Maersk Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from Tullow Ghana Ltd for the provision of the ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Venturer and additional services for a development drilling campaign at the TEN and Jubilee fields offshore Ghana. The duration of the final contract is around four years with expected commencement in Q2 2021. The […]

The African Energy Chamber has launched a new initiative together with investment research company Hawilti to promote gas as a transition fuel in Africa. The African Coalition for Trade and Investment in Natural Gas (ACTING) — a non-profit initiative — aims to encourage capital into the African gas value-chain and engage stakeholders and societies on […]

The Nigeria regulatory body, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified the process it uses for accounting for crude production in the country, noting that most incidents relating to oil theft occurs from the land terminals. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, disclosed this in a statement made available to TBI Africa in Lagos on Thursday. […]

Sequel to recent Dutch appeal court judgment passed on Shell Nigeria operations as regards to environmental pollution caused by incessant oil spillages encroaching farmlands, Royal Dutch Shell has decided to take another hard look at its onshore oil operations in Nigeria owing to continued problems with theft and sabotage, Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said […]

San Leon, the independent oil and gas production, development and Exploration Company focused on Nigeria, is pleased to provide an update on the funding arrangements by Decklar Petroleum Limited (“Decklar”) to develop the Oza Oil Field in Nigeria.  When fully disbursed, the funding is expected to be sufficient to re-establish oil production and provide development funding […]

Wentworth Resources, the independent, Tanzania-focused natural gas production company, has announced the following operational update and results of the year-end Competent Persons Report for 2020. Highlights To date, there have been zero reported cases of COVID-19 at Mnazi Bay. Employee safety remains a top priority and robust precautionary measures remain in place Wentworth’s share of […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it would do everything within its powers to ensure the timeous completion of the $3.6bn Integrated Gas Processing and Methanol Plant in Odioma, Brass Island, Bayelsa State. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, made the commitment at the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) […]

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, has announced that its Incorporated Joint Venture, the ANOH Gas Processing Company, has successfully raised US$260m in debt to fund completion of its ANOH Gas Processing Plant The 300MMscfd capacity ANOH plant, […]

The Nigeria Federal Government is expecting the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill by the National Assembly in March or April, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva stated recently. Chief Sylva said this on the side-lines of the groundbreaking and foundation laying ceremony of the nation’s headquarters building of the Department […]

A Dutch court has ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, a ruling which could pave the way for more cases against multinational oil firms according to Aljazeera. The Court of Appeal in The Hague on Friday 29 January, 2021 ruled that the Nigerian arm of […]