Eni has embarked on a major upgrade of the resource base in the Ndungu field, located approximately 130 km off the coast and about 10 km from the Ngoma FPSO in the West Hub of block 15/06. The Ndungu 2 appraisal well was drilled 5 km away from Ndungu 1 and stroke 40 m of […]

The arrival of the $2.5bn floating Coral South facility in Mozambique could help revive the country’s potentially transformative LNG sector, as the government assures oil and gas majors that the security situation is under control. A floating plant for liquefying natural gas arrived in Mozambican waters on January 3 after a seven week maritime voyage […]

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has confirmed that the company and Azinam Group Holdings have completed all conditions required to be completed in order to close Eco’s acquisition of Azinam save and accept for receipt of the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.February 8, 2022Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Ltd Announced that the Share […]

Bp and Eni confirmed  that they have signed an agreement to form a new 50/50 independent company, Azule Energy [a bp and Eni Company], through the combination of the two companies’ Angolan businesses. The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding between the companies agreed in May 2021. Azule Energy will be a new international energy […]

Africa Oil and TotalEnergies {operator}have announced major light oil discovery in Block 2913B, offshore Namibia. Africa Oil has an indirect interest in this block through a 30.9% shareholding in its investee company Impact Oil & Gas Limited with a 20% working interest in the block. “TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas […]

The 8th Edition Of The Africa Petroleum Congress And Exhibition Luanda, Angola Feb 23, 2022  –  The  African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO)  will hold the eighth edition of the Africa  Petroleum Congress and Exhibition (CAPE VIII) from 16-19 May 2022 in Luanda, Angola. The congress is organised by APPO, the government of the Republic of […]

Global Petroleum has acknowledged the announcement made recently by National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR), Shell Namibia Upstream B.V. and Qatar Energy. The NAMCOR Announcement states that the Graff-1 deep-water exploration well in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia has made a discovery of light oil in both primary and secondary targets (Graff-1 discovery), and that […]

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has witness another setback after years of delay of its take off since France’s Total and China’s CNOOC Ltd signed the Final Investment Decision (FID) which was heralded by the oil and gas stakeholders as a major breakthrough in the continent. Oilfield Africa has learnt that the project is […]

Afentra confirms that negotiations with Sonangol E.P (‘Sonang to purchase interests in Block 3/05 and Block 23 in Angola have continued into the new year. This follows the announcement on 8 October 2021 that the Company had submitted a non-binding Expression of Interest for the two blocks and the subsequent suspension of its shares.  Since […]

Barely one month after Shell announced the company’s drilling campaign of the Graff-1 oil exploration well in Block 2913A, located in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, Shell in partnership with with Qatari state-owned petroleum company, QatarEnergy, and Namibia’s National Oil Company (NOC), NAMCOR have has made a significant oil and gas discovery at an closely-watched […]