Saipem has been awarded new offshore drilling contracts, three in the Middle East and two in West Africa for a total amount of approximately US$800mn
Exploration
ReconAfrica announces operation status of wells and seismic programmes in Namibia
Reconnaissance Energy Africa has announced results of the Makandina 8-2 well, spudding of the Wisdom 5-1 well, results of the Phase 2 seismic programme and a new Environmental Compliance Certificate for up to an additional 1500 kms of seismic in Namibia
Predator to commence drilling onshore Morocco early December
Predator Oil and Gas has provided an update on progress towards finalising its drilling operation to enable the MOU-2 well in the Guercif Licence, onshore Morocco, to commence drilling
ENI commences production onshore Algeria
Eni has announced the start of operations on the HDLE/HDLS oil field in the Zemlet el Arbi concession in the Berkine North Basin, onshore Algeria, only six months after its discovery in March
ExxonMobil and partners announce new discovery in Angola
The National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), ExxonMobil Angola and the Angola Block 15 partners have announced a new discovery at the Bavuca South-1 exploration well