| Libya >> 2/17/2020 - Zallaf Z Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of National Oil Corporation (NOC), opened a new operations office in Awinat, to follow up on the development of the Erawin field adj... |
| Morocco >> 2/17/2020 - Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company, announced on 6 November 2019 that the Company had entered into non-binding heads of terms (HOT) agreement with a privately-owned UK registered ... |
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Egypt >> 2/14/2020 - SDX Energy Plc is pleased to announce that the SD-6X (Salah) well at South Disouq in Egypt (SDX 55% working interest) has commenced drilling operations. Salah is expected to a reach its targeted depth... |
| Libya >> 2/14/2020 - NOC Chairman Eng Mustafa Sanalla met with senior US officials in Washington DC, to discuss the humanitarian and financial consequences of the continuing blockade of Libyan oil production. ... |
| Senegal >> 2/14/2020 - Woodside has received a decision from the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in the arbitration initiated by FAR Limited against Woodside Energy (Senegal) B.V,... |
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Egypt >> 2/13/2020 - Mohamed Shindy, Methanex Egypt Managing Director and Eng. Abed Ezz El Regal, The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) CEO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday February 12, 2020,... |
| Libya >> 2/13/2020 - National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported January 2020 revenues of approximately 1.77 billion USD ($1,768,879,320.49), a decrease of around 418 million USD (19% ) on December 2019 revenues and an increa... |
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Egypt >> 2/12/2020 - Italian energy group Edison has begun drilling an exploratory well in deepwater acreage in Egypt, not far from other giant east Mediterranean gas fields, the CEO of Israel-focused gas driller Energean... |
| Mauritania >> 2/12/2020 - Kosmos Energy and its partners have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with BP Gas Marketing Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BP plc. The SPA is for 2.45 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) o... |
| Mauritania >> 2/12/2020 - Kosmos Energy announced that total 1P reserves at year end 2019 were approximately 169 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe) and 2P reserves were approximately 552 MMBoe. ... |
| Nigeria >> 2/12/2020 - Zenith Energy Ltd. has entered into final stage negotiations with a national oil authority to secure a material oil production license in West Africa. (“Potential Acquisition”). The Potential Acquisit... |
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Egypt >> 2/11/2020 - The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger introduce the Egypt Upstream Gateway, a unique and innovative national project for digitizing subsurface information and delivering a digital subsur... |
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Egypt >> 2/11/2020 - President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with the CEO of Bechtel Corporation, Brendan Bechtel, in Cairo, and discussed ways to boost cooperation with the US firm. ... |
| Angola >> 2/10/2020 - Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the award by units of BP p.l.c. ("BP"), of a contract to provide comprehensive riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services offshore Angola in Blocks 18 ... |
| Cameroon >> 2/10/2020 - Tower Resources plc, the AIM-listed oil and gas company with its focus on Africa, is pleased to provide the following operational update on its work on the Thali licence in Cameroon, conducted through... |
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Egypt >> 2/10/2020 - Wintershall Dea and Egyptian Minister of Petroleum H.E. Tarek El Molla have signed the concession agreement for the East Damanhour block. The block is located to the west of Wintershall Dea’s Disouq d... |
| Ghana >> 2/10/2020 - Aker Energy has awarded Fugro a contract for geotechnical and geophysical survey services in relation to the Pecan field, offshore Ghana. ... |
| Libya >> 2/10/2020 - National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirms that it was forced to shut down the Zawiya refinery on Saturday, February 8, 2020 as a result of a valve closure in the Hamada region, on the main pipeline betw... |
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Egypt >> 2/9/2020 - Dubai-based on-demand fuel delivery company Cafu is planning to expand its business into Egypt soon, the company said on LinkedIn, without providing further details about a launch date. ... |
