NAMIBIA: Shell announces New Oil Discovery in Orange Basin with Merlin-1X exploration well results

Shell, alongside its partners QatarEnergy and NAMCOR, has reported encouraging exploration results from its Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration Licence No. 0039 (PEL 0039), offshore Namibia, further advancing its … Read More

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: TGS Begins First Phase of Major Offshore Seismic Dataset off the Gulf of Guinea

TGS announced the signing of an agreement with the Ministry of Hydrocarbon and Mining Development of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to create an offshore MegaSurvey, a large-scale multi-client seismic … Read More

GABON: Block Energy Expands with Strategic Entry into Gulf of Guinea Oil Sector

Block Energy plc has announced a major strategic expansion into offshore Gabon, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth plans and highlighting renewed investor confidence in Gabon’s petroleum sector. … Read More

GABON: Record Announces that a Single Loba Well Could Produce 5,000 bbl/d; Paving the Way for 20,000 bbl/d Development

Record Resources reports that further geological and geophysical study of the Loba oil discovery and nearby analogue fields in Gabon is suggesting that a first oil well there could produce … Read More

MOROCCO: Sound Energy Reports Conditional Sale of Sound Energy Meridja Limited & Relinquishment of Arran Energy’s Exploration Interests

Sound Energy has announced it has entered into a binding Sale and Purchase Agreement for the divestment of the Company’s interests in the Tendrara Exploitation Concession (20%), onshore Morocco, by … Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: Eni and Partners approve investment for Baleine Phase 3

During a ceremony held yesterday in Abidjan in the presence of the Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy of Côte d’Ivoire, Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly, Eni and its partners Petroci and Vitol … Read More

NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Provides Kavango West 1X Operational Update

Preparations for downhole production testing are advancing with equipment, trucks and crews arriving on site.   Permits required to begin production testing have been received from the regulatory authorities for both … Read More

EGYPT: QatarEnergy signs MoU for gas cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean

QatarEnergy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and ExxonMobil to study enabling the potential development and commercialization of gas discoveries in … Read More

NIGERIA : Weatherford Awarded Deepwater Integrated Completions Contract with Exxonmobil

Weatherford International has announced it has been awarded a deepwater integrated completions contract by Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Ltd. (EEPNL), an ExxonMobil affiliate, for offshore Nigeria. The contract falls within Weatherford’s Well Construction and Completions portfolio. … Read More

NAMIBIA: Nabrawind has Successfully Tested its “Crane-less” System for Installing Wind Turbines in Extreme Wind Conditions

Skylift technology has overcome its greatest technical challenge by completing the installation of the first Goldwind GW165/6000 wind turbine at the InnoVent Diaz wind farm. Nabrawind, a company specializing in … Read More