AfricaOil Q3 operations update – Puntland, Somalia
Dharoor Valley and Nugaal Valley Blocks The Company continues to evaluate the encouraging results of the two wells drilled in 2012 on the Dharoor Valley block which proved all the … Read More
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Indigenous companies to account for over 30% of oil and gas production in Nigeria within 5 years
Atlantic Energy Co-CEO, Scott Aitken made a presentation at the African Oil Week, one of the largest oil and gas conferences held on the African continent held in Cape Town, … Read More
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
Africa Oil Q3 2013 Operations update – KENYA
The Company and its operating partners in the Kenyan blocks are actively exploring for oil as described below. Block 10BB Based on the very positive results at Ngamia-1 on Block … Read More
Tullow Oil to conduct well testing in Ethiopia
Story by KALEYESUS BEKELE – The British Oil company that is prospecting for oil in South Omo basin in South Ethiopia, Tullow Oil, is to conduct well testing in the second … Read More
Oil search gets boost with new drilling in Northern Kenya
By Business Daily – Canadian oil and gas explorer Africa Oil Corp awarded Weatherford International Ltd a contract for a drilling rig for an exploration well it plans to sink … 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