| Namibia >> 2/7/2020 - Impact Oil & Gas Limited, the privately-owned, African-focused exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has secured funds, with gross proceeds of approximately USD 40 million, by way of an ... |
| Cameroon >> 2/5/2020 - Victoria Oil & Gas is pleased to report that it has entered into a non-binding LOI with New Age for the supply of gas from Etinde, which contains natural gas and condensate discoveries. ... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 2/5/2020 - Trident Energy commenced 4D seismic acquisition operations on the 22nd January 2020, over their Block G assets, which contain the Ceiba and Okume Fields, and are situated 15 km offshore in water depth... |
| Cameroon >> 2/4/2020 - Tower Resources plc, the AIM-listed oil and gas company with its focus on Africa, is pleased to provide the following operational update on its work on the Thali licence in Cameroon, conducted through... |
| Mauritania >> 2/4/2020 - UPTIME International AS (UPTIME) is honored to be awarded a contract from Eiffage Genie Civil Marine for supply of access solutions for the LNG Hub Marine Terminal for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG ... |
| Mozambique >> 2/4/2020 - CGG has announced the final 3D PSDM seismic dataset from its recent 15,400 sq km multi-client survey of the outer Zambezi Delta in the Mozambique Basin is now available for licence. The ultramodern da... |
| Namibia >> 2/4/2020 - Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (“ReconAfrica”) (RECO) is pleased to announce it has entered into a binding Asset Purchase Agreement with Henderson Rigs (Houston) for the acquisition of a Crown 750 ... |
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Egypt >> 2/3/2020 - Armed men attacked a gas pipeline in the north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula late on Sunday, security sources and witnesses said, but imports of gas through North Sinai from Israel were unaffected. <... |
| Algeria >> 2/2/2020 - The Minister of Energy, Mohamed Arkab, said in Algiers that the Energy Transition Program provided for in the Government's Action Plan will allow Algeria to achieve sustainable development. ... |
| Nigeria >> 1/31/2020 - Savannah Petroleum PLC, the British independent oil & gas company focused around activities in Niger and Nigeria, is pleased to announce that Accugas has entered into a new interruptible gas sales agr... |
| Nigeria >> 1/30/2020 - San Leon Energy has provided an update on the new alternative crude oil evacuation and storage system ('ACOES') on OML 18, onshore Nigeria. As described in the half-year report released on 30 Septembe... |
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Egypt >> 1/28/2020 - Egypt has signed two deals with Exxon Mobil for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, the petroleum ministry said. ... |
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Egypt >> 1/28/2020 - In South Disouq (SDX Working Interest 55%), Preparations continue at South Disouq for two exploration wells targeting gross unrisked P50 volumes of up to 104 bcf from the same horizons encountered in ... |
| Morocco >> 1/28/2020 - SDX Energy Plc (SDX) is pleased to announce that the OYF-2 well in Morocco (SDX 75% working interest) has been drilled to a measured depth of 1,210 meters and has encountered commercial quantities of ... |
| Senegal >> 1/28/2020 - The National Oil Company of Senegal, PETROSEN, officially launched the country’s first ever offshore licensing round at the MSGBC Basin Summit & Exhibition in Dakar, Senegal. The licensing round compr... |
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Egypt >> 1/27/2020 - Petroleum Minister Tarek Al Mulla and Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhy opened an integrated station to fuel cars with natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas and charge them with electricity in ... |
| Nigeria >> 1/27/2020 - Eni signed a new long term contract for the purchase of 1,5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas with Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a joint venture between NNPC, Shell, Total and Eni (with Eni having... |
| Nigeria >> 1/27/2020 - LEKOIL, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, announces, on behalf of the Otakikpo Joint Venture ("Otakikpo JV") which is made up of Green Energy ... |
| Algeria >> 1/26/2020 - Algeria and Turkey signed in Algiers an agreement renewing the contract for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the next five (05) years, said the APS the Minister of Energy, Mohamed Arkab. ... |
| Kenya >> 1/23/2020 - Total and Tullow Oil aim to reduce their stakes in Kenya’s first oil development with a joint sale that could see Tullow exit completely amid uncertainty over the project’s launch. The two oil and gas... |
