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
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Elenilto to operate offshore Senegal oil block
UK-based oil and minerals developer Elenilto has been named as operator of the Senegal Offshore Sud Shallow Oil block by the Senegalese government
Oando to acquire Nigerian business of ConocoPhillips
Nigerian energy group Oando has announced that its affiliate Oando Energy Resources (OER) has entered into a deal with ConocoPhillips (COP) to acquire COP’s Nigerian business interests
ExxonMobil to start offshore South Africa exploration
ExxonMobil has that it will start exploration activities offshore South Africa after agreeing to acquire a 75 per cent participating interest in the Tugela South Exploration Right from Impact Oil & Gas
Hess makes Pecan-1 discovery offshore Ghana
Hess Corporation has announced the discovery of oil in the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points license offshore Ghana