Seychelles accepted as Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Candidate

Seychelles has been accepted by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board as a Candidate country to the EITI, the global transparency standard. Seychelles joins 45 other countries that have signed up to … Read More

Afren suspends CEO, COO over corruption allegations

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Afren plc has announced that its Board has temporarily suspended the CEO, Osman Shahenshah and the COO, Shahid Ullah over corruption allegations. Afren says that the two have … Read More

Dolphin Geophysical awarded Seychelles 3D Seismic Survey Contract

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has announced that Ophir Energy plc operator of the jointly held Seychelles exploration blocks, has contracted Dolphin Geophysical to undertake the 1500 … Read More

Results on Taachui-1 well in Tanzania expected in two weeks

Ophir Energy has announced that results from the offshore Taachui-1 well in Block 1 will be known by the end of May. The well is projected to have a mean … Read More

Seychelles signs final approval for WHL farmout to Ophir Energy

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian energy company WHL Energy has announced that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy’s previously reported* farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under … Read More