| Nigeria >> 1/23/2020 - ADM Energy PLC, an oil and gas investing company quoted on AIM, provides a strategy update for 2020 and beyond. ... |
| Nigeria >> 1/23/2020 - SAExploration Holdings, Inc. announced two new projects in offshore West Africa. The projects are valued at approximately $42 million in the aggregate and are scheduled to occur primarily during the 2... |
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Egypt >> 1/22/2020 - United Oil & Gas PLC (UOG) provides the following update on the proposed acquisition of Rockhopper Egypt Pty Ltd from Rockhopper Exploration Plc (Rockhopper). Rockhopper Egypt holds a 22% non-operati... |
| Gabon >> 1/22/2020 - Panoro Energy ASA is pleased to announce the successful completion of the DTM-5H well, the second of the phase 2 Tortue development wells on Dussafu permit, offshore Gabon. The well was drilled with t... |
| Senegal >> 1/22/2020 - FAR Limited has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Glencore Energy (UK) Ltd for the full allocation of the Company’s share of crude oil from the Sangomar Field. ... |
| Gabon >> 1/21/2020 - Vaalco Energy, Inc. provided an operational update on its 2019/2020 drilling program offshore Gabon. ... |
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Egypt >> 1/20/2020 - Petroleum Minister Tarek el Mulla signed nine agreements on oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean and Western Desert with total investments of dollars 452.3 million. ... |
| Libya >> 1/20/2020 - Italian energy group Eni said on Monday oil production at the El Feel oilfield in Libya had been partially reduced due to a valve closure. ... |
| Senegal >> 1/20/2020 - FAR Limited has taken the Final Investment Decision (“FID”) and received final credit approvals for an underwritten US$300 million senior secured reserve-based lending (“RBL”) facility for the Sangoma... |
| Senegal >> 1/20/2020 - SOFEC, Inc. has been awarded an external turret supply contract by MODEC for a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sangomar (formerly SNE) Field Development Phase 1 (Sango... |
| South Africa >> 1/20/2020 - Africa Energy Corp., an oil and gas company with exploration assets offshore South Africa and Namibia, is pleased to provide an operational update on its exploration activities. ... |
| Libya >> 1/18/2020 - The LNA General Command and the Petroleum Facilities Guard of the Central and Eastern Regions have instructed the managements of Sirte Oil Company, Harouge Oil Operations, Waha Oil Company, Zueitina ... |
| Angola >> 1/17/2020 - ANPG, State concessionaire for oil & gas rights in Angola, assigned Block 28 to Eni (as Operator with 60%), as a result of the international competitive Bid Round 2019. This result allows Eni to furt... |
| Angola >> 1/17/2020 - Eni reports the start-up of its offshore Agogo oilfield, situated in the 15/06 Block in the Angolan waters. The start-up takes place just nine months after its discovery thanks to the operational syne... |
| Libya >> 1/17/2020 - The board of directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) strongly condemns calls to blockade oil ports ahead of the Berlin Conference on Sunday. ... |
| Angola >> 1/16/2020 - Eni and Total were among the successful bidders for rights to develop three offshore blocks in Angola out of 10 auctioned late last year. Eni and Total won operator rights to blocks 28 and 29 respecti... |
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Egypt >> 1/16/2020 - France has asked to join the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, which aims to develop the region's gas market, Egypt's petroleum ministry said. ... |
| Cameroon >> 1/15/2020 - Tower Resources plc, the AIM-listed oil and gas company with its focus on Africa, is pleased to provide the following operational update on its work on the Thali licence in Cameroon, conducted through... |
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Egypt >> 1/15/2020 - Natural gas pumping from Israel to Egypt will start on Wednesday, the Egyptian ministry of petroleum announced in a statement early on Wednesday. ... |
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Egypt >> 1/15/2020 - The EBRD is investing US$ 60 million to become a shareholder in Infinity Energy S.A.E., one of Egypt’s leading private energy companies through the issuance of new shares. ... |
| Senegal >> 1/15/2020 - Cairn, along with its joint venture partners, Woodside and FAR, has signed a joint Final Investment Decision (FID) statement, in agreement with Petrosen and the Government of Senegal, at an official c... |
