LIBERIA EXPECTS ANADARKO Petroleum to drill its first well at the Venus offshore site in December, according to the countrys energy minister.p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;">LIBERIA EXPECTS ANADARKO Petroleum to drill its first well at the Venus offshore site in December, according to the countrys energy minister.

TEXAS EXPLORER HYPERDYNAMICS and UK explorer Dana Petroleum have agreed on a two-year exploration programme and budget on acreage of the coast of Guinea.p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;">TEXAS EXPLORER HYPERDYNAMICS and UK explorer Dana Petroleum have agreed on a two-year exploration programme and budget on acreage of the coast of Guinea.

RUSSIAN GIANT LUKOIL said its offshore oil exploration project in Ghana will almost certainly lead to commercial exploitation, the vice president of the companys offshore subsidiary has said.p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">RUSSIAN GIANT LUKOIL said its offshore oil exploration project in Ghana will almost certainly lead to commercial exploitation, the vice president of the companys offshore subsidiary has said.

TULLOW OIL, THE UK explorer that will produce its first oil in Ghana this year, plans to decide on the Jubilee field production expansion off the African country’s coast in next year and 2012.p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">TULLOW OIL, THE UK explorer that will produce its first oil in Ghana this year, plans to decide on the Jubilee field production expansion off the African country’s coast in next year and 2012.