Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, prime minister of Uganda, has welcomed the commissioning of the Kingfisher Access Road, which connects western Ugandan oil fields, as an important milestone in the countrys development
Exploration
Drilling operations commence in high-impact Cameroon well
SDX Energy and Dana Petroleum have commenced drilling operations on its high-impact exploration well on Bakassi West, Cameroon
Turner and Townsend chosen for pipeline project in Horn of Africa
Global consultancy firm Turner & Townsend has won a contract to project manage the construction of a 550 kilometres (340-mile) pipeline that will transport fuel from the port of Djibouti to Ethiopia
Africa Oil completes farm out deal with Maersk Oil
Africa Oil Corporation has announced that it has completed a farm-out deal with Maersk Oil Gas for the South Omo and Rift Basin Blocks in Ethiopia
Oil prices on the agenda for IMF, Chad and Cote d'Ivoire
The impact of falling oil prices on the economies of Chad and Cote dIvoire will be on the agenda when leaders from both countries meet with Mr Mitsuhiro Furusawa, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this week