San Leon Energy has announced that it has been awarded a 36 sq km block in the Timahdit oil shale deposit onshore Morocco
Exploration
Caracal Energy spuds two oil wells in Chad
Canada’s Caracal Energy has announced that it has spud a pair of oil wells onshore Chad, with another planned to be spud later this year
Longreach Oil & Gas awards rig contract to Saipem for Moroccan wells
Longreach Oil & Gas has announced that it has signed a drill contract with Italian firm Saipem for two wells on the Sidi Moktar Exploration Licence Area onshore Morocco
Tap Oil given extension on Starfish-1 well offshore Ghana
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
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