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A string of wells are due offshore West Africa by year-end, with Ghana’s neighbours hoping to emulate its success in pursuing the Transform Margin play. Liberia is particularly in the spotlight, while Côte d’Ivoire is seeing work resume following the lifting of force majeure restrictions, writes Thalia Griffiths

Ghana | Liberia | Côte d'Ivoire
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PetroSA has brought in Rosgeo as a partner in a fresh bid to develop blocks 9 and 11a to maintain gas supply to the Mossel Bay refinery following the failure of Project Ikhwezi.PetroSA said the Russian state-owned company would invest $400m to acquire more than 4,000km2 of 3D seismic and over 13,000km of aero gravity/magnetic data, and drill exploration wells on the two blocks off South Africa’s southern coast. “The project envisages extraction of up to 4mcm of gas daily.

South Africa
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The latest UN-led attempt to reconcile the rival groups competing to gain control of Libya shows no sign of being any more successful than previous efforts. As none of the major factions has the strength either to break away entirely, or to subjugate its opponents and take command by force, the most likely scenario is that the country has reached a kind of deteriorating equilibrium in which economic resources will be steadily depleted.

Libya
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Ethiopia’s government has pre-empted plans by SouthWest Energy to take over blocks previously held by Malaysia’sPetronas and plans to offer them to other international companies. SouthWest, owned by Ethiopian TewodrosAshenafi, announced last October that it was taking over Petronas’ interests in five production-sharing agreements in theOgaden Basin. “We have agreed with Petronas officials amicably that there will be no transfer, and based on our agreement all the five blocks are now in the hands of Ethiopian government,” mines minister Sinkinesh Ejigu told reporters.

Ethiopia
Issue 335 - 24 November 2016

Namibia: ShoreCan JV pulls out

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The ShoreCan joint venture of Nigeria’s Shoreline Energy and Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd (COPL) has relinquished its 80% stake in three blocks offshore Namibia. ShoreCan acquired deep-water blocks 1708, 1808 and 1709 in the northern offshore in February 2015. COPL said in its Q3 results statement that it had decided to terminate its exploration project “as a result of geological evaluation”.

Namibia
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Kosmos Energy signed a 20-year sale and purchase agreement (SPA) on 11 February with BP Gas Marketing for the entire 2.45m t/yr of LNG to be produced from Phase 1 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project. BP operates the project, which reached a final investment decision in December 2018, with Kosmos, Petrosen and Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures et de Patrimoine Minier (SMHPM). The partnership is evaluating potential expansion up to 10m t/yr in subsequent phases.

Senegal
Issue 258 - 12 July 2013

Egypt: Dana Gas discovery

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Dana Gas has announced a new gas discovery on the West El Manzala concession in the Nile Delta. The Begonia-1 discovery well encountered 15 metres of net pay in a good quality sandstone reservoir of the Lower Abu Madi formation. On test, the formation produced 9.4mcf of gas and 133 barrels of condensate, and the resources are estimated at 7-15bcf of gas and around 100,000 barrels of condensate.

Egypt
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REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): Total find; NIGERIA: Bonga contract for Weltek; DR CONGO: EnerGulf contracts Chinese for Lotshi seismic; NIGERIA: Russians to supply pipes for Total; SUDAN: Indians to quit Block 5B; TANZANIA: Mafia drilling feels the heat; UGANDA: Block 2 success

Congo Brazzaville
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Swala Oil & Gas announced on 2 January that it plans to acquire up to 40% of Orca Exploration subsidiary PanAfrican Energy Corporation, which operates the Songo Songo gas field. The deal is worth up to $130m, to be carried out in three phases. Under the first phase, with completion pushed back from 12 January to 17 January, Dar es Salaam-listed Swala will pay $25.8m in cash and shares for an initial 7.93% stake. Under the subsequent phases, due for completion by 28 February, Swala will pay another $104.2m for a further 32.07%.

Tanzania
Issue 216 - 24 September 2011

Yousfi hints at hydrocarbons law amendments

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Energy and mines minister Youcef Yousfi’s announcement of unspecified amendments to the hydrocarbons law has raised hopes that the authorities might be considering improvements to the terms and conditions offered to international oil companies (IOCs) for exploration licences.

Algeria
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China’s CNOOC has followed BP into Senegal’s offshore with a strategic tie-up with Australia’s Far. The Area of Mutual Interest agreement with CNOOC UK announced on 31 March sets out arrangements to partner in evaluating, bidding, negotiating and managing joint ventures on farm-in and open acreage opportunities for oil and gas licences for a period of two years. “In combination, Far and CNOOC UK bring together expertise of the Mauritania-Senegal- Guinea-Bissau (MSGB) offshore basin and the capabilities of an international deep-water operator,” Far said.

Senegal
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National oil company Office National des Hydrocarbures (Onhym) has issued a tender inviting international companies to partner it in finding and developing onshore gas reserves in the Rharb Centre permit, previously licensed to Gulfsands Petroleum. The area has produced gas over many years since Société Chérifienne des Pétroles made its first find in 1949, and benefits from established infrastructure piping gas from several Rharb Basin fields to Kenitra.

Morocco
Issue 151 - 28 November 2008

Tullow well hits oil and gas

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Tullow Oil’s Ebony-1 exploration well in the Shallow Water Tano licence has intersected two hydrocarbon bearing intervalsin Late Cretaceous turbidite sands. Ebony-1 spudded on 22 October and reached a total depth of 2,640 metres. The well lies in the south-west part of the Shallow Water Tano block in 86 metres of water and is the second commitment well in thelicence. The first well, 1N-3X, was plugged and abandoned last year. Logging and sampling operations confirmed a four-metre oil bearing interval at 2,053 metres and a two metre high-pressure gas-condensate interval at 2,570 metres.

Ghana
Issue 305 - 24 July 2015

Tunisia: Ksar Hadada survey

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AIM-listed Independent Resources plc has announced an agreement with Scottish services company Scotforth to undertake a remote sensing hydrocarbon survey of the Ksar Hadada permit, which was formerly held by Petroceltic. The company said the survey, to be completed within six weeks, would allow it better to identify the hydrocarbon resource potential of the 2,252km2 permit and improve the prospects of a farm-in.

Tunisia
Issue 250 - 14 March 2013

ExxonMobil finalises Liberia deal

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Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd (COPL) has agreed a new PSC for Block LB-13, bringing in ExxonMobil as a partner. The deal, whose terms had created controversy within Liberia, will now be sent to parliament for ratification. COPL Bermuda has a 20% working interest, while ExxonMobil has 80% and will pay COPL’s share of the first $120m of drilling costs. The new PSC includes a $50m signature bonus.

Liberia