Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed it is to suspend its interests in oil and gas exploration blocks in Libya, while BP has announced that it is to recommence oil exploration in the country
Exploration
Eni makes oil discovery in Egypt
Eni has made a ‘significant’ oil discovery at the Emry Deep exploration prospect in the Western Desert of Egypt
PetroEnergy to invest US$140 million in Gabon
Filipino upstream oil company, PetroEnergy Resources, has announced that it is investing in a consortium that will drill seven production and exploration wells in Gabon, West Africa
Tullow confirms additional Nigeria oil find
Tullow Oil has confirmed that it has discovered further oil at its Ngamia-1 well in Kenya
Tullow produces 33 million barrels offshore Ghana so far in 2012
Tullow Oil has announced that it has produced approximately 67,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) from its Jubilee field offshore Ghana