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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

Petroceltic International has made a third gas discovery with the AT-1 well on the Isarene permit in the Illizi Basin (AE 163/18).

After months of uncertainty and a curtailing of its operations on the ground, Hyperdynamics Corporation says its new chief executive officer has signed a memorandum of understanding “reaffirming the validity of Hyperdynamics’ concession”.

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%.

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

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.

Militants in the Niger Delta have agreed to extend their ceasefire by 30 days but there has been little improvement in the situation on the ground. Some militants have surrendered their weapons in public ceremonies, but one source in the Delta told African Energy: “it’s just tokens, more guns are still being hidden in the creeks.”

Anadarko has hit 14 metres of oil pay offshore Sierra Leone, extending its Ghana play 1,100km to the west and raising the prospect of new finds in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, writes Thalia Griffiths

Heritage Oil & Gas plans to launch a six-well exploration and appraisal programme in Block 1 in Q4, targeting the Buffalo East, Crocodile and Leopard prospects.

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.

GE Oil and Gas wins equipment contract; Chevron starts Tombua-Landana production; SOCO well plugged; Vanco awards seismic inversion project; Niger Delta pressure study; DualEx takes Bouhajla permit; Roc Oil delisting from AIM

Canada’s Raytec Metals Corporation and Lion Petroleum Corporation have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for a merger that would combine their Kenyan assets.

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).

OANDO: Nigerian player plans major expansion; PETROBRAS: Brazilian major meets missions from Nigeria and Sierra Leone; RAYTEC/AFRICA OIL: Kenya, Puntland farm-ins