North Africa

Pharos Energy in Farm-Out agreements of Egyptian Assets

Pharos Energy plc, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company has entered into conditional agreements for the farm-out and sale of a 55% working interest and operatorship in each of the Egyptian El Fayum and North Beni Suef Concessions to IPR Lake Qarun Petroleum Co. (IPR Lake Qarun), a wholly owned subsidiary of […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday September 16, 2021
STENA DRILLING RESUMES CHARIOT MOROCCO DRILLING RIG CONTRACT

Chariot, the Africa focused transitional energy company, has signed a contract with Stena Drilling, one of the world’s foremost independent drilling contractors, to use its Stena Don drilling rig for the planned Anchois gas appraisal well within the Lixus licence, offshore Morocco. The Drilling operations is anticipated to commence in December 2021 and are expected […]

Oilfield Africa - Friday September 10, 2021
Petrofac secures Libya EPCC contract

Petrofac has secured a contract valued at over US$100 million with Zallaf Libya Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company, to deliver their Erawin Field Development Project Phase 1 Early Production Facilities. The Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) scope of work encompasses surface equipment, including well pads and flowlines at the Erawin oil field, […]

Oilfield Africa - Friday September 10, 2021
ZENITH ENERGY SET TO DRILL, MOBILIZES RIG TO ROBBANA CONCESSION ONSHORE TUNISIA

Zenith Energy said that it finalised all the necessary preparations for the commencement of operational activities in the Robbana concession in onshore Tunisia. Workover of Robbana-1 well (“ROB-1”) Having carried out an extensive technical review, the Company’s operational team in Tunisia has made the decision to perform a workover of ROB-1, which is currently producing […]

Oilfield Africa - Thursday August 26, 2021
Egypt boosts green energy economy via EBRD and QNB ALAHLI partnership financing

Africa commitment to key in with prevailing wave in global energy transition has  being entrenched in Egypt  developmental  economy. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is now plan to boost small businesses and green investments in Egypt  with a US$ 50 million loan to ONB ALAHLI,  one of Egypt’s largest commercial banks. The loan, […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday August 18, 2021
United Oil & Gas reveals latest well success in Egypt

“We are delighted to be able to announce yet another positive result from the Abu Sennan licence,” said chief executive Brian Larkin. United Oil & Gas (LON: UOG) announced the success of its latest development well, Al Jahraa-8 (AJ-8), at the Abu Sennan concession in Egypt. The well encountered more than 40 metres of net […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday July 19, 2021
Zenith Energy extends date for Tunisia Oilfield acquisition from KUFPEC

Zenith Energy, the listed international oil & gas production company focused on pursuing African development opportunities,  has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Zenith Energy Netherlands B.V.  has signed an extension agreement of the longstop date in respect of the conditional sale and purchase agreement it signed with KUFPEC (Tunisia) Limited, a 100% subsidiary of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday July 14, 2021
EBRD and NBE support small businesses in Egypt

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt will benefit from a US$ 100 million loan by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) to support energy efficiency, climate change mitigation and the introduction of adaptation technologies. NBE will on-lend the funds to SMEs in industry, commerce, and agriculture […]

Oilfield Africa - Wednesday June 9, 2021
Egypt: UOG expects increase in production as ASD-1X Oilfield resumes

United Oil & Gas plc’s (UOG) an exploration and production company with operations in Egypt has been granted approval for a development lease to cover the ASD-1X discovery, part of the Abu Sennan Licence, which allows production operations to get underway. Production starts from the ASD-1X well at an initial gross rate of 1,295 bopd, […]

Oilfield Africa - Friday June 4, 2021
Equinor and Sonatrach in New Oil and Gas Exploration, Greenhouse Partnership in Algeria

Equinor and Sonatrach have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to examine cooperation within oil and gas exploration and production in Algeria and internationally.  The signing of the MoU strengthens the existing partnership between Equinor and Sonatrach. The MoU also includes cooperation within greenhouse gas emissions and carbon management, industrial safety management, implementation of technology […]

Oilfield Africa - Monday May 17, 2021