Tanzania has invited investors from the United Arab Emirates to pump funds into oil and gas exploration in the country
Exploration
Light oil discovery made offshore Côte d'Ivoire
Tullow Oil and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation have announced the discovery of light oil at the Paon-1X exploration well in the CI-103 licence offshore Côte dIvoire
Repsol to take interest in Namibian offshore licence
Repsol SA has announced its plan to enter the Namibian offshore licence 0010 as operator with a 44 per cent working interest
Kenya’s Ngamia-1 well reveals deeper finds
Anglo-Irish exploration firm Tullow Oil has encountered oil and gas reservoirs at a depth of more than 1,800 metres at its Ngamia-1 well onshore in Block 10BB, Kenya
Oando to acquire 40 per cent interest in Nigerian oil field
Oando Exploration and Production Limited (OEPL) has signed a farm-in agreement with Network Exploration and Production Nigeria (NEPN) for the acquisition of a 40 per cent participating interest in the Qua Iboe oil field (OML 13) in the Niger Delta region