BW Energy completed the Tortue Phase 2 field development with the hook-up and production start from the final two production wells, DTM-6H and DTM-7H. The Tortue development consists of six production wells, tied back to the FPSO BW Adolo. The Phase 2 development was completed with zero Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) incidents and […]

The Libya Energy & Economic Summit 2021 has come and gone The event which represented the first large-scale international event to take place in Libya in over a decade, featured a presentation by Eni’s Natural Resources General Director and COO, Alessandro Puliti, who highlighted the company’s efforts in exploring new frontier areas within Libya’s energy […]

According to Transformation Acceleration Plan (PAT), butane gasproduction in Gabon has increased by 15% since the reinforcement of the storage capacity of the Gabonese Company for the Storage of Petroleum Products (SGEPP). The return to service of the 2,000 m LPG sphere3 at the end of the requalification work and the revamping of the LPG filling […]

FAR Gambia Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FAR Ltd has disclosed that drilling has commenced on the Bambo-1 exploration well in Block A2, offshore The Gambia. The Stena IceMax drillship arrived on site on 12 November Gambian time and after completing preparations, has successfully spudded the well. The Bambo-1 well is located approximately 85km offshore […]

It is now Five years after the United Nations Climate Conference (COP) was held  in Marrakech, Morocco;Africa will once again host the global climate meeting in 2022. The 27th COP will be held in the seaside city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, in Egypt. A choice due to the fact that Egypt was […]

With over 180 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas resources, coupled with global majors driving project developments, Mozambique has garnered significant interest from both regional and international players. Those very prolific offshore natural gas resources have the potential to unlock opportunities for the entire Southern African regional community, and were therefore the centre of […]

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced that it has exercised its right of pre-emption related to the sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests in the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana to Kosmos Energy. Rahul Dhir, CEO of Tullow Oil, commented: “This is a value accretive, self-funded opportunity for the Group which will increase Tullow’s daily […]

Invictus Energy has provided an update on the activities of its 80% owned and operated CaboraBassa Project in Zimbabwe. CB21 Seismic Survey Preliminary Results Encouraging Following the completion of the CaboraBassa 2021 seismic survey (“CB21 Survey”) in early November which acquired a total of 839.3km of high resolution 2D seismic data, preliminary processing by EarthSignal […]

United Oil & Gas has announced the spudding of the Al Jahraa-13 development well in the Abu Sennanlicence, onshore Egypt. Highlights Drilling of the AJ-13 development well, which will target stacked Upper and Lower Bahariya reservoir targets, has commenced The well will take approximately 65 days to drill and complete and is fully funded from […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development  has officially launched made in Nigerian Barites that has met specifications for use in the oil and gas industry, mostly in drilling operations. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote performed the launch in Port Harcourt, Rivers […]