| QPI and Total Seal a Strategic Partnership in Congo |
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Congo >> 5/22/2013 - Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and Total are pleased to announce the signing of a framework of Agreement whereby QPI will participate in Total E&P Congo through its subscription to a 15% share ca...
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| Hermes Datacomms Wins a Contract from Tullow Oil |
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Ethiopia >> 5/22/2013 - Hermes Datacommunications has won a significant contract to support Tullow Oil plc with their operations in Africa. The 24-month deal sees the company use it’s pan–African satellite platform to provid...
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| Chariot Extends First Renewal Phase, Offshore Namibia |
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Namibia >> 5/22/2013 - Chariot Oil & Gas has announced that the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia has granted a one year extension for the First Renewal Phase on the Central Area Blocks, (Licence 19, covering Blocks 2...
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| Tanzanian Gas Pipeline Plan Sparks Riot |
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Tanzania >> 5/22/2013 - Residents of a gas-rich region of Tanzania rioted to protest that they would not benefit from a government budget proposal to construct a pipeline from their territory to the capital, senior officials...
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| Kosmos Announces Results from Sipo-1 Exploration Well |
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Cameroon >> 5/20/2013 - Kosmos Energy Ltd announced results from the Sipo-1 exploration well onshore Cameroon. Drilled on the Ndian River Block in the Rio del Rey Basin, the well was targeting the Miocene Isongo Formation. T...
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| Egypt Appoints New CEO for EGPC |
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Egypt >> 5/20/2013 - Egypt's oil ministry appointed Tarek El-Barkatawy chief executive of state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC). Mr. El-Barkatawy replaces Sherif Haddara, who was appointed oil minister in a ...
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| Oceaneering Announces Burullus Phase IXa Contract |
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Egypt >> 5/20/2013 - Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract from Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development located offshore Egypt. ...
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| Carla South Sidetrack Finds Oil in Block I |
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Equatorial Guinea >> 5/20/2013 - The Carla South I-7 ST-1 sidetrack to the I-7 exploration well in Block I has encountered oil in good quality sandstones. The sidetrack in Block I in Equatorial Guinea has reached a total measured dep...
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| Libya's Ports Reopen, Gas Complex Attacked |
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Libya >> 5/20/2013 - Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said. ...
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| HRT Announces Results of Wingat Well |
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Namibia >> 5/20/2013 - HRT Participaçoes em Petroleo S.A through its wholly-owned subsidiary HRT Walvis Petroleum (Proprietary) Ltd. ("HRT Walvis"), announces that its first exploration well (Wingat-1 2212/07/1) in a multi ...
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| Launching the 4th Tanzania Bidding Round in October 2013 |
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Tanzania >> 5/19/2013 - The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania through Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is pleased to announce the 4th Tanzania Deep Offshore and North Lake Tanganyika Licensing Ro...
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| Aminex Issues its Interim Management Statement in Tanzania |
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Tanzania >> 5/19/2013 - Aminex PLC (Aminex), an independent oil and gas company listed on the main market of both the London and Irish Stock Exchanges with activities primarily focused on the coastal margin of East Africa, i...
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| Petroceltic to Farm-out Part of Isarene Permit |
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Algeria >> 5/17/2013 - Petroceltic International plc, the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions today provides an update on its farm-out...
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| Petrofac Expects Modest Growth Hit by In Amenas Delays |
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Algeria >> 5/16/2013 - British oil services firm Petrofac said it expected modest growth in net profit this year after its books were hit by the shut down of the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria following an attack in January...
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| SPDC Declares Force Majeure on Gas Supplies to NLNG |
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Nigeria >> 5/16/2013 - Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (“SPDC”) has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Nigeria LNG, effective 09:00 hrs (Nigerian time) on Wednesday, May 15 2013. ...
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| DualEx Provides Update on Upcoming Tunisia Drilling |
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Tunisia >> 5/16/2013 - DualEx reports that the Hydrocarbon Committee has formally approved a one-year extension to the initial term of the Bouhajla Permit, which will now expire on April 29, 2014. As previously announced, t...
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| Total Buys Shell's Retail Network in Egypt |
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Egypt >> 5/15/2013 - French oil company Total SA Wednesday confirmed it acquired Royal Dutch Shell PLC's fuel retail network in Egypt as part of its strategy to strengthen its distribution position in the country and wide...
