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Japan to invest US$2 billion in African projects
Japan will provide US$2bn worth of financial support over the next five years to back Japanese companies’ resource development projects... Read more
Afren and Lekoil sign farm-out deal on Nigeria’s OPL 310
Afren has announced the completion of a farm-out agreement with Lekoil at 17.14 per cent on the oil prospecting lic…
Read moreTotal takes over Shell’s retail network in Egypt
French oil and gas company Total has acquired Royal Dutch Shell’s fuel retail network in Egypt as part of its strat…
Read moreNuEnergy begins Malawi airborne geophysical survey
NuEnergy Gas has announced that it has started an airborne geophysical survey on Malawi's first unconventional gas …
Read moreTanzania to offer oil and gas exploration blocks in October 2013
Tanzania will offer seven deep offshore blocks and one onshore block for oil and gas exploration in October 2013, s…
Read moreTullow spuds Etuko-1 well in Kenya
Africa Oil has announced that Tullow Oil, operator of Block 10BB in Kenya, has commenced drilling at the Etuko pros…
Read moreSwala Oil & Gas awards Polaris International contract to carry 2D seismic project in Tanzania
Swala Oil & Gas has awarded Canada’s Polaris International a US$7.3mn contract to carry out 2D seismic acquisit…
Read moreIndia becomes largest importer of Nigerian crude
India is now the single largest importer of Nigeria’s crude, surpassing the US and accounting for around 17 per cen…
Read morePEM Offshore to launch new training centre in Nigeria
PEM Offshore has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Kongsberg Maritime for the supply of a full suite of o…
Read moreProserv lands subsea contract for BP in Angola
Proserv has won a multi-million dollar subsea contract for BP’s PSVM oilfield located in Block 31 in Angola, which …
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Exploration
Afren and Lekoil sign farm-out deal on Nigeria’s OPL 31…

Afren has announced the completion of a farm-out agreement with Lekoil at 17.14 per cent on the oil prospecting licence ...
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Tanzania to offer oil and gas exploration blocks in Oct…

Tanzania will offer seven deep offshore blocks and one onshore block for oil and gas exploration in October 2013, state-...
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Tullow spuds Etuko-1 well in Kenya

Africa Oil has announced that Tullow Oil, operator of Block 10BB in Kenya, has commenced drilling at the Etuko prospect,...
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Gas
Eni completes testing of Mamba South 3 gas well in Moza…

Eni has completed the drilling and testing of Mamba South 3 gas well off Cabo Delgado Coast in Mozambique
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Anadarko discovers new natural gas field offshore Mozam…

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has discovered a new natural gas field within Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin, Mozamb...
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Sagas and NGC sign gas supply agreement

A subsidiary of Dangote Group and division of Borkir Energy, Sagas, has signed a 20 year agreement with the Nigeria Gas ...
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Technology
PEM Offshore to launch new training centre in Nigeria

PEM Offshore has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Kongsberg Maritime for the supply of a full suite of offsho...
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Aker Solutions awarded GirRI Phase 2 project

Technip has awarded Aker Solutions a contract to deliver umbilicals for the Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) Phase ...
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KBR awarded Subsea 7 contract for Chevron Lianzi projec…

Oil industry engineering service provider KBR has announced that it has been selected by Subsea 7 to perform topsides de...
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Downstream
Japan to invest US$2 billion in African projects

Japan will provide US$2bn worth of financial support over the next five years to back Japanese companies’ resource devel...
Read more
Total takes over Shell’s retail network in Egypt

French oil and gas company Total has acquired Royal Dutch Shell’s fuel retail network in Egypt as part of its strategy t...
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India becomes largest importer of Nigerian crude

India is now the single largest importer of Nigeria’s crude, surpassing the US and accounting for around 17 per cent of ...
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