The National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) have finally disclosed the selected preferred bidders of the country 2023 onshore licensing bid round. The agency in its capacity as National Concessionaire and holder of mining rights for prospecting, research, evaluation, development and production of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons throughout Angola and acting as National […]

Serinus Energy has been chosen as a preferred bidder on the KON-13 block in the onshore Kwanza basin in the Republic of Angola. Formal notification of this preferred bidder status is expected to be received from the Agência Nacional De Petróleo, Gás E Biocombustíveis (“ANPG”) in the coming days. In November 2023, the Company submitted […]

Afentra, the upstream oil and gas company focused on acquiring production and development assets in Africa, submitted an application for two blocks in Angola’s 2023 onshore bid round and has been informed that it has been selected as preferred bidder for both blocks. infrastructure allowing rapid commercialisation. Afentra have been chosen as a non-operated preferred […]

Afentra, the upstream oil and gas company focused on acquiring production and development assets in Africa, submitted an application for two blocks in Angola’s 2023 onshore bid round and has been informed that it has been selected as preferred bidder for both blocks. As part of the 2023 Public Tender process launched by ANPG, Afentra […]

Africa Oil Corp has announced that it has received the final approval from the Government of the Republic of South Africa for the transfer of a 6.25% interest in Block 3B/4B in the Orange Basin from Azinam Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd to the Company as announced on July 11, 2023. As per the […]

PGS has added over 4 200 sq. km of 3D data to its regional MegaSurvey dataset over Block 33 in the deepwater Lower Congo Basin. The additional 4 238 sq. km of 3D data released by PGS in partnership with ANPG covers open acreage that is available for direct award from ANPG through its Permanent […]

Galp and its partners NAMCOR and Custos has drilled and logged the first exploration well (Mopane-1X) in block PEL83, offshore Namibia. Mopane-1X which is located at the southern end of PEL 83 is merely 30km away from Shell’s unsuccessful, high-risk Cullinan-1X probe. Shell has previously announced in its September last year report that Cullinan probe […]

Ocean Installer, in consortium with Oceaneering, has been awarded a significant contract from TotalEnergies Angola and its Partners of Block 17 to execute the transportation and installation work of GIR FLEX project [1]. The project is part of the operator’s program to extend the life of the FPSO, which has been producing since 2001, to 2031.   Ocean […]

FutureOn, the global energy software company, has gained its first foothold in West Africa securing a three-year contract with option to extend, to supply FieldTwin, its world-leading digital design and visualization platform, to Azule Energy. Angola-based Azule Energy – a standalone integrated energy company combining the local assets of bp and eni – will use […]

Aiteo has of recent launched an intensive development program. This includes aeromagnetic and gravitational geological studies, thorough field inspections, and the reinterpretation and processing of existing data. Accordig to Aiteo CEO Benedict Peters the company’s resilent and unrelented effort in strategic repositioning the company to a major player in global natural gas production is what […]