Sudan’s oil minister has announced that the government plans to auction five petroleum blocks in December as part of government plans to increase oil exploration within the countrys borders

Independent oil and gas firm Sterling Energy has increased its stake to 25 per cent in a production sharing contract (PSC) for the Odewayne Block in Somaliland

ExxonMobil has said it will resume exploration offshore Madagascar after its affiliates obtained extensions for three oil and gas licences

Total and Anadarko have said they will spend up to US$300mn on drilling exploration wells across three Côte d’Ivoire offshore oil and gas blocks in 2014