Tullow Oil suspended drilling operations on two oil exploration blocks in northwest Kenya last weekend following protests by local residents demanding more jobs at the sites

Angola will look to start the bidding process for 15 new offshore and onshore oil exploration licences in Q1 2014, according to the countrys Oil Ministry

Cairn Energy has announced that it has entered into a farm-in agreement with Kosmos Energy and the National Bureau of Petroleum and Mines of Morocco (ONHYM) for an offshore Moroccan exploration block

Tanzania will attempt to retain ownership of up to 75 per cent on each of its production sharing contract (PSC) across eight offshore blocks, on which bidding started last week as part of the countrys fourth licensing round