Upstream oil & gas news

Odfjell Drilling’s operated Deepsea Bollsta drilling rig, pictured in 2019 when known as West Bollsta, which carried out drilling at Shell’s Graff 1A appraisal well in 2022-23 (Cavernia/WikiMedia/CC 4.0 licence).

Shell takes exploration write-down but remains optimistic over Namibia’s offshore

Industry hype over Namibia as one of the world’s hottest offshore frontiers has been tempered by Shell’s announcement that it will take a write-down on nine wells drilled within its operated PEL 39 block. Shell called the move an ‘accounting process’ – and said it still sees additional commercial opportunities in Namibia’s offshore

Issue 519 - 10 January 2025

Ghana oil map showing Pecan fields

Issue 519 - 09 January 2025

Tullow Oil wins $320m Ghana ICC tax case, as investors back turnaround

Resources, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

Baleine field offshre Côte d’Ivoire

Issue 519 - 08 January 2025

Eni triples oil output at Côte d’Ivoire’s Baleine field, as phase 2 comes online

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Issue 518 - 18 December 2024

BP finalises Egyptian upstream joint venture with Adnoc

Africa gas map cropped

Issue 518 - 17 December 2024

Kosmos and Tullow call off merger talks

Resources, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

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Kosmos and Tullow explore all-share merger

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Issue 518 - 16 December 2024

Kosmos and Tullow explore all-share merger

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Issue 518 - 16 December 2024

Savannah pursues gas projects in Nigeria, as legal cases continue in Chad and Cameroon

Pin South Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Nigeria

Resources, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Strategy & risk, ESG

Issue 518 - 12 December 2024

Equinor completes Nigeria exit, with sale of assets to Chappal

Resources, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

Issue 518 - 11 December 2024

Vaalco signs drilling contract for offshore programme in Gabon

Issue 518 - 11 December 2024

Morocco’s Managem completes acquisition of Sound Energy’s local assets

Resources, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

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Issue 517 - 01 December 2024

Senegal’s ruling duo seek further wins after legislative election victory

Resources, Gas, Strategy & risk, ESG, Finance & investment, Politics & security

Issue 517 - 28 November 2024

Eni acquires four more offshore blocks in Côte d’Ivoire

Pin Côte d'Ivoire

Issue 517 - 28 November 2024

Leaders look to build energy and resources ties in Côte d’Ivoire

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Power, Resources, Transition minerals, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

Issue 517 - 26 November 2024

Qatar increases holdings in Namibian offshore Orange Basin blocks

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African Energy staff led research for the Africa-EU Energy Partnership’s second annual European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa report.

New data: African power generation additions lowest in five years

African Energy has assessed the state of the African power industry at the end of 2023 and re-examined the project pipeline for the 2024-2029 period.

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African Energy has analysed the latest on-grid power generation data for North Africa.

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Almost 50% of respondents to an African Energy survey said the certification of carbon or renewable credits is too costly or time-intensive.

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