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| Protesters Halt Oil Exports from Libyan Terminal Again |
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Libya >> 5/15/2013 - Oil exports from Libya's eastern port of Zueitina have been halted by protesters who stormed the terminal, forcing workers to leave their positions, three industry sources on Wednesday. ...
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| NuEnergy Commences Airborne Geophysical Survey in Malawi |
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Malawi >> 5/15/2013 - Indonesian and African focused energy company NuEnergy Gas Limited is pleased to announce that it has commenced an airborne geophysical survey at its Exclusive Prospecting License (EPL 0360/2012) in t...
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| Afren Completes Farm out Agreement on OPL 310 |
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Nigeria >> 5/14/2013 - Afren plc announces the completion of a farm out agreement with Lekoil Limited ("Lekoil") on the OPL 310 licence, located offshore Nigeria, and an update on the exploration drilling programme on the b...
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| Mashreq to Build Fuel Terminal on the Suez Canal |
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Egypt >> 5/13/2013 - Citadel Capital, the leading investment company in Africa and the Middle East, announced today that core platform company Mashreq Petroleum has signed a 25-year concession agreement with the East Port...
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| Tullow Oil Spuds Etuko-1 Well in Block 10BB |
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Kenya >> 5/13/2013 - Africa Oil Corp. (Africa Oil) is pleased to announce that Tullow Oil Plc, the operator of Block 10BB in Kenya, has commenced drilling at the Etuko (formerly Kamba) prospect. This well will target a ne...
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| Simba Energy Signs MoU with Ajax to Farm out Block 2A |
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Kenya >> 5/13/2013 - Simba Energy Inc. (Simba), the onshore pan-African oil and gas explorer with assets in Kenya, Guinea and Chad, is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ajax E...
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| Proserv Wins a Sampling System Contract for PSVM Field |
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Angola >> 5/9/2013 - Market-leading energy services company Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract in Angola, underpinning the company’s fast-evolving subsea status and increasing demand for its sampling system i...
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| Approval of 3 Petroleum Prospecting Licences in Botswana |
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Botswana >> 5/9/2013 - SacOil Holdings Limited, the African independent upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that its Botswana subsidiary, Transfer Holdings (Proprietary) Limited, has been advised by the Bot...
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| Westbridge Establishes Strategic Alliance in Nigeria |
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Nigeria >> 5/9/2013 - Westbridge Energy Corporation announced it has entered into a strategic alliance agreement (the "Agreement") with United Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited ("UOG") to jointly acquire and develop near term pr...
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| Ophir & BG Group Extend Deepsea Metro I Rig Contract |
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Tanzania >> 5/9/2013 - Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) announces that it has secured a drilling rig and executed a letter of agreement for Rig Share Assignment with BG Group for the continuation of its 2013- 2014 East African offs...
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| Northern Petroleum Spuds GM-ES-4 Exploration Well |
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French Guiana >> 5/8/2013 - Northern Petroleum Plc is pleased to announce that GM-ES-4, the third well of the current four well exploration programme in the Guyane Maritime Permit (French Guiana) has been spudded by Shell as Ope...
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| Tullow CEO Sees Uganda Oil Plan MOU Agreed in Next Weeks |
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Ghana >> 5/8/2013 - U.K.-listed oil explorer Tullow Oil PLC is weeks away from an agreement with the Ugandan government on the final outline of a plan paving the way for investments of some $12 billion to develop the cou...
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| Rialto Completes Accra Block Farm-in with Tap Oil |
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Ghana >> 5/8/2013 - The Company is pleased to announce that it has received notification from Tap Oil Limited that Rialto has satisfied the conditions under its Farm-in Agreement, for its acquisition of a 12.5% participa...
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| Correction to Announcement of Accra Block Entry |
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Ghana >> 5/8/2013 - The Company’s announcement regarding its entry into the Accra Block offshore Ghana incorrectly stated that the Starfish-1 well is estimated to hold an estimated gross prospective un-risked mean resour...
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| RAK Petroleum Acquires Interest in Ivory Coast Block 27 |
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Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) >> 5/8/2013 - RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, the energy investment company, announced net profits of AED 271.6 million for the year ended 31 December 2012, marking a fourth consecutive year of profitability ...
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| Apache Announced Three Discovers in Egypt |
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Egypt >> 5/7/2013 - Apache Corporation announced drilling success with three new discovery wells in Egypt's Western Desert. "Apache's discoveries, made in three separate basins, highlight the company's diverse potential ...