| Angola >> 1/14/2020 - Based on the Conditional Letter of Award previously announced in connection with Maersk Drilling’s Q3 2019 Trading Statement, Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts for a three-well exploration dr... |
| Nigeria >> 1/14/2020 - Africa Oil Corp. (AOI) is pleased to announce the closing of the acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in Petrobras Oil and Gas B.V. ("POGBV"). BTG Pactual E&P B.V. will continue to own the remaini... |
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Egypt >> 1/13/2020 - In line with the strategy implemented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under the leadership of H.E. the Minister Eng. Tarek El-Molla to develop the petroleum resources and improve it... |
| Morocco >> 1/13/2020 - Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company, is pleased to provide an update on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approvals, negotiations of Tendrara Gas Export Pipeline ("TGEP") c... |
| Nigeria >> 1/13/2020 - Following the Company's announcement earlier today, the Company is now in a position to advise that, based on all information currently available to Lekoil, the loan agreement announced on 2 January 2... |
| Zimbabwe >> 1/13/2020 - Invictus Energy Limited, is pleased to announce that the Company’s Cabora Bassa project at Muzarabani
held through the Company’s 80% interest in Geo Associates (Private) Limited has been classified a... |
| Equatorial Guinea >> 1/12/2020 - Equatorial Guinea will add 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production by October because of the new discoveries. Equatorial Guinea, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countri... |
| Nigeria >> 1/10/2020 - LEKOIL, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, announces on behalf of Optimum Petroleum Development Company ("Optimum"), the Operator of the OPL 31... |
| Senegal >> 1/10/2020 - MODEC, Inc. has signed a contract with Woodside Energy1., to supply a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sangomar (formerly SNE) Field Development Phase 1 (Sangomar Field... |
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Senegal >> 1/10/2020 - Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a very large(1) contract by Woodside to Subsea Integration Alliance for the Sangomar Field Development Phase-1 project located in the Sangomar Offshore and Sangoma... |
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Algeria >> 1/9/2020 - The national oil company Sonatrach signed a contract in Algiers with a consortium made up of Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) and Samsung Engineering (South Korea) for the construction of a crude oil refiner... |
| Botswana >> 1/9/2020 - The directors and management of Strata-X Energy Ltd. are pleased to announce that following on the field-work, community consultations, development planning and public commenting, the Botswana Departm... |
| Senegal >> 1/9/2020 - The Government of Senegal has approved the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture Exploitation Plan and granted the Exploitation Authorisation for the San... |
| Gabon >> 1/8/2020 - VAALCO Energy, Inc. provided an update on its 2019/2020 drilling program offshore Gabon and reported 2019 production volumes. ... |
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Egypt >> 1/7/2020 - SDX Energy Plc (SDX) is pleased to announce that upon completion of an independent technical and economic audit of the reserves at its operated South Disouq concession (SDX: 55% working interest), Gaf... |
| Gambia >> 1/7/2020 - Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater) has been awarded a 3D Isometrix seismic acquisition project by FAR Gambia Ltd (FAR). ... |
| Congo >> 1/6/2020 - Zenith Energy Ltd., has reached an agreement to provide a secured loan facility ( the “Facility”) to Anglo African Oil & Gas plc (“AAOG”) for a total amount of £250,000. ... |
| Somalia >> 1/6/2020 - The upper house of Somalia’s parliament on Monday approved a new petroleum law, which aims to provide a regulatory framework that will help to attract investment in exploration by major oil companies.... |
| Morocco >> 1/2/2020 - The Company announced on 30 October 2019 that it had, in relation to ongoing negotiations in respect of a Gas Sales Agreement for the sale of natural gas production in the Tendrara concession in East... |
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Egypt >> 12/31/2019 - Petroleum Minister Tarek el Molla said an unprecedented increase in the gas and petroleum production was reported in 2019. ... |
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Egypt >> 12/30/2019 - ExxonMobil said it has secured more than 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt. ... |
