Africa Oil abandons dry wells in Kenya, Ethiopia
Canadian explorer Africa Oil has been forced to abandon drilling at one of its wells in Marsabit County and another in Ethiopia after failing to encounter any traces of oil … Read More
Category: New Discoveries
Tullow hits dry well Ethiopia’s Tultule-1
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Tultule-1 wildcat well in the South Omo block onshore Ethiopia, has reached a total depth of 2,101 metres and will be plugged and abandoned … Read More
Oil opportunities in Africa
Oil opportunities in Africa By KPMG Africa Africa is presently enjoying an upward growth curve, and part of the reason for this is its large new oil discoveries. The oil industry is a … Read More
Oryx Petroleum not fruitful in Congo Brazzaville
The Jasper Explorer Drillship spudded the H-1 well targeting the Horse prospect (formerly Ma) in early September and reached a total depth of 5,522 metres in late November. The well … Read More
Statoil makes another high-impact natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania
Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil has today announced its fifth discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional 2-3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf)* of natural gas in place … Read More
Bowleven’s oil exploration survey in Kenya’s Block 11B encouraging
Bowleven plc an independent exploration and development company with interest in Kenya and Cameroon has announced that it a survey carried over block 11B shows positive signs. A communication from … Read More
Vanoil Says It May Accept Other Explorers in Rwanda Oil Search
By Bloomberg Vanoil Energy Ltd. (VEL) is discussing with the Rwandan government the option of allowing other companies to help explore the country’s East Kivu Graben Basin as they seek to … Read More
Tullow urges Ugandans to prepare for oil opportunities
Courtesy: The Observer After awarding the first production licence to Cnooc, government expects to award more production licences this time round to Tullow oil early next year. Speaking at the … Read More