SIERRA LEONE: Wildcat Petroleum Obtains Reconnaissance Permit Agreement for 20 offshore blocks

Wildcat Petroleum has announced that after a process of engagement with the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone (PDSL) it has entered into a Reconnaissance Permit Agreement (Permit) over 20 offshore … Read More

GHANA: Tullow Completes Pre-emption of Deep Water Tano Component of Kosmos Energy/Occidental Petroleum

Tullow Oil has announce that it has completed the pre-emption related to the sale of Occidental Petroleum’s interests in the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana to Kosmos Energy. The … Read More

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

GHANA: TechnipFMC Awarded a Significant Integrated EPCI (iEPCI™) Contract for Tullow’s Jubilee South East Development

TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI™) contract for the Jubilee South East development, located offshore Ghana. It will be the company’s first iEPCI™ … Read More

South Sudan Eyes the West for Investments in its Oil Industry

Decades after the western oil giant Chevron exited South Sudan leaving oil majors from the East mainly India and China the South Sudan government is now seeking to attract new … Read More

Middle East and Africa’s Oil & Gas Industry Saw a Drop in Deal Activity in Q1 2021

Led by $2.59bn asset transaction with BP Exploration (Epsilon), Middle East and Africa’s oil & gas industry saw a drop of 32.92% in deal activity during Q1 2021, when compared … Read More

Uganda & Tanzania: Resumption of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project Activities

Following the takeover and greenlight from the Ugandan Government for the takeover of Tullow’s equity in the various oil blocks the East Africa Crude Oil pipeline project. Pipeline-EACOP) is back … Read More