SDX Energy Inc, the North Africa-focused oil and gas company, has spud its SD-3X appraisal well at South Disouq, Egypt, where SDX has 55 per cent working interest

Eni, Africa-focused oil and gas major, has started gas production from the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Integrated Oil and Gas Project, in Ghana

Ethiopia has started a trial of crude oil production at the Kalub and Hilala fields, located in the east of the country

Saipem, in consortium with Petroleum Marine Services (PMS), has been awarded the contract for life of field operations in the framework of Petrobel’s Zohr Deepwater Field Development, for which the vessel DP2 Ahmed Fadel, mobilised by PMS, will be deployed