Australia-based petroleum company Woodside Petroleum has signed a licence deal with Morocco’s National Oil Company to survey an oil block located offshore the North African country
Exploration
ExxonMobil eyes two oil blocks off Côte d’Ivoire
ExxonMobil has announced that it is in final talks with Côte d’Ivoire to acquire two offshore oil blocks located in the Gulf of Guinea
Ghana signs offshore oil and gas exploration deal with Eni
Ghana and Italy’s Eni have signed a US$6bn deal to start oil and gas exploration work at Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Block in the west African country
Lukoil partners with Chevron to develop Nigerian oilfield
Russia’s Lukoil has announced that it has plans to develop an oilfield in Nigeria with the USA explorer Chevron
Tullow to commence drilling onshore Kenyan basin
UK-based oil and gas exploration firm Tullow has announced that it will start drilling for oil in the North Turkana Basin, located onshore Kenya