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RAK Petroleum has acquired a 30% interest in the Hammamet Offshore licence from Canada’s Storm Ventures International in its first venture outside the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

ANGOLA: Total contract for FMC; CONGO-B: Non-commercial well on La Noumbi; EGYPT: Successful test of Circle’s Al-Amir SE-5 well; EGYPT: Two finds for Dana Gas; GABON: M&P confirms new play in Onal licence; GUINEA: Repsol out?; TUNISIA: Petroceltic to drill on Ksar Hadada; DANA PETROLEUM: Egypt drilling plans; SAN LEON ENERGY: Buying Island Oil & Gas

ANGOLA: Eni in double discovery; EGYPT: Egas block awards signed; EGYPT: Gas find on West El Burullus; EGYPT: Gas find for Melrose; EGYPT: Apache announces Western Desert extension; EQUATORIAL GUINEA: CNOOC drilling; TUNISIA: New find for OMV

ANGOLA: Big tanker order for DSME; NIGERIA: KBR awarded contract for Eleme plant revamp; TUNISIA: IDB, Steg sign loan for gas supply project

Cooper Energy has announced the completion of a marine 3D seismic survey over the Hammamet West oil field within the Bargou permit.

CAPE VERDE: Martifer wins solar contract; EGYPT: Talkha CCGT tenders; EGYPT: Feedwater heaters for supercritical plant; GHANA: Substation work; LIBYA: Generation policy rethink, nuclear options; MOROCCO: Spanish win HEP revamp work; TUNISIA: Cap Bon IPP prequalification; TUNISIA: Bizerte IPP bidding

AGGREKO: Recognition for Soames; SEEG: Gabonese government audit; STEG INTERNATIONAL SERVICES: Capital increase

IOCs are attracted to the Maghreb and Egypt, but each market poses its own problems, writes John Hamilton. While gas developments and exploration are advancing in Tunisia, and Morocco remains investor-friendly but seems to lack the resources to be more than a marginal play, international oil companies are facing a tougher time in the Maghreb than many expected when they entered promising exploration and production plays in Algeria and Libya.

ANGOLA: First Subsea contract for PSVM; CAMEROON: Polarcus in seismic survey for Noble/Petronas; GABON: Vaalco extends Etame permit; LIBYA: Hess tests offshore well; MOZAMBIQUE: Anadarko drilling; NAMIBIA: Chariot starts second 3D survey; SENEGAL: FAR extension; SOUTH AFRICA: Companies to explore for shale gas; SUDAN: Three new agreements for CNPC; TUNISIA: PGS to shoot seismic for AuDAX

BERGEN OILFIELD SERVICES: Statoil award; CAIRN ENERGY: Tunisia stake swap; PGS: Geokinetics to acquire onshore seismic business; SONGA OFFSHORE: Rig to move to Equatorial Guinea

Société Tunisienne d’Electricité et du Gaz (Steg) has signed a E47.57m ($70.6m) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to part-finance its Electricity Distribution Networks Rehabilitation and Restructuring Project, worth an estimated TD112m for transmission and distribution projects.

Petroceltic reports higher flows from Isarene well; Successful Al-Amir appraisal; More time for Verenex/LIA talks; AuDAX signs Chorbane LoI with DNO International

Voyageur Oil and Gas Corporation and state-owned partner Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (Etap) may have discovered reserves of unconventional gas

Equipment sought for mini hydro project; Zizabona project tender; : Consultant sought for wind farm project; Coal ambitions scaled down; Micro HEP approved, bigger project could follow; New AFESD funds for Ghannouch plant; Consultants sought for renewables projects

ANGOLA: Nineteenth oil discovery in Block 31; REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Marine XI drilling; ETHIOPIA: Petronas resumes exploration in Ogaden; MAURITANIA: Total drilling in Taoudeni Basin; NIGERIA: Oriental launches Ebok field development; SEYCHELLES: Black Marlin starts new seismic; TUNISIA: Australian company takes Chorbane permit