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| CAMAC Announces Approval of Drilling Permit for Oyo Well #7 |
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Nigeria >> 5/7/2013 - CAMAC Energy Inc announced that Nigeria's Department of Petroleum ("DPR") approved Allied Energy Plc's application for a drilling permit for Oyo well #7. ...
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| South Sudan to Pay Sudan $2 Billion in Oil Fees by 2015 |
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Sudan >> 5/7/2013 - Sudan looked set to receive $2 billion in oil pipeline fees from South Sudan by the end of 2014 and should prioritize overhauling its agricultural sector with the money, the International Monetary Fun...
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| Swala Awards US$7.3MM 2D Seismic Contract to Polaris |
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Tanzania >> 5/7/2013 - Swala Energy Limited (Swala), the oil and gas explorer with oil exploration assets located along the East African Rift System, is pleased to announce that its 65% owned subsidiary, Swala Oil and Gas (...
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| Nexans Wins 25 Million Euro Contract for Lianzi Project |
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Angola >> 5/6/2013 - Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 25 million Euro contract by Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore e...
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| ERHC to Farm-out Part of its Interest in Kenya Block 11A |
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Kenya >> 5/6/2013 - ERHC Energy Inc., a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in Sub-Saharan Africa, announced that it has signed a letter of intent with an integrated international oil and gas company...
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| Petro Viking Signs LOI to Acquire Interests in Namibia |
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Namibia >> 5/6/2013 - Petro Viking Energy Inc is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with each of two Namibian corporations which hold current applications for offshore blocks in Namibia...
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| Sirius Signs Exclusivity Off-take Agreement with Glencore |
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Nigeria >> 5/4/2013 - Sirius is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Exclusivity Off-take Agreement (“the Agreement”) with Glencore Energy UK Limited (“Glencore”) which includes provision for a conditional pre-f...
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| Nigerian Lawmakers to Probe State Oil Firm Deals without Tenders |
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Nigeria >> 5/3/2013 - Nigerian lawmakers said that next week they will investigate deals in which the state-oil firm gave two local firms with no previous operating experience the rights to make potentially billions of dol...
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| Siemens to Deliver 3 SGT-500 Gas Turbines to Nigeria |
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Nigeria >> 5/3/2013 - Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for three of its model SGT-500 gas turbines, marking the first deliveries of such units to Nigeria. Customer is Edo Cement, a company belonging to the Nigerian...
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| Jumbo Installed Five Structures for Ikhwezi Project |
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South Africa >> 5/3/2013 - Last week Jumbo successfully completed the deployment of five subsea structures for PetroSA’s Ikhwezi project, offshore South Africa. The installation of the five structures, weighing between 35 and 1...
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| Sonde Announces Retirement of President & CEO |
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Tunisia >> 5/3/2013 - Sonde Resources Corp announced that Jack Schanck, President and Chief Executive Officer, has formally notified the Board of Directors of his intention to retire from Sonde for personal reasons. Mr. Sc...
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| PA Announces Carla South Oil Discovery in Block I |
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Equatorial Guinea >> 5/2/2013 - The Carla South exploration well in Block I has encountered oil in good quality sandstones at the target level. The well will shortly be side-tracked to an adjacent target. ...
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| Havyard Orders MacGregor Cranes for New Nigerian IMR Vessel |
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Nigeria >> 5/2/2013 - In April, MacGregor, part of Cargotec, signed an order with Norwegian shipyard, Havyard Ship Technology AS, for two MacGregor offshore cranes. Both will be installed on a new Havyard 857 subsea inspec...
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| Africa Oil Supply - April 2013 |
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Sudan >> 5/2/2013 - Africa’s oil supply is projected to increase by 50 tb/d in 2013 to average 2.37 mb/d, indicating an upward revision of 35 tb/d from the previous MOMR. Upward revisions were introduced for Sudan and So...
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| Rialto Enters Agreement Regarding Vantage Sapphire Rig |
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Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) >> 5/1/2013 - The Company has entered into an agreement with Vantage Drilling Company (Vantage) regarding payment terms in relation to the early termination of the rig contract regarding the Vantage Sapphire Drilli...
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| Ophir Completes Mzia-2 DST in Block 1 Successfully |
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Tanzania >> 5/1/2013 - Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) announces the successful Mzia-2 Drill Stem Test (DST), Block 1 Tanzania. The Mzia-2 appraisal well was drilled earlier in February 2013, confirming an estimated 62m of net gas...
