Panoro Energy ASA and BW Energy have announced the signing of production sharing contracts (PSCs) for the exploration blocks Niosi Marin and Guduma Marin (formerly named G12-13 and H12-13) with Gabon’s Petroleum Minister and Minister of Economy. BW Energy holds 37.5% working interest and is the operator of the blocks, which significantly expands the resource […]

During the quarter Invictus announced it had completed the interpretation of CB23 Seismic Survey data and reviewed the prospectivity of the eastern Cabora Bassa basin. A total of eight key prospects were defined in the Company’s Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) 1848 and 1849, totaling 2.9 Tcf gas and 184 MMbbl condensate (gross mean unrisked basis). […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has retained its top ranking in business efficiency and transparency among ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), as captured in the latest evaluative assessment by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). In the ‘2024 Half Year Transparency and Efficiency Compliance Report (January 2024-June 2024),’ released on Tuesday […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of State for Petroleum Gas has reiterated its commitment towards deepening the natural gas infrastructural development and utilization in the country. The current stride to achieve this aspirational economic goal is coming from the plan to establish 650MW gas Powered Plant in the Ibom Solutions Gas Hub, […]

Getech plc, a global leader in locating essential energy and mineral resources crucial for the energy transition, is pleased to announce entry into an Exploration Collaboration Agreement with Sound Energy, the transition-focused energy company. Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties will collaborate to seek to explore for natural hydrogen and helium in Morocco, with the […]

Sonadrill an Angolan drilling joint venture between National Oil Company Sonangol and drilling contractor Seadrill – will launch its fourth drillship in Angola in early 2025, Petra Lussana Pina, Drilling Trainee, Sonadrill told Energy Capital & Power. In an exclusive interview during Angola Oil & Gas 2024, Pina said the launch of the new drillship […]

Angola has launched a public consultation for its draft National Gas Master Plan (NGMP). Representing the next step in the implementation of the policy, the public consultation provides members of the public with the opportunity to offer their comments, criticisms and suggestions. The NGMP will be available on the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and […]

Senegal’s government unveiled a 25-year development plan that it said would lay the foundations for economic sovereignty through competitiveness, sustainable resource management and good governance. The agenda was launched seven months after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye clinched a landslide election victory on a promise to improve livelihoods in the West African nation. “We aim to […]

Libya’s national oil corporation (NOC) has disclosed that Italian energy company Eni and British oil giant BP have resumed exploration in Libya after onshore drilling was halted in 2014, According to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Repsol, the Spanish oil company, is equally preparing to restart drilling in the Murzuq Basin, while Austria’s OMV plans […]

GTT, the technology expert in membrane containment systems for the transport and storage of liquefied gases, has won a service contract with Coral FLNG for Eni’s Coral Sul FLNG barge. Eni is the delegated operator of the Coral Sul FLNG project on behalf of Area 4 partners. The FLNG is located off the coast of […]