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Issue 355 - 12 October 2017

Total on the acquisition trail

Total has added to its presence in Mauritania and Senegal with a technical evaluation agreement offshore Guinea covering 55,000km2 of deep and ultra-deep waters. In Namibia, the French major will acquire 70% of Impact Oil & Gas’s interests in Block 2913B, while in South...

Issue 355 - 12 October 2017

Guinea, Namibia, South Africa

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Algeria: KBR wins major southern gas fields contract

US giant KBR announced on 2 October that it had been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by the Sonatrach/Statoil/BP joint venture JVGas for the provision of detailed design engineering, procurement services and construction management at the major In...

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Algeria

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Morocco/Egypt: SDX finds gas, oil

SDX Energy has announced a gas discovery with the KSR-14 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco, and an oil discovery with the Rabul-2 well in the West Gharib concession in Egypt. The Rabul-2 well encountered 31 metres of net heavy oil pay across the Yusr and Bakr sand...

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Morocco, Egypt

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Uganda: Oranto signs PSAs for Ngassa

Nigeria’s Oranto Petroleum on 10 October signed two production-sharing agreements (PSAs) for the shallow and deep plays in the Ngassa Block on Lake Albert. The block has been stratigraphically delineated, with two licences issued vertically over the same area. The ministry said...

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Uganda

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Equatorial Guinea: Upstream construction contracts for Fortuna FLNG

Ophir Equatorial Guinea (Block R) Ltd has awarded the upstream construction contract for the Fortuna floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project to Subsea Integration Alliance, a partnership between Schlumberger’s OneSubsea and Subsea 7. The contract is structured as an...

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Equatorial Guinea

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

South Africa: PetroSA loss widens

State oil company PetroSA on 4 October announced a loss of R1.4bn ($103m) for 2016-17, compared to a R449m loss in the previous financial year and a record loss of R14.6bn for 2014-15. The company said a shortage of domestic gas feedstock and operating problems at the Mossel Bay...

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

South Africa

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Cameroon: Kribi FLNG vessel leaves shipyard

Golar LNG Limited has announced that the Hilli Episeyo floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel departed Keppel Shipyard on 1 October. Following mechanical completion, the vessel has been moved to deep-water anchorage where Keppel Shipyard will complete final marine...

Issue 355 - 11 October 2017

Cameroon

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