The selling process of the oil company (Sonangol)’s stake in China International Holding (CSIH) may begin this year, according to the Privatisation Programme (Propriv) underway in the country. Created in 2004, China Sonangol International Holding has been based in Hong Kong, since September 6, 2012.  Data compiled by ANGOP indicate that CSIH is owned by […]

Reconnaissance Energy Africa has announced that it has commenced the permitting process for the acquisition of 450 kilometers of 2D seismic data in the deep Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia. To execute the program, the Company has contracted Polaris Natural Resources Inc,based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As a result of a […]

BW Kudu Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BW Energy Limited and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) has signed a Farm-In and Carry Agreement. The agreement increases BW Kudu’s working interest in the Kudu license offshore Namibia from 56% to 95% in line with previously disclosed intentions. NAMCOR will retain the remaining 5% […]

Angola has secured three years of payment relief from Chinese creditors and expects to get more than $700 million in its next tranche of International Monetary Fund financing in the coming days, its finance minister said on Monday. Africa’s second-largest oil exporter has been seeking payment relief as it strives to overcome the hit from […]

Reconnaissance Energy Africa has announced its commencement of drilling operations on the first well (6-2), of an initial three well program, in the deep Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia.   Drilling Operations are being carried out with the Company owned and operated 1,000 HP rig (Jarvie-1), we are now drilling […]

The National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency, as a national concessionaire, has announced its intention to hold an international tender for the award of new oil concessions in Angola on April 30, 2021.There are nine blocks that are going to tender: three in the Terrestrial Basin of Lower Congo and six in the Terrestrial Basin […]

Total, operator, and its partners Equinor, ExxonMobil and BP have signed an agreement with national oil, gas and biofuels agency ANPG and state-owned Sonangol of Angola, to extend their consortium’s production licenses to 2045. As part of the agreement, Sonangol will obtain a 5% interest in Block 17 on the effective date and an additional […]

ReconAfrica announced a highly anticipated operations update, confirming that it has spudded the high impact 6-2 exploration well on the Company’s Petroleum Exploration License 73 (PEL) in Namibia. The well is the first of three planned exploration wells to evaluate the presence of an active conventional system in the Kavango Basin. While geochemical work and […]

The election of Angola to the rotating presidency of the conference of ministers of OPEC has thrust Minister Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas of Angola to the forefront of efforts to stabilize global oil markets in 2021. The assumption of the Presidency of OPEC by H.E Diamantino could not have […]

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and world’s leading independent tank storage company Royal Vopak (Vopak) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on a feasibility study to assess the commercial, technical and regulatory aspects of an LNG regasification terminal in South Africa, to bring LNG into the country.  ExxonMobil and Vopak […]