Grand Gulf Energy has entered into a binding Option Agreement, providing Grand Gulf with an exclusive option to acquire 100% of Wrangel Pty Ltd (Wrangel). Wrangel is an applicant for a 70% working interest (WI) in a Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) over Block 2312...
bp has safely loaded the first LNG shipment from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Phase 1 project.
The export of this cargo will confirm Mauritania and Senegal as LNG-exporting nations.
GTA Phase 1 first LNG is bp’s third major project start-up in 2025, in line with...
In recent years, Namibia has emerged as one of the most significant focal points for oil and gas exploration in Africa, driven by a surge in exploration activities and the increasing presence of major international oil companies (IOCs). The country’s attractiveness as a destination...
Striving to increase production and reverse natural declines in mature oilfields, Ghana is promoting new investment across its upstream oil and gas sector. The country – through national upstream regulator the Petroleum Commission of Ghana – is embarking on a series of industry reforms...
The Cabinet of Ghana has approved plans by the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition to develop a second gas processing plant in the country. The project builds on efforts to maximize the country’s 2.1 trillion cubic feet of gas resources to support electrification...
Egypt’s latest licensing round and increased production efforts position the country as a key energy player in Africa, with African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies 2025 serving as a pivotal platform for global investors to explore new opportunities
Scatec has sold its 51 percent stake in the African hydropower projects it has joint-ventured with Norfund and British International Investment (BII) to TotalEnergies. This is in line with the company’s strategy regarding the stock exchange notice on 30 July 2024.
The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Oil, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has reiterated the presidential directives to ramp up crude oil production as a sustainable policy of the present administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
This tenacious stand of the current administration was reechoed...
Woodside has announced that at year-end 2024 it had remaining proved (1P) reserves of 1,975.7 MMboe, remaining proved plus probable (2P) reserves of 3,092.2 MMboe, and remaining 2C contingent resources of 5,869.7 MMboe. Excluding divestments and production, Woodside’s proved reserves increased by 54.9 MMboe,...
VAALCO Energy, Inc. has announced a significant milestone in its Côte d’Ivoire Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) Dry Dock Refurbishment Project.
In alignment with the project timeline, the FPSOBaobab Ivoirien MV10, operated by Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI), has ceased hydrocarbon production as...
The Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has commissioned three new offshore supply vessels that, with a maximum speed of over 53 knots, are the fastest of their kind in the world. Each vessel is powered by four 16-cylinder mtu Series 2000M72 engines from Rolls-Royce. The...
Corcel Plc, the pan-Angola-Brazil focused energy company has announced that, through its subsidiary Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide Limited (APEX), it has been informed that the Block KON-11 Operator in Angola will shortly recommence intervention activities at the Tobias-13 (TO-13) and Tobias-14 (TO-14) wells.
Sintana Energy has provided an update regarding the operations associated with the Kapana 1-X exploration well located on Block 2813B which is governed by Petroleum Exploration License 90 (PEL 90) and operated by Harmattan Energy Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. Trago Energy...
Trident Energy has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited, as well as an additional working interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko II fields from TotalEnergies, resulting in an 85% working interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko...
Northern Ocean Ltd has announced that a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE has extended the deep offshore drilling contract of Deepsea Mira semi-submersible rig in West Africa exercising the previously announced option. The firm term of this contract has, as a result, been extended by...