Chevron Overseas Congo has awarded Subsea 7 an EPIC contract for the development of the Lianzi field offshore Congo and Angola, which has been valued at approximately US$600mn
Exploration
Statoil farms down Mozambique licence to Tullow
Statoil has farmed down a 25 per cent working interest in its operated exploration licence offshore Mozambique to Tullow Oil plc
Oando makes oil discovery in Nigeria
Oando