Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil and American oil major ExxonMobil have discovered two to three trillion cubic feet tcf of gas in Piri well, offshore Tanzania
Exploration
Camac Energy begins drilling at Nigerian oil well
Oil explorer Camac Energy has started drilling at the Oyo-8 development well, located offshore Nigeria
Glencore loans US$1.3billion to Chad for purchase of Chevron's oil assets
Mining giant Glencore will provide a loan of US$1.3bn to Chad to purchase oil assets belonging to oil major Chevron
Total starts offshore development unit in Angola
French oil company Total has started operating a major offshore development unit, CLOV, in Angola, which has a capacity of 160,000 bpd
Eni signs farm-in agreement for permit offshore South Africa
Eni has signed a farm-in deal with Sasol Petroleum International to acquire a 40 per cent interest and operatorship in the Exploration Right Permit 236 (ER236) offshore South Africa