Afren has announced the completion of a farm-out agreement with Lekoil at 17.14 per cent on the oil prospecting licence (OPL) 310, located in Benin Basin offshore Nigeria
Exploration
Tanzania to offer oil and gas exploration blocks in October 2013
Tanzania will offer seven deep offshore blocks and one onshore block for oil and gas exploration in October 2013, state-run Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has announced
Tullow spuds Etuko-1 well in Kenya
Africa Oil has announced that Tullow Oil, operator of Block 10BB in Kenya, has commenced drilling at the Etuko prospect, which reportedly contains gross estimates of 231mn barrels of oil
ERHC signs LOI to farm out Kenyan oil block
Oil and gas company ERHC has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to farm out part of Block 11a in Kenya to an undisclosed multinational company
PA Resources announces Carla South discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea
The Carla South (I-7) exploration well in Block I offshore Equatorial Guinea has struck oil at a total measured depth of 3,660m, according to PA Resources