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

Eland Oil & Gas PLC, West Africa-focused oil and natural gas exploration company, has reached a target depth of 9,000 feet on the on the Opuama-9 well in licence OML 40 by the end of April 2018