Oil Review Africa October 2014

Shell to spend US$54.6bn on oil, gas ups…

Friday, 15 February 2019 06:01

Total new-build capital expenditure (capex) of US$846bn is expected to be spent globally on planned and announced upstream projects from 2019 to 2025

Shell’s move on Bonga is a major boost f…

Thursday, 14 February 2019 12:03

Cao Chai, an upstream oil and gas analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, said that Shell’s move on Bonga South West-Aparo (BSWA) is a major boost for Nigeria’s...

OOMCO plans expansion in Saudi Arabia an…

Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:11

Oman Oil Marketing Company (OOMCO) has announced a plan to expand its operations in Saudi Arabia and Tanzania

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering to build…

Thursday, 14 February 2019 09:50

Indian multi-national Larsen & Toubro (L&T), through its subsidiary Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited (LTHE), said it has won a mega order from Sonatrach-Algeria

Somalia opens first offshore licensing r…

Wednesday, 13 February 2019 11:03

Somalia’s first offshore hydrocarbon licensing round was officially launched, on 7 February 2019, at a conference held at the Claridge Hotel in London, UK

Total launches lubricant blending plant …

Tuesday, 12 February 2019 12:00

French major Total has launched a lubricant blending plant worth US$20mn in Tanzania

University and industry collaborate to i…

Tuesday, 12 February 2019 09:00

The Oil and Gas Institute at RGU is working with simulator developer Drilling Systems and its innovative drilling, well control and lifting simulator technology to help oil and gas companies...

BP starts off production at Egypt’s West…

Tuesday, 12 February 2019 07:00

Oil and gas firm BP has announced the first gas production from the second stage of its West Nile Delta development offshore Egypt

Eni and SABIC sign gas technology agreem…

Monday, 11 February 2019 06:24

Eni and SABIC have signed a joint development agreement to further develop an innovative technology for natural gas conversion into synthesis gas that can be further transformed into high-value fuels...

GeoPartners announces new 2D seismic sur…

Friday, 08 February 2019 07:00

UK based consultancy company GeoPartners has announced a new 2D seismic survey offshore Sierra Leone

Total’s significant discovery helps boos…

Friday, 08 February 2019 06:00

French oil major Total has announced that it has made a ‘significant’ gas-condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin offshore South Africa

SDX expands presence in Morocco

Thursday, 07 February 2019 11:40

SDX Energy Inc, the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that it has won additional licenses in Morocco, Moulay Bouchta Ouest and Lalla Mimouna Sud, to increase...

Africa Oil announces Brulpadda well disc…

Thursday, 07 February 2019 10:06

Africa Oil Corporation (a Canadian oil and gas company) said it has made a major discovery at the Brulpadda-1AX well on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa

Mitsubishi Electric installs video walls…

Thursday, 07 February 2019 06:22

Mitsubishi Electric has supplied a major video wall installation in South Africa for Transnet Pipeline (TPL), the division of state-owned Transnet that oversees all of South Africa’s strategic fuel pipeline...

South Sudan partners with AEC to strengt…

Wednesday, 06 February 2019 07:43

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has entered into a technical assistance cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan to strengthen the country’s capacity to...

Eni awarded two exploration blocks onshore Egypt