the Moho license from Trident Energy and the sale to Trident Energy of its 53.5% interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko II licenses. Moho is a deep-offshore field located 80 […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday April 24, 2024
EACOP signs an MoU with Ministry of Water and Environment In Uganda

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd. has signed a MoU with Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) to cooperate on various conservation initiatives in the 10 Districts traversed by the Pipeline. As part of this cooperation, EACOP is also joining the Running Out of Trees (ROOTS) campaign. In joining this campaign, EACOP will work […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday April 22, 2024
Kenya’s Hope to Unlock 120,000bpd at Sight as Tullow Operations Progress

Tullow Oil has made a recent provisional update on its operations in Kenya oilfield development project incorporating Blocks 10BB and 13T. Before the exit and divestment of interest, Africa Oil and its JV Partners ( Tullow Oil and Total Energies) have completed the redesign of the Project Oil Kenya to ensure it is technically, commercially and environmentally robust. […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday April 10, 2024
EACOP unveils Thermal Insulation Plant, Signs Land Lease Agreement in Uganda

EACOP has again  reached another key milestone on the construction stage of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP Project) this is following the flagged off of Thermal Insulation Plant (TIS Plant) constructed and operated by one of EACOP Ltd Level One Contractors, WASCO ISOAF on 26th March 2024 which is a joint venture […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday April 2, 2024
Invictus confirms rich gas-condensate discovery and light oil in Mukuyu-2 Onshore Zimbabwe

Following the two gas discoveries from the Upper and Lower Angwa reservoirs in the recently completed Mukuyu-2 / ST1 drilling campaign and the compositional analysis from fast-tracked downhole reservoir fluid samples (refer ASX announcement 04 March 2024), the analysis of additional downhole fluid samples has confirmed a rich gas-condensate discovery in Mukuyu and presence of […]

Oilfield Africa - Tuesday March 26, 2024
Ugandan Companies to Execute Major Contracts in Tilenga-Kingfisher Projects

Big strides towards boosting local participation in Uganda’s Oil and Gas Sector have been achieved. The Petroleum Authority of Uganda PAU made this disclosure recently in its X handle formerly twitter.  PAU has stated that since 2021, the Nation’s oil company has given a green light to contracts with total valued of about USD 7.16 […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday March 20, 2024