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Egypt >> 12/29/2019 - Minister of Oil and Mineral Wealth Tarek el Mulla announced that three companies have won the first international bid launched by South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (GANOPE) in March for ... |
| Libya >> 12/29/2019 - National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned that operations in Zawiya port may be halted and the refinery evacuated after renewed attacks around the facilities. This could lead to production also being ... |
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Angola >> 12/27/2019 - Saipem has been awarded new contracts and extensions on existing contracts in Onshore Drilling and Offshore Drilling for an overall amount of approximately 1.7 billion USD. ... |
| Congo >> 12/27/2019 - Zenith Energy Ltd., has signed a conditional share purchase agreement ("SPA") with AIM quoted Anglo African Oil & Gas plc ("AAOG") for the acquisition of an 80 percent interest in AAOG's fully owned s... |
| Nigeria >> 12/27/2019 - Eni and its partners in Nigeria LNG (NLNG) have taken the final investment decision (FID) for the expansion project of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. This brownfield development, which is expe... |
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Egypt >> 12/25/2019 - Egypt signed four oil and natural gas exploration agreements worth $155 million. Excavations are to take place in the Western Desert, the Gulf of Suez and the Nile Valley, the Petroleum Ministry state... |
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Egypt >> 12/25/2019 - The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla and the Chinese Ambassador in Cairo, Liao Li qiang, have witnessed the signing of a contract to establish a phosphoric acid complex proj... |
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Egypt >> 12/24/2019 - Zarubezhneft JSC, the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources of Egypt, the Egyptian state holding oil company GANOPE and Pacific Oil Limited, have signed a Production Sharing Agreement for the South Ea... |
| Senegal >> 12/24/2019 - FAR Limited, as a partner in the Sangomar Field Development offshore Senegal, provides the following end of year update for shareholders. ... |
| Algeria >> 12/23/2019 - The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) said it has agreed to two loans worth a combined $250 million with Sonatrach Petroleum Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of Algerian state-owned... |
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Egypt >> 12/22/2019 - Egypt will begin importing natural gas from Israel by mid-January 2020, a senior industry source said on Sunday.
Israeli gas exports to Egypt will gradually reach 7 billion cubic metres, the source s... |
| Libya >> 12/22/2019 - Arabian Gulf Company (AGOCO) engineers and specialists have increased production capacity at the Nafoura oilfield by 5925 barrels per day, following the successful tie-in of well Y3 to production faci... |
| Libya >> 12/21/2019 - National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirms that Akakus Oil Operations Company building in Tripoli was subject to material damage as a result of a nearby air strike in the airport road area on Friday, Dec... |
| Nigeria >> 12/20/2019 - TGS, along with its joint venture partner PetroData, is pleased to announce Nigeria’s first regional multi-client Multibeam and Seafloor Sampling (MB&SS) Study. ... |
| Algeria >> 12/19/2019 - The national hydrocarbon company SONATRACH and the French energy group ENGIE have concluded medium-long term agreements relating to the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas DES and gas by pipeli... |
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Egypt >> 12/19/2019 - TransGlobe Energy Corporation (“TransGlobe”) announces a Q4 operations update. All dollar values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise stated. ... |
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Egypt >> 12/19/2019 - The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced a new oil discovery in the Western Desert where an average of 7,000 barrels of crude oil and 10 million cubic feet of gas are envisaged to be ... |
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Nigeria >> 12/19/2019 - KBR has been awarded the Project Management Consultancy Services contract by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for front-end engineering design (FEED) definition at the NNPC headquarters ... |
| Zimbabwe >> 12/19/2019 - Invictus Energy Limited, is pleased to announce that the Cabora Bassa Project partners, comprising Invictus (80%) and One-Gas Resources (Pvt) Limited (20%), have entered into a non-binding Memorandum ... |
