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The high global cost of oil and gas exploration has slowed the pace of work on some of the Gulf of Guinea’s smaller plays, and several blocks secured at the height of industry excitement about the region are now changing hands as the original licensees review their positions. Many of the newcomers are Australians, originally tempted into Africa’s east coast and now looking west. For a number of players,

Cegelec to expand grid at Arzew; Work starts at Kpone plant; Strategic energy study; Coal miner plans 500MW power plant; Higher tariffs; AFC backs power project; Mittal in deal with Coal of Africa; Miners complain of power shortages

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) has signed two contracts for updating pre-investment studies on the 225kV Bolgatanga (Ghana)-Ouagadougou interconnection project

Afren plc has followed its acquisition of Devon Energy Corporation’s assets in Ghana and Angola by acquiring Devon’s assets in Côte d’Ivoire

Nigeria agreed to supply Ghana with 60,000 b/d of crude on a government-to-government basis, during talks in Abuja between President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and his Ghanaian counterpart John Agyekum Kufuor.

The African Development Bank and the government have signed a loan agreement to provide $44m for the Power Systems Reinforcement Project.

Participants have criticised some aspects of the government-organised National Forum on Oil and Gas Development held in Accra on 25-26 February, but however imperfect it made a

Tullow has been designated as operator for the Jubilee field, where up to five appraisal wells are planned this year.

Pipeline leaks in Nigeria mean Ghanaians are still waiting for first gas from the West African Gas Pipeline, which had been promised for Christmas.

The Odum well on the West Cape Three Points licence offshore Ghana has found a commercial light oil accumulation separate from the Jubilee field (AE 132/12). The discovery is a stratigraphic trap in a Campanian age fan system and opens a second new play fairway in the Tano Basin, Tullow said, adding that further prospectivity in this new Campanian play had already been identified in both

A meeting of West African leaders in Ouagadougou on 18 January has adopted an Emergency Power Supply Security Plan which moves beyond developing national power infrastructure for the West African Power Pool, to building joint, regional assets on a larger scale.

Tullow Oil plans a busy year of exploration and appraisal on its Ghana and Uganda discoveries, either of which could more than double the super-indie’s reserves base. Meanwhile, it has sold off its minority stake in a much-hyped field in Congo-B as it prunes its assets, writes Thalia Griffiths.

Noble Energy and its partners have announced a new gas and condensate discovery on Block I, on trend with its Belinda discovery on Block O, enabling it to raise reserves estimates by 60%. The I-4 exploration well encountered a high quality Miocene reservoir that tested at flow rates of 1,634 b/d of condensate and 28.9m ft3/d of natural gas, equivalent to some 6,450 boe/d.

AfDB – first private equity investment in Maghreb; CADF $90m for four projects; US EX-IM Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee

Perenco to supply gas to Kribi plant; OCI to build Sidi Krir project; Chinese commit to $90m rural electrification scheme; Steel company orders equipment; HCB resumes supply to Zesa; Arab fund provides Roseires funding