The Traditional Authorities of Kavango East and Kavango West have confirmed their support for the oil-and-gas exploration program in Namibia by Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.. At a meeting last week in Namibia, the leaders of the five key Traditional Authorities of Kavango East and Kavango West expressed confidence that ReconAfrica’s ongoing exploration program, which has to […]

Thank you for your interest in the Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit & Exhibition 2022.  Please find the latest brochure here: Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit & Exhibition Event Brochure 2022 and the updated programme attached. This year’s 7th edition of the Summit will be hosted at the Joaquim Chissano International Convention Centre, Maputo from 14 – 15 September […]

NAMCOR, the state oil company of Namibia and its joint venture partner Reconnaissance Energy Africa a Canadian oil and gas company engaged in the opening of the newly discovered deep Kavango Sedimentary Basin, in the Kalahari Desert of northeastern Namibia and northwestern Botswana have disclosed the spudding of the 1819/8-2 (“8-2”) well on June 25, […]

Namibia On 25 April 2022 the Company announced that that the Namibian authorities had granted a one year extension to the Initial Exploration Period of PEL 94 until September 2023, also making the observation that the Venus and Graff discoveries heralded a major new petroleum province in Namibia. Global now notes the confirmation by TotalEnergies […]

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd and its joint venture partner NAMCOR (the state oil company of Namibia) have announced completion of the second phase of seismic (761 km) and commencement of the first seismically defined, initial four well drilling program with the first well 1819/8-2 (“8-2”) scheduled to spud on or before June 25, 2022. Seismic  Operations The joint […]

Pancontinental Energy has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Pancontinental Orange Pty Ltd has received a fully signed document extending the current Initial Exploration Period of offshore Namibian Petroleum Exploration Licence 87 (PEL 87) by one year, until 23 January 2023. Following the Initial Exploration Period, there are provisions in the PEL 87 Petroleum Agreement […]

The Chairman of SONATRACH, Toufik Hakkar, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Rome aimed at accelerating the development of gas fields in Algeria and decarbonisation via green hydrogen. The signing ceremony was witnessed by the President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the Italian […]

Somoil S.A., the largest privately owned Angolan oil company, and Sirius, an Africa focused oil & gas production and development company, are pleased to announce that the joint Somoil-Sirus consortium, (‘the Somoil-Sirius Consortium’ or ‘the Consortium’), has been awarded the exclusive right to acquire participating interests of 8.28% and 10% respectively in the producing Angolan offshore blocks 18 and 31 from Sonangol, […]

Afentra plc has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Afentra (Angola) Ltd, has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção S.A  to purchase interests in Block 3/05 and Block 23, offshore Angola for a firm consideration of $80 million and contingent payments of up to $50 million (in aggregate) in the […]

Seadrill Limited is pleased to announce a new contract has been secured by Sonadrill Holding Ltd, Seadrill’s 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. Sonadrill has secured a ten-well contract with options for up to eight additional wells in Angola for the West Gemini drillship. Total contract value for the firm portion of […]