Lukoil has completed drilling the first oilwell in the SL-5-11 Block offshore Sierra Leone
Exploration
CNPC set to resume oil exploration in Chad
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has said it would be resuming its operations in Chad after being suspended by the countrys oil ministry in August this year when drilling for oil in the south of country
Repsol makes oil discovery in Libya
Repsol and its partners uOMV and Total have announced that it has discovered oil in the Murzuq Basin onshore Libya
Cooper Energy to drill second wellbore offshore Tunisia
Oil and gas explorer Cooper Energy has announced that it will drill a second wellbore in the Hammamet West-3 field, in the Bargou Permit, offshore Tunisia
Africa Oil plans US$450 million share issue
Oil and gas explorer Africa Oil will issue 56.5mn common shares at US$7.99 per share through a private placement that should generate around US$450mn