Of the 38 global oil and gas discoveries made in Q3 2019, six were located in Norway followed by Colombia with five discoveries, Egypt and Trinidad with four each, and Guyana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with three each, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company

The East African country is conducting the second licensing round for petroleum exploration, covering five prolific oil blocks in the Albertine Graben, the country’s most prospective sedimentary basin

South Sudan is preparing to restart production in various oil fields, including Block 5A operated by Sudd Petroleum Operating Company (SPOC), which has started corporate social responsibility activities for local communities surrounding Block 5A in the Tharjath field

Upstream oil and gas company Aminex and ARA Petroleum LLC (ARA) have seen positive movements in Tanzania with the government actively resolving several longstanding issues with other operators in-country