With the oil price heading for the US$80 on the first day of the Africa E&P Summit, which opened today in London, ambitious operators are seeing multiple opportunities and seeking out the “elephants” - the remaining big hydrocarbons discoveries across the continent
Exploration
Bowleven reports spud of Central Africa’s oil and gas well
London-headquartered Bowleven, the Africa-focused oil and gas company, has reported the spud of the IM-6 appraisal well at the Etinde block, Cameroon, on what the company announced to start a drilling campaign early this month
Eland Oil & Gas says Nigeria well to show top performance
Eland Oil & Gas PLC, West Africa-focused oil and natural gas exploration company, has reached a target depth of 9,000 feet on the on the Opuama-9 well in licence OML 40 by the end of April 2018
Bowleven to start oil and gas exploration works in Cameroon’s Etinde block
London-headquartered Bowleven, a big explorer in central Africa’s oil and gas sector, has announced to start a drilling campaign on the Etinde field in Cameroon in coming days
Ophir and Kosmos sign agreement for Block EG-24 in Equatorial Guinea
London-based oil and gas company Ophir Energy has entered into a farm-out agreement with American international oil company Kosmos Energy, covering the EG-24 exploration licence in Equatorial Guinea