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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

London Stock Exchange and Irish Stock Exchange-listed Aminex plc has reached agreement with East African Exploration Ltd (EAX) to increase its interest in the Nyuni production-sharing agreement and the 40m ft3/d gas discovery at Kiliwani North by 10%.

As it seeks a greater yield from its gas resources, Equatorial Guinea has succeeded in its long-running efforts to secure a better deal from one of its major partners, BG Group, which is buying all the gas from EGLNG Train One

The first meeting of the new Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL) board has agreed to start work on the Mombasa refinery’s long-awaited upgrade.

Oil industry reformer Shukri Ghanem’s resignation after a dispute with the prime minister is shrouded in mystery, but NOC seems determined to carry on business as usual. Beneath the recent dramatic developments in Tripoli lies Muammar Qadhafi, who has been reasserting his will over swathes of the economy, writes John Hamilton

Local private company Oilmoz has decided to change the site for its refinery project for environmental reasons.

Siemens Energy has won three orders to upgrade existing pump stations for Transnet Pipelines.

Shukri Ghanem – an academic who became one of Libya’s few genuine economic reformers, he spent most of the 1990s working as a petroleum economist at OPEC in Vienna, where he established a close connection with Saif Al-Islam Al-Qadhafi.

The latest threat to Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement is growing suspicion over the accuracy of the national government’s oil revenue figures, according to a report

France’s Total says it has not been officially notified of a decision by the National Petroleum Commission (NPC) ordering the Block B consortium to compensate the former White Nile Ltd. Reuters quoted Government of South Sudan (Goss) Oil Minister John Luk as saying the commission had ordered that White Nile receive $11m in compensation for the exploration work it carried out on the block.

Engen Petroleum and KenolKobil have signed a sale and purchase agreement to jointly acquire all the shares in Shell Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd and BP Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd.

Two refinery projects are going ahead in Egypt – the first led by local private equity group Citadel Capital, and the second by Sokhna Refining & Petrochemical Company (SRPC), which is said to be building a $2.2bn refinery in Ain Al-Sokhna. Egypt’s planned new refinery projects have suffered from the global financial crisis, which has made raising funds difficult and driven up costs.

CHAD: Chinese funding deals signed for N’djamena refinery; ANGOLA: KBR wins new contract for Sonaref technology; ZAMBIA: Indeni to seek new partner

Sonatrach is hoping that competition between major gas developers will lead to keen bidding for a stake of up to 49% in the three Ahnet gas fields, which are being offered again as a minimum 4bn m3/yr development package by Agence Nationale pour la Valorisation des Ressources en Hydrocarbures (Alnaft) in its second oil and gas licensing round, launched on 30 June (AE 166/4).

ALGERIA: New Illizi Basin gas find; ANGOLA: Subsea 7 wins BP contract; REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): Murphy begins oil production, makes discovery; REPUBLIC OF CONGO: SOCO spuds first Marine XI well; REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Dry well on Marine IX; EGYPT: Dana gas finds; EGYPT: Eni starts subsea gas production at North Bardawil; LIBYA: ExxonMobil drills first deep-water well; NIGERIA: Afren takes 28% stake in Okwok; NIGERIA: KNOC wins lawsuit against government; NIGERIA/SAO TOME: Addax starts JDZ drilling; SENEGAL: Shell pulls out of deal; TANZANIA: Upstream players create trade association; ZAMBIA: Government extends licensing round deadline