The Africa, Caribbean, Pacific —European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly sitting in Maputo City, Mozambique on November 2ND voted to let Uganda proceed with implementing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).  The ACP-EU resolution now waters down an earlier stance by the European Parliament that had expressed “grave concern” around alleged human rights […]

UAE independent power producer (IPP) Masdar and Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has recently signed an agreement on partnership with aims to co-develop an overall investment of $2 billion solar projects over the next few years. The President of the Republic of Zambia who has just returned to Lusaka after a stay in Abu Dhabi, […]

The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has started its journey towards the project site off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal. The FPSO set sail on 20 January 2023 from Qidong, China after successfully completing a series of sea trials following […]

San Leon, the independent oil and gas production, development and exploration company focused on Nigeria, through a press release confirmed the announcement made on 19 January 2023 by Decklar Resources Inc. (Decklar) in Canada.  San Leon has a 11% shareholding in Decklar Petroleum Limited (DPL), the local subsidiary of Decklar operating in Nigeria, and has also […]

AMEA Power Expands its Presence in West Africa by signing Agreement with the Government of Ivory Coast to Deliver 50MW PV Solar Plant.  Amea is one of the global fastest growing renewable energy companies based in the Middle East. The company course of enlarging its coast in West Africa, has recently announced that it has […]

Afentra has announced that it has received approval from the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas for the acquisition from INA-Industrija d.d. (INA) of a 4% interest in Block 3/05 and 4% interest1 in Block 3/05A offshore Angola (the INA Acquisition) pursuant to a sale and purchase agreement between INA and Afentra’s wholly-owned subsidiary, […]

Apex International Energy has acquired interests in four concessions in the Western Desert oil producing region of Egypt from IEOC Production B.V. (IEOC), a unit of Eni S.p.A. Two additional concessions will be acquired by Apex after parliamentary approval of extensions, which is expected in the first quarter of 2023. Pursuant to the sale and […]

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced the commencement of the 2022 Mini Bid Round. The Mini Bid Round is seen as a great opportunity to spur new exploration and drilling activities in the prospective deep waters offshore Nigeria. The Mini Bid Round is aimed at further development of the deep offshore acreages […]

Snam has sealed acquisition deal of a 49.9% of the equity interest directly and indirectly held by Eni in the companies operating two groups of international gas pipelines connecting Algeria to Italy. More specifically, the scope of the transaction includes the onshore gas pipelines running from the Algeria and Tunisia borders to the Tunisian coast (TTPC), […]

Zenith Energy has announced that the Company submission of an offer for Block-1 on September 22, 2022 has been approved by the Ministry of Water and Mines of the Republic of Benin. The company in recent release disclosed that the Ministry has awarded it exclusivity for a period of three months to negotiate and finalise […]