From all indication, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the then Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and now the Group Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is undeniably a game changer. He is a hard working gentle man with a perfect magical touch, full of versatile knowledge, […]

Decklar and its co-venturer have received the permits required to resume production from the Oza-1 well at the Oza Oil Field. Production from the well has begun at low volumes initially to reestablish oil flow, with volumes to be increased steadily in order to establish a long-term sustainable rate. Production of crude oil from the […]

Eni and SONATRACH announce today a further discovery in Sif Fatima II concession, located in the Berkine North Basin in the Algerian desert. The Rhourde Oulad Djemaa Ouest-1 (RODW-1) exploration well, in the Sif Fatima II research perimeter, is the third well in the exploration drilling campaign. It led to a discovery of oil and […]

Nigeria hope of increasing its crude oil production has be rekindled following recent announcement from TotalEnergies of resumption of first crude oil production from Ikike field. TotalEnergies, OML99 operator (40%) in partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC, 60%), has announced the start of production from the Ikike field, in Nigeria via its press […]

Tlou Energy an developing energy solutions company in Sub-Saharan Africa through gas-fired power, solar power and hydrogen projects. The company is listed on the ASX (Australia), AIM (UK) and the BSE (Botswana) and has three project areas in Botswana as outlined below. Lesedi Project Gas-to-Power project The Lesedi Project consists of three Prospecting Licences (PL) and a Production Licence. […]

Maurel & Prom oil company specialising in the production of hydrocarbons, listed on Euronext Paris and has its registered office in Paris with major working interest in Africa has announced operational and financial update of its activities . M&P’s working interest production in first-half 2022: 25,126 boepd o  In Gabon, oil production of 13,828 bopd […]

Woodside Energy production and revenue in the second quarter rose to 60% and 44% respectively from the first three months of 2022, and this was helped by the contribution from BHP’s petroleum business.  According to the company, the Production for the period under review was 33.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, while revenue climbed to […]

Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Hydrocarbon has unveiled the country’s 2022 oil blocks licencing round, About 30 blocks are expected to be on grab making doubled the former will offer 27 oil blocks and three gas blocks, nearly double as many as previously planned, in a licensing round next week, the hydrocarbons ministry said […]

Afentra plc  has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Afentra (Angola) Ltd, has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (‘SPA’) with INA – Industrija Nafte, d.d. to acquire a 4% interest in Block 3/05 and a 5.33% interest1 in Block 3/05A, offshore Angola (the “INA Transaction”). This transaction builds upon the acquisition of a 20% interest in […]

Chariot has announced the results of Independent Assessments on its gas resources offshore Morocco, incorporating the results of the recent successfully drilled Anchois-2 appraisal and exploration well. The Independent Assessments have been made by Netherland Sewell & Associates Inc. (‘NSAI’) on the Anchois Gas Field and further selected exploration prospects in the Lixus Offshore licence and the adjacent Rissana Offshore licence with material resource […]