Nigeria overtook Angola as Africas top oil producer, but despite this Angolas output was greater than Nigerias throughout 2016
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Tullow Oil farm-down assets in Uganda to Total, Tullow's future in Kenya questioned
Tullow announced on 9 January that it agreed a substantial farm down of its assets in Uganda to Total, but this may also have implications to its operations in Kenya
Dragon Oil appoint ENOC Group CEO as new board member and CEO
Saif Al Falasi, former chief executive officer of Dubai-government owned ENOC group, has been appointed the new CEO and Board Member of Dragon Oil
Lawyers to appeal Angolan presidents daughter appointment as Sonangol CEO
President Jose Eduardo do Santos, President of Angola, has been accused of illegally appointing his daughter as the chief executive of the state oil company, and a case is to be heard in the Constitutional Court
Zilift achieve world's first electrical submersible pump live well cable deployment, operation and retrieval
Zilift, leading developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved a worlds first electrical submersible pump live well cable deployment, operation and retrieval, under live well conditions