Africa-focused oil and gas company Oranto Petroleum is planning to collaborate with Rosneft, Russian integrated energy company, to explore and develop about 21 oil and gas fields throughout Africa

Oil exploration activity is expected to increase by the end of 2018 with drilling operations scheduled in the southern African country for September and December, according to speakers at this weeks Africa E&P Summit

With the oil price heading for the US$80 on the first day of the Africa E&P Summit, which opened today in London, ambitious operators are seeing multiple opportunities and seeking out the “elephants” - the remaining big hydrocarbons discoveries across the continent

London-headquartered Bowleven, the Africa-focused oil and gas company, has reported the spud of the IM-6 appraisal well at the Etinde block, Cameroon, on what the company announced to start a drilling campaign early this month