3/16/2018 - The Democratic Republic of Congo granted Total SA a one-year extension to a license allowing it to explore for oil along the Ugandan border. ... |
2/15/2018 - Democratic Republic of Congo’s oil minister on Thursday defended the country’s right to explore for oil anywhere on its territory after media reports that President Joseph Kabila approved drilling in ... |
10/21/2015 - Following application to the Ministry of Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”), the joint venture partners, with Total E&P RDC as operator, were informed that the Block III licence ... |
6/11/2014 - SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed with WWF in a joint statement to commit not to undertake or commission any exploratory or other drilling within Virunga National Park unless UNESCO and the DRC... |
5/13/2014 - Two employees of WWF have received death threats in Democratic Republic of Congo because of the conservation group's opposition to plans by British company Soco International to search for oil in a na... |
10/23/2012 - In a further move to advance its vision to be a leading African energy company, PetroSA signed a cooperation agreement with Cohydro Sarl, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) National Oil Company ... |
9/22/2012 - The Democratic Republic of Congo will allow exploration work inside Africa's oldest national park if significant oil deposits are found there, the country's hydrocarbons minister said. Congo is keen t... |
3/1/2012 - Soco International said it has been given permission to carry out aerial surveys of a Congolese oil block where exploration was suspended last year due to concerns over environmental damage. ... |
8/15/2011 - SacOil Holdings Limited, the independent African upstream oil and Gas Company is pleased to provide an operational update on the Block III oil concession ("Block III"), Albertine Graben in the Democra... |
12/20/2010 - The Company announces that its subsidiary, SOCO Exploration & Production - DRC SPRL has spudded the wildcat exploration well Bayingu-1 (“BYU-1”) in the Nganzi Block, onshore the Democratic Republic of... |
9/3/2010 - SOCO Exploration & Production has reached total depth on the wildcat exploration well Nganga 1 ("NGA-1") in the Nganzi Block, onshore the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa). The well was drilled ... |
3/24/2010 - Democratic Republic of Congo will open 10 blocks on Lake Tanganyika and six blocks on Lake Kivu for oil exploration as it attracts interest from foreign energy firms, an energy ministry official said.... |
3/17/2008 - SOCO International announced that its Production Sharing Contract over the Nganzi Block, onshore Congo (Kinshasa) , has received a Presidential Decree thus passing the final regulatory hurdle before b... |
3/17/2008 - Dominion Petroleum announced that together with partners SOCO International plc and State Oil Company Congolaise des Hydrocarbures, it has signed a Production Sharing Agreement with the Government of ... |
9/13/2006 - Heritage Oil Corporation has signed a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the government of Congo to gain a 39.6% working interest in Blocks I and II. Together these cover an area over 6,000 squar... |
1/30/2006 - Lotshi Block, Congo: EnerGulf Resources has paid the US$500,000 signature bonus pursuant to the Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) that was granted in November 2005 by the Congo government. It now aw... |
12/1/2005 - EnerGulf Resources Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, EnerGulf Africa Ltd., has been granted by the granting authority of Congo, being the Ministry of Energy,, a hydrocarbon exploration ... |