British oil major BP has awarded a contract for the Tortue/Ahmeyim offshore gas project to engineering companies McDermott International Inc and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE)
Exploration
PEL 37 joint venture for Namibian oil renewed
Namibia, an emerging hotspot in the African oil industry, received a boost this week the the renewal of Petroleum Exploration License 37 (PEL 37) and the signing of a new rig contract
Anglo African Oil & Gas wins Tilapia oil field licence in Congo
Anglo African Oil & Gas PLC has received a new licence that covers the Tilapia oil field in the Lower Congo basin
Sonatrach strengthens ties with BP, Statoil in Algeria
Algeria’s state-run oil and gas company Sonatrach has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway’s Statoil and BP Exploration (El Djazair) Limited, aiming to boost up upstream exploration activities in Algeria
Petronas discovers deepwater oil and gas offshore Gabon
PC Gabon Upstream S.A. (PCGUSA), the subsidiary of the state-run oil company in Malaysia Petronas, has discovered new oil and gas from Boudji-1 exploration well in Block F14 (Likuale), which is located in South Gabon