Tap Oil has announced that Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has granted it a six-month extension with respect to Starfish-1 oil exploration well in the Offshore Accra Contract Area
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Cairn Energy enters into offshore Mauritania farm-in deal with Chariot
Cairn Energy has announced that it has entered into a farm-in agreement with Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Mauritania) for a 35 per cent non-operated interest in an exploration block offshore Mauritania
French explorer Maurel et Prom raises stake for oil blocks offshore Namibia
French operator Maurel et Prom has announced that it has increased its stake in an sub-Saharan African play offshore Namibia
Vegas Oil & Gas taps oil onshore Egypt
Vegas Oil & Gas has announced that it has hit oil at a well on the Al Amir SE field onshore Egypt
HRT spuds oil well offshore Namibia
Brazilian oil and gas exploration company High Resolution Technology (HRT) has announced that it has spud an ultra-deep oil well located in petroleum exploration license 24 (PEL 24) in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia