NAMIBIA: Opportunities and Risks of Becoming an International Oil and Gas Player

Historically overlooked by independent oil companies (IOCs) and considered something of an oil and gas frontier state, Namibia is establishing itself more prominently on the international oil and gas map. … Read More

NAMIBIA: Eco Atlantic Reissued With Four Licenses in Walvis Basin for 10 years

Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas has announced the Company has successfully negotiated the reissuance of its four licenses in Namibia’s Walvis Basin for 10 years, which received final Government confirmation on … Read More

NIGERIA: Heirs Holdings Acquires 45% of OML 17 from Shell, Total and ENI

Heirs Holdings  the leading African strategic investor, in partnership with affiliated company Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s largest publicly listed conglomerate, announced today the unconditional acquisition of a 45% … Read More

Kosmos Energy Completes Farm Down of Exploration Assets to Shell

Kosmos Energy has announced that it has closed the previously announced transaction with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Shell), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, to farm down interests in … Read More

NUPENG Accuses Valiant Energy Boss, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Planning to Defraud Oil Workers

The national leadership of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in a press release has reported of a sinister plot of SHELL Petroleum Nigeria and Mr ADOLOR … Read More

Oil and Gas Exploration in Namibia, Liberia and Ghana: Looking to the Future

Namibia, Liberia and Ghana are set to share their latest and most exciting oil and gas developments in a series of dedicated roundtable discussions aimed at showcasing hydrocarbon potential and … Read More

KENYA: Petrochemicals Industry Lobby the US Government to Make Africa Backslide on Plastics

The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry’s footprint across Africa. Documents obtained by … Read More

European Travel Bans Are Counter-Productive And Hurting The Oil & Gas Sector’s Ability To Support Africa’s Economic Recovery

The continuation of travel restrictions and suspension of visas and travel between Africa and Europe is heavily restraining the oil & gas industry’s recovery efforts. Because of its international nature, … Read More