VAALCO Energy announced that the Company has contracted DOF Subsea to perform subsea construction and installation services to support the subsea reconfiguration associated with the replacement of the existing Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO) with a Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO) at the Etame field, offshore Gabon. DOF Subsea will provide all […]

SDX Energy today announced a gas discovery at the SD-5X exploration well which targeted the Warda prospect in the South Disouq development lease.SD-5X (SDX:36.85% WI) was spudded on 4 March and reached TD at 7,855ft MD on 16 March which was on time and within budget. The primary basal Kafr El Sheikh target was encountered […]

Kosmos Energy has announced in November 2021 that it had received notice from Tullow Oil plc and PetroSA that they intend to exercise their pre-emption rights in relation to the sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests in the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana to Kosmos, announced October 13, 2021. After execution of definitive transaction documentation and […]

 Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, has lifted force majeure on Brass terminal, Bonny NLNG and Okpai power plant following restoration of the Ogoda/Brass 24″ oil pipeline at Okparatubo, Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State Sweet crude reported. Oilfield Africa Review has learnt that the force majeure was lifted after the pipeline was hit by blast […]

Eni and Sonatrach announce a significant oil and associated gas discovery in the Zemlet el Arbi concession, located in the Berkine North Basin in the Algerian desert. The concession is operated by a joint venture between Eni (49%), and Sonatrach (51%). Preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery are around 140 million barrels of […]

Chariot Transitional Powerthe Africa focused transitional energy company, a division of Chariot Limited, along with Total Eren, a leading France-based renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP), has entered into a newly established partnership with First Quantum Minerals (FQM), a global mining and metals company, to advance the development of a 430 MW solar and wind […]

United Oil & Gas PLC the growing oil and gas company with a portfolio of production, development, exploration and appraisal assets is pleased to announce an update on the drilling of the ASD-2 development well (ASD-2) in the Abu Sennanlicence, onshore Egypt. United holds a 22% working interest in the licence, which is operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt. […]

French company Fonroche Lighting has won a new contract to supply and install 67,000 solar-powered streetlights in several localities in Senegal. This new project will mobilize 121 million euros of investment. Fonroche Lighting wins a new order in West Africa. The company based in Lot-et-Garonne (France) has just signed a contract with the Senegalese Ministry […]

Leading Australian energy producer Woodside and US-based technology developers ReCarbon and LanzaTech have launched a collaborative studies program aimed at converting carbon emissions into useful products. Together, Woodside, ReCarbon and LanzaTech are investigating the viability of a proposed Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) pilot facility in Perth, Western Australia. The proposed pilot facility would recycle […]

The arrival of the $2.5bn floating Coral South facility in Mozambique could help revive the country’s potentially transformative LNG sector, as the government assures oil and gas majors that the security situation is under control. A floating plant for liquefying natural gas arrived in Mozambican waters on January 3 after a seven week maritime voyage […]