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Issue 224 - 02 February 2012

Pointe Noire plant

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President Denis Sassou-Nguesso inaugurated a 300MW power plant at the oil port of Pointe Noire on 23 December

Congo Brazzaville
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Algeria’s council of ministers has approved the sale of an 18.375% interest in the Isarene production-sharing contract (PSC) to Enel Trade SpA (Enel); Doris Engineering has given UK-based Jee a contract for specialist subsea and riser engineering for the deep-water Kaombo pipeline system on Total’s Block 32; Operator SOCO International has encountered non-commercial hydrocarbons in the Makouala Marine-1 exploration well on the Marine XIV licence; Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has extended the deadline for its licensing round to 29 March; Golden Crescent Investments, a Citadel Capital opportunity-specific fund, has agreed to sell its interest in National Petroleum Company Egypt Limited (NPC Egypt) to Canada’s Sea Dragon Energy; Hess has issued a letter of award to Seadrill to enter into an eight-well drilling contract for the semi-tender rig West Esperanza; Australia’s Tangiers Petroleum plans to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market on 3 February and has begun a 677km2 3D seismic acquisition programme in its offshore Tarfaya Block; Circle Oil has completed the construction phase of the new Sebou-Kenitra 8-inch pipeline; TVI Pacific has opted not to take part in the second exploration phase for the Tenere Block with China National Petroleum Corporation; PA Resources has sold its stakes in the Ezzaouia and El Bibane oil-producing fields to Candax Energy for $4m

Egypt | Angola | Niger | Equatorial Guinea | Congo Brazzaville | Algeria | Morocco | Tunisia
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Gabon’s new acreage has brought a fresh wave of interest from the majors, while Italy’s Eni is making a big push in Republic of Congo

DR Congo | Congo Brazzaville | Gabon
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Noble contracts drillship; Azurite completed; Saipem wins West Delta contract; Gabon pipeline contract; Seven Energy investment

Cameroon | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Congo Brazzaville | Gabon
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MOZAMBIQUE: APR to power Moatize coal project; REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Imboulou dam opens

Mozambique | Congo Brazzaville
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SOCO International is preparing to drill up to three offshore exploration wells, with the first well expected to spud in early September.

Angola | Congo Brazzaville
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The development of renewable energy, especially off-grid rural electrification schemes, is a major thrust of the financing facility’s latest projects, writes François Misser in Brussels

Ghana | Congo Brazzaville | Burkina Faso | Mali
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ALGERIA: El Merk on stream from Q2 2012; ANGOLA: New Girassol contract for FMC; ANGOLA: Saipem wins drilling contract; EQUATORIAL GUINEA: McDermott subsidiary gets Noble contact; LIBERIA: Simba looks for PSC; LIBYA: NOC holds off on licensing round again; LIBYA: Shell tests fourth deep well; LIBYA: TPAO success continues; MOROCCO: Another gas discovery for Circle Oil; NIGERIA: Saipem wins contract extension; REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): Murphy plugs wells

Angola | Nigeria | Libya | Liberia | Equatorial Guinea | Congo Brazzaville | Algeria | Morocco
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France’s Cour de Cassation (supreme court) has ruled as admissible a complaint filed by Transparency International (TI) France, paving the way for an investigation into how valuable assets were acquired in France by three Central African heads of state

Equatorial Guinea | Congo Brazzaville | Gabon
Issue 199 - 03 December 2010

Kufpec in acquisition mode

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The international upstream arm of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) has a mandate to increase its reserves and production mainly through acquisitions across Africa and elsewhere

Egypt | Mauritania | Sudan | Congo Brazzaville | Tunisia | Côte d'Ivoire
Issue 199 - 03 December 2010

Nigeria: Panoro Energy sells Ajapa stake

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Panoro Energy, formed in June by the merger of Pan Petroleum and the Brazilian assets of Norse Energy, has completed the sale of its 40% stake in the Ajapa marginal field in OML 90 for $30m

Nigeria | Congo Brazzaville
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Parastatal JV plans offshore drilling; Clov tenders line up; ExxonMobil seeks MTPS farm-out; Seplat completes Niger Delta purchase

Angola | Nigeria | Congo Brazzaville | Algeria | Tunisia
Issue 191 - 24 July 2010

Diamond moves GoM rig

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Diamond Offshore Drilling says it has suspended a contract with Murphy Exploration and Production Company in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and moved the Ocean Confidence deep-water drilling rig to work for Murphy offshore the Republic of Congo.

Congo Brazzaville
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REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Nkossa contract extension; EGYPT: Technip contract for WDDM expansion; MAURITANIA: Taoudeni well makes slow progress; NIGERIA: Amenam contract extension; NIGERIA: Gas find for Conoil, Total; Chariot: Namibia seismic ready for inspection; MAUREL & PROM: Bullish on Nigerian acquisition; SEADRILL: Delivery of deep-water drillship West Gemini; SONANGOL: Venezuela move

Egypt | Angola | Mauritania | Nigeria | Congo Brazzaville
Issue 189 - 26 June 2010

New Age: Buying into Congo B PSC

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New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd has acquired a 25% interest in the Marine Block XII permit and production-sharing contract in Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) from Italy’s Eni

Congo Brazzaville