Longreach Oil & Gas has announced that the Koba-1 exploration well in the Essaouira Basin onshore Morocco has reached total depth (TD) and has encountered a potential Lower Liassic sandstone reservoir with gas shows

Russian explorer Lukoil has struck oil at its first appraisal well on the Independence field, offshore Côte dIvoire, in the Turonian strata

Egypts General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) have commenced the auctioning of 22 oil and gas concessions, spread across the north African nation

Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) has acquired a 15 per cent stake in Total E&P Congo, following a framework agreement signed in May 2013