BG Groups appraisal of its Pweza gas field offshore Tanzania has been successfully completed with the company reporting "excellent reservoir quality"
Exploration
CGG awarded contract for seismic survey offshore West Africa
CGG has been awarded a large seismic acquisition programme offshore West Africa
Hydrocarb Energy completes second phase of Namibia exploration
Hydrocarb Energy and partner Duma Energy have completed the field acquisition phase of a 13,468km, high-resolution aerial gravity and magnetics survey over their oil and gas exploration concession in Namibia
Vitol to buy offshore interests in Gabon
Vitol has announced that it is in talks with Harvest Natural to buy its 66.67 per cent operating stake in Dussafu Marin permit offshore Gabon for US$137mn
Wentworth Resources to commence drilling in Rovuma block
Wentworth Resources has said that it will begin the Rovuma Onshore two-well exploratory oil and gas drilling programme in Mozambique in Q2 2014