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| BG's Tanzania Gas Plans Move Ahead |
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Tanzania >> 5/1/2013 - BG Group said it will present the Tanzanian government with proposed locations for a huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the next few months, as the project moves ahead after another successf...
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| Ferguson Appoints Alpha Logistics as East African Partner |
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Kenya >> 4/30/2013 - The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of DNV 2.7-1/EN12079 certified containers, tanks, baskets, refrigeration containers, accommodation and engineering modules to the offshore energy sector, ...
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| WesternGeco Commences Multiclient Seismic Survey Offshore Mozambique |
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Mozambique >> 4/30/2013 - WesternGeco announced that it has begun acquisition of a major multiclient seismic survey offshore Mozambique using the ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique. The technique o...
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| Algeria's Sonatrach Eyes Mozambique Gas Assets |
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Mozambique >> 4/30/2013 - Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach is in talks to buy a stake in Mozambique offshore gas projects operated by Italy's Eni and Anadarko Petroleum Corp , its chief executive was quoted as saying. ...
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| Oando Announces Closing of Qua Ibo Acquisition |
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Nigeria >> 4/30/2013 - Oando Energy Resources Inc, a company focused on oil exploration and production in Nigeria, announced the closing of its acquisition from Oando Plc (“Oando”) of shares in Oando Qua Ibo Limited (which ...
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| Oranto Farms out Ondjou Permit Offshore Namibia |
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Namibia >> 4/29/2013 - Acorn Geophysical announce a farm-in opportunity relating to the Oranto Petroleum held 2011B/2111A Permit in the Walvis basin, Offshore Namibia, formerly known as the Ondjou Block. ...
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| Libya to Help Ease Egypt Crisis with $1.2 Bln Oil Deal |
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Egypt >> 4/28/2013 - Libya will soon start shipping oil to neighbouring Egypt on soft credit terms, two senior Libyan officials said, as Cairo struggles to pay for energy imports and avoid fuel shortages. ...
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| PSCs over Four License Blocks in Niger Come into Force
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Niger >> 4/26/2013 - International Petroleum Limited, an oil and gas exploration company with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that, following the fulfilment of certain conditions (the “Conditions”)...
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| Oil Discovery at Ivoire-1X Well on Block CI-100 |
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Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) >> 4/25/2013 - Total announces that the Ivoire-1X exploration well, located in the western portion of Block CI-100 in 2,280 meters of water, encountered 28 meters of net oil pay in a series of about 100 meters of Cr...
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| Completion of Airborne Gravity & Magnetic Surveys in Kenya |
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Kenya >> 4/25/2013 - CAMAC Energy Inc. announced that Sander Geophysics Limited (SGL) has completed shooting airborne gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys on the Company's Kenya onshore Lamu Basin Blocks L1B and L16 (...
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| Africa Hydrocarbons Updates Operations in Tunisia |
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Tunisia >> 4/25/2013 - Africa Hydrocarbons Inc is pleased to announce operations in Tunisia continue to progress toward a commencement date for the drilling of the BHN-1 well to test the Bouhajla North prospect on its Tunis...
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| Winstar Reaches Agreement for Sale of the Company to KOV |
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Tunisia >> 4/25/2013 - Winstar Resources Ltd announces that it has entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the "Agreement") whereby Kulczyk Oil Ventures Inc. ("KOV" or the "Purchaser") will acquire all of the issued and outs...
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| Craig International Supplies (CIS) Expands into Ghana |
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Ghana >> 4/24/2013 - Craig International Supplies, a division of global shipping and energy services firm Craig Group, has announced a strategic partnership to establish Craig International (West Africa) Ltd in Ghana, in ...
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| Eni Completes the Area 4 Appraisal Plan in Mozambique |
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Mozambique >> 4/24/2013 - Eni successfully finalized the appraisal campaign of the discoveries in Area 4 in Mozambique with the drilling and testing of Mamba South 3, which is the ninth well drilled in the exploration permit. ...
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| Oando Resumes Full Production From Ebendo Field |
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Nigeria >> 4/24/2013 - Oando Energy Resources Inc, a company focused on oil exploration and production in Nigeria, announced that the damaged Kwale-Akri pipeline, which connects OER's Ebendo field (OML 56) to the Brass exp...
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| Wentworth Provides East Africa Operations Update |
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Tanzania >> 4/24/2013 - Wentworth, the East Africa and Rovuma Basin-focused oil & gas company, announces the following operations update: ...
