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Ophir Energy spudded the first well in its 2012 Block R drilling programme on 2 July.

With tougher anti-bribery legislation in place in the US and UK, local partners have been identified as a key vulnerability. Foreign companies need them to help them navigate the local business environment, especially if it is government policy to develop local content.

ANGOLA: End-August election date; EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Nguema Lima promoted; TUNISIA: Ennahda-led government to implement EITI

Brenham Oil & Gas Corporation on 23 March announced a letter of award from the government giving it a 15% participating interest in four blocks in West Africa

Though Chinese support continues to provide some answers, central African states have been slow to realise their huge hydroelectric potential and to address their T&D weaknesses

Ophir Energy has contracted Ocean Rig’s dynamically positioned semi-submersible rig Eirik Raude for three firm wells plus one contingent well on Block R

Crude deal agreed with Swaziland; Products terminal tender; European procurement specialist sets up in SA

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

Operator Noble Energy has launched production from the Aseng Field in ofshore Block I

Operator Noble Energy has launched production from the Aseng Field in ofshore

SBM Offshore has received an extension of two years for the operating contract of the Serpentina floating production, storage and offloading vessel from ExxonMobil in Equatorial Guinea, with options to extend for a further three years.

London-based start-up White Rose Energy Ventures has increased its stake in Block H by acquiring 11.25% from Nigeria’s Atlas Petroleum International. The company, which was set up by former BP executives with financial backing from the US First Reserve Corporation, entered the block in August, acquiring 17.5% from Australia’s Roc Oil and taking over as technical operator.

Hess quits West Med Block 1; New Aker facility; Vessel charter for Vaalco; Chinguetti decline slows

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

Ophir Energy plans to raise up to $400m through a London share listing to fund the drilling of 11 planned wells in four countries over the next 18 months. The listing, on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, is planned for July.