Finally, Natacha Massano, Executive Administrator of Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuel’s Agency (ANPG) announced the concessionaire´s satisfaction with the bid round results at AOG 2021 that took place in Luanda on September 9-10; ANPG will award the concessions on September 23, 2021, to bid round winners; The announcement was made at AOG 2021, organized […]
Promoting new concession attribution processes that do not depend on the terms and modalities contained in the General Concession Attribution Strategy in force, approved by Presidential Decree 52/19, of 18 February, is the main objective of the Permanent Offer Regime. Given the need to replace reserves and increase the exploitation of oil resources in Angola, […]
ReconAfrica and its joint venture partner the state oil company of Namibia NAMCOR have provided preliminary analysis of the first well drilled (the 6-2 well) in the Kavango basin by Core Laboratories and Netherland Sewell & Associates Inc. Log and Core Analysis The NSAI petrophysical study, the first in the Kavango basin, has identified five […]
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. and its joint venture partner NAMCOR (the state oil company of Namibia) have announced successful completion of drilling operations of the second stratigraphic test well (6-1) in the Kavango basin of NE Namibia. The 6-1 well is now being prepared for wireline logging. Multiple logging runs will be made and up […]
Karpowership SA (KPSA), a South African company that is 49% Black owned, welcomes the announcement made by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) appointing KPSA as a Preferred Bidder for projects in the Ports of Coega, Saldanha and Richards Bay, to provide power to South Africa’s national electricity grid under the Risk Mitigation […]
Angolan state oil company Sonangol said that it is selling, in part, its stakes held in eight oil blocks to reassess its investment portfolio, ensure compliance and implementation of its exploration and production strategy, from 2 to 10 percent by 2027. The stakes are those held in offshore and onshore blocks, mostly in operation, and […]
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) and Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (the (ReconAfrica) have announced the execution of a Joint Operating Agreement (“JOA”) to develop the resource potential of the Kavango Sedimentary Basin, Northeast Namibia. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly pursue an ongoing petroleum exploration program in the Kavango East and […]
Yinson has been selected by Total to perform preliminary Front-End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) for two FPSO projects to be installed in the Block 20/21 in Angola and Block 58 in Suriname. The Angola project will be installed at around 1400m, located 160km from Luanda, while the Suriname project will be installed at around 2000m, located […]
Africa Energy has announced that the joint venture partners on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa are assessing the feasibility of an early production system for a possible phased development of the Paddavissie Fairway. “We are very encouraged by the contemplation of an early production system on Block 11B/12B to provide first gas and condensate production […]
National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) has launched a public tender for the acquisition of a consulting service to ensure real view of production data. The submission of the fresh launched tender, ends on 11 June at 03:30 pm. The three-year contract also foresees the accounting and control of the volumes of exported hydrocarbons […]