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| Tullow Plugs & Abandons Priodontes-1 Well |
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French Guiana >> 4/23/2013 - Tullow Oil plc provides an update on progress with the Priodontes-1 well, offshore French Guiana. This follows Tullow’s earlier statement on this well issued on 17 April 2013. ...
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| Ghana's Jubilee Oil Field Nears Output Plateau |
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Ghana >> 4/23/2013 - Oil production from Ghana's offshore Jubilee field ranged between 110,000 and 115,000 barrels a day over the last 3 months, just short of the expected production plateau capacity, lead operator Tullow...
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| Rialto Energy Secures Vitol as Partner in West Africa |
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Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) >> 4/23/2013 - Rialto is pleased to announce that it has entered into a term sheet with Vitol E&P (Vitol) setting out the terms upon which Rialto and Vitol will work together to develop the Company’s interests in Co...
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| DNO International Signs Block SL18 PSC in Somaliland |
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Somalia >> 4/23/2013 - DNO International ASA (DNO International), the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced that it has entered into a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) covering Block SL18 onshore Somaliland. The Preside...
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| GEM Signs LOI With Petroskandia for Tebourosouk Block |
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Tunisia >> 4/23/2013 - Resource Ventures, Inc, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Energy Management Ltd., ("GEM"), has signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Petroskandia AB of Sweden, an oil and gas exploration, p...
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| Eni Awarded a Deepwater Exploration Block in Egypt |
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Egypt >> 4/22/2013 - Eni was awarded a deepwater exploration block (Block 9) in the Eastern Mediterranean of Egypt within the EGAS 2012 International bid round in Cairo (Egypt). ...
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| Sea Dragon Acquires a New Exploration Block in Egypt |
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Egypt >> 4/22/2013 - Sea Dragon Energy Inc. ("Sea Dragon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the following update concerning its activities in Egypt. ...
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| Dana Gas Awarded Offshore Block in Egypt |
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Egypt >> 4/22/2013 - Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, is pleased to announce it was a successful bidder in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2012 International Bid Ro...
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| SeaBird Wins Seismic Contract in Namibia |
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Namibia >> 4/22/2013 - SeaBird Exploration Plc ("SeaBird") will, in partnership with GeoPartners Ltd ("GeoPartners"), commence a project offshore Namibia. The 2D acquisition program is of approximately 4,700km and will be a...
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| SacOil Appoints New Chairman & Director |
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South Africa >> 4/22/2013 - SacOil, the African independent upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Tito Titus Mboweni as independent non-executive chairman and Ambassador Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetu...
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| Turkey's Soma Group to Explore Oil in South Kordofan |
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Sudan >> 4/21/2013 - The Sudanese Ministry of Oil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Turkish company Soma Group by which it will grant the latter a concession to begin oil exploration and production in bl...
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| Petroceltic awarded New Egyptian Exploration Licence |
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Egypt >> 4/19/2013 - Petroceltic International plc ("Petroceltic" or the "Company"), the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions is plea...
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| Entry into Transfer Agreement in Respect of Block L9 |
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Kenya >> 4/19/2013 - Vanoil Energy Ltd., a TSX-V-listed oil and gas company with a portfolio of assets in East Africa (Vanoil), is pleased to announce that, following the announcement on 26 March 2013, confirming its inte...
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| Border Crossing to Sudan's Heglig Oil Field to Reopen |
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Sudan >> 4/19/2013 - Clashes over a disputed oil-producing border region edged South Sudan and Sudan ever closer to full-blown war. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in a rousing speech, told thousands of supporter...
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| PTTEP is Successful in the First Exploration Phase |
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Algeria >> 4/18/2013 - Mr. Tevin Vongvanich, President and CEO of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP is pleased to announce that PTTEP and its partners, SONATRACH and CNOOC Limited, have successf...
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| Disappointing Results from DST in Cameia-2 Well |
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Angola >> 4/18/2013 - Cobalt International Energy, Inc. announced that its drill stem test of the lowest interval drilled in the Cameia #2 well in Block 21, offshore Angola, did not produce measurable hydrocarbons. The Cam...
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| Completion of FTG Survey on Block 2B Onshore Kenya |
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Kenya >> 4/18/2013 - Taipan Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the block wide full tensor gradiometry survey (FTG) on Block 2B in Kenya has been completed. ...
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| Anadarko Discovers New NG Field Offshore Mozambique |
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Mozambique >> 4/18/2013 - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced the discovery of a new natural gas accumulation fully contained within the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin of Mozambique. The Orca-1 discovery well encount...
