The impact of falling oil prices on the economies of Chad and Cote dIvoire will be on the agenda when leaders from both countries meet with Mr Mitsuhiro Furusawa, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this week
Exploration
Shell now the second biggest non-state oil company
Shell has overtaken Chevron to become the worlds second largest non-state oil company, in the wake of the companys acquisition of BG Group
Orion upbeat about African oil and gas prospects
Kinshasa-based energy company, Orion, remains upbeat about its prospects in central and western Africa, despite the low oil price environment
Sasol receives go-ahead to develop oil and gas fields in Mozambique
South Africa-based Sasol has announced it has been given approval from the Mozambique Council of Ministers to develop more oil and gas fields in Mozambique
CGG undertakes major aerial survey of offshore South Africa
CGG has commenced a major aerial survey of offshore sites in South Africa