African oil and gas exploration group Bowleven has entered a drill-to-earn agreement with private company Africa Fortesa Corp (AFC) at the Bomono Permit in Cameroon
Exploration
Tullow Oil finds oil and gas in northern Kenya
British oil company Tullow Oils exploration partner Africa Oil has found gas and oil deposits in northern Kenya
BG Group discovers oil offshore Kenya
UK oil and gas firm BG Group has discovered oil at the Sunbird-1 well, off Kenyas Lamu coast
Statoil and ExxonMobil discover gas offshore Tanzania
Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil and American oil major ExxonMobil have discovered two to three trillion cubic feet tcf of gas in Piri well, offshore Tanzania
Camac Energy begins drilling at Nigerian oil well
Oil explorer Camac Energy has started drilling at the Oyo-8 development well, located offshore Nigeria