African Petroleum Corporation Limited has commenced spudding of the Bee Eater-1 well in Block LB-09 offshore Liberia with Ocean Rig’s semi-submersible rig Eirik Raude
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CAMAC Energy wins rig contract for Oyo well
CAMAC Energy has announced that Allied Energy PLC has signed a Deed of Assignment with Transocean Ltd and Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation (NPDC) to spud a new well
Harvest Natural Resources announces new oil discovery offshore Gabon
Harvest Natural Resources has announced that it has made an oil find in the Dussafu Tortue Marin-1 (DTM-1) well in the Dussafu Marin PSC offshore Gabon
PXP signs agreement to participate in exploration offshore Morocco
Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) has announced it has entered into a agreement to participate in exploration activity offshore Morocco
Anadarko to invest US$250 million to sink two oil and gas wells in Kenya
US-based oil company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation will invest at least US$250mn in sinking two oil and gas offshore wells in Lamu, Kenya, in the first week of January 2013