BP agree deal with Kosmos to partner discoveries in Mauritania and Senegal and agree to cooperate on future exploration, positioning themselves in an emerging world-class, low-cost gas basin with advantaged access to global markets

Bruce Johnston and Helena Guidolin at Morgan Lewis write for Oil Review Africa, looking at financing infrastructure projects in Africa, focusing both on the energy and local financial sectors and how they are funded 

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated its commitment to comply with the nation’s local content laws so as to further strengthen in-country value addition in the oil and gas industry

Oil prices rose above US$50 a barrel following OPEC’s historic agreement at its November 30th Meeting in Vienna to cut production for the first time since the global financial crisis eight years ago