African exploration and production company Oando Energy Resources (OER) has announced the Nigerian governments approval of a US$1.65bn acquisition of ConocoPhillips oil and gas assets
African oil and gas exploration group Bowleven has entered a drill-to-earn agreement with private company Africa Fortesa Corp (AFC) at the Bomono Permit in Cameroon
British oil company Tullow Oils exploration partner Africa Oil has found gas and oil deposits in northern Kenya
UK oil and gas firm BG Group has discovered oil at the Sunbird-1 well, off Kenyas Lamu coast
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
