Total has announced that it will start production on the US$10bn deepwater oilfields in Angola by 2014
Exploration
Seychelles offers oil and gas exploration blocks
Seychelles has invited oil and gas companies to bid for its offshore exploration blocks, ending a two-year moratorium and introducing new rules for bidders
Africa Hydrocarbons spuds Tunisia well
Canadian listed exploration company Africa Hydrocarbons has begun drilling the BHN-1 oil well on the Bouhajla Permit onshore Tunisia
PetroSA signs technical cooperation permit deal with Sasol
PetroSA has signed a technical cooperation permit (TCP) agreement with synthetic fuels group Sasol to explore Block 3A/4A in South Africa’s offshore Orange Basin
Chariot gets renewal approval on Namibia offshore block
Chariot Oil & Gas has announced that Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy has approved a one-year extension to the first renewal period for offshore Block 2714A