Employees of Pan Ocean Oil Corporation (Nigeria) Limited, under the aegis of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, on Wednesday shut down the Oil Mining Lease, OML, 98 flow-station and the Ovade-Ogharefe gas processing facility in Delta State This has led […]

ReconAfrica announced a highly anticipated operations update, confirming that it has spudded the high impact 6-2 exploration well on the Company’s Petroleum Exploration License 73 (PEL) in Namibia. The well is the first of three planned exploration wells to evaluate the presence of an active conventional system in the Kavango Basin. While geochemical work and […]

The Senegal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced an extension to the deadline for submission of applications until 17:00 (GMT) on Sunday 30th may 2021.The Licensing Round is the second international competitive bidding round arranged by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Senegal. There has been a significant increase in oil and gas […]

The Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons has announced the conclusion of several meetings for the evaluation of the 2021 Work and Budget Programs pertaining to the development of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea’s oil & gas fields. The meetings were held in the cities of Malabo and Bata to carefully examine the country’s […]

The election of Angola to the rotating presidency of the conference of ministers of OPEC has thrust Minister Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas of Angola to the forefront of efforts to stabilize global oil markets in 2021. The assumption of the Presidency of OPEC by H.E Diamantino could not have […]

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and world’s leading independent tank storage company Royal Vopak (Vopak) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on a feasibility study to assess the commercial, technical and regulatory aspects of an LNG regasification terminal in South Africa, to bring LNG into the country.  ExxonMobil and Vopak […]

After successfully being converted to a hybrid, low-emission rig, Maersk Intrepid has entered operations as the first Maersk Drilling rig to feature this set of upgrades. Maersk Intrepid is currently working for Equinor on the Martin Linge field where the ultra-harsh environment jack-up in November this year commenced its first drilling operation with the full […]

Tower Resources has said that it had entered into the second exploration period through its subsidiary Rift Petroleum, together with New Age as the operator. Tower also noted the recent announcements from Total and Africa Energy regarding the results of the Luiperd-1X well results of the Luiperd-1X well, which has reported a further significant gas condensate […]

LEKOIL an oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa has announced operational and trading update in respect of the Otakikpo Marginal Field the Company’s sole producing asset. Otakikpo Joint Venture is made up of Green Energy International Limited, the Operator of the Otakikpo Marginal Field, and the […]

The recent unequivocal commitment shown by Nigeria present government on gas driven economic development has been seen as a good approach in monetization of the nation abundant natural gas reserves. This latest assurance is coming from the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari in an interactive section with the media. […]