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| Hess to Sell One Stake in Algeria to Cepsa |
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Algeria >> 4/17/2013 - Hess Corp will sell one of its only two Algerian oil stakes to Spain's Cepsa, already heavily involved there, due to poor return potential, a source close to the deal said. ...
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| French Guiana Operational Update |
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French Guiana >> 4/17/2013 - Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) provides an update on progress with the Priodontes-1 well, offshore French Guiana. ...
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| Aker Wins GirRI Phase 2 Umbilical Contract from Technip |
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Angola >> 4/16/2013 - Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Technip to deliver umbilicals for the Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) phase 2 development off the coast of Angola. Contract value is undisclosed. ...
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| Second East Africa Oil & Gas Summit (EAOGS) in Nairobi |
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Kenya >> 4/16/2013 - The 2nd East Africa Oil and Gas Summit (EAOGS) announces a host of new sponsors and supporters for the Summit taking place in 6 months’ time at the Intercontinental in Nairobi. Afren and Ernst and You...
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| Fluor Awarded Clean Fuels Contract by SAPREF in ZA |
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South Africa >> 4/16/2013 - Fluor Corporation announced that it was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by South African Petroleum Refineries (SAPREF) for its Clean Fuels II Project in Durban, South Africa...
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| Algeria Plans Six New Oil Refineries |
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Algeria >> 4/15/2013 - Algeria plans to double its oil refining capacity in the next five years by building 6 new refineries, Oil Minister Youcef Yousfi said on a visit to Britain. ...
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| Vaalco Provides Update on Drilling Activities Off Gabon |
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Gabon >> 4/15/2013 - VAALCO Energy, Inc provided an update on its drilling activities offshore Gabon. ...
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| Tullow Oil Provide East Africa Operational Update |
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Kenya >> 4/15/2013 - Tullow Oil plc provides an update on progress with the Sabisa-1 well in Ethiopia and announces a successful first flow test of the Ngamia-1 well in Kenya. ...
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| Cairn Secures Rig for Frontier Exploration Campaign |
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Senegal >> 4/15/2013 - Cairn is pleased to announce it has secured a long term contract with Transocean for the “Cajun Express” drilling unit. ...
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| Uganda Reaches Deal with Total, CNOOC over Refinery |
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Uganda >> 4/15/2013 - Uganda, France's Total and China's CNOOC have agreed to build a small oil refinery in the east African country, Uganda's government said, in a step towards resolving disagreements that have delayed co...
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| Sudan's Bashir Pledges Peace in 1st South Sudan Visit |
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Sudan >> 4/12/2013 - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said he wanted peace and normal relations with South Sudan in his first visit there since it split off from his country in 2011 after decades of civil war. The...
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| Emerson to Supply Control Valves to Algiers Refinery |
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Algeria >> 4/11/2013 - Technip selected Emerson Process Management as the main supplier of control valves for the Algiers Refinery rehabilitation and adaptation project. The Algiers Refinery, located 10 km south of Algiers,...
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| Gazprom & Egypt Consider Cooperation Development Issues |
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Egypt >> 4/11/2013 - The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Osama Mohamed Kamal Abdel Hamid, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. ...
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| Westbridge Receives Extension on Ropat Acquisition |
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Namibia >> 4/11/2013 - Westbridge Energy Corporation announces it has received an extension on the timeframe to close the acquisition with Ropat Petroleum Investments (PTY) Ltd. ("Ropat") to acquire a majority interest in t...
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| CAMAC Commences Kenya Airborne Gravity & Magnetic Surveys |
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Kenya >> 4/10/2013 - CAMAC Energy Inc. announced it has commenced the shooting of airborne gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys on its Kenya onshore Lamu Basin Blocks L1B and L16. The data acquisition will cover essen...
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| Swire Oilfield Services Strengthens East African Presence |
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Kenya >> 4/10/2013 - Swire Oilfield Services, the leading global supplier of cargo carrying solutions, modular systems, offshore aviation services and fluid management, is strengthening its newly established presence in K...
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| Ophir Provides Operational Update for Ghana & Tanzania |
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Tanzania >> 4/10/2013 - Ophir provides an operational update on the Company's drilling programmes in Blocks 1-3-4 in Tanzania and the Accra Block in Ghana. Ophir holds a 40% working interest in Tanzania Blocks 1-3-4 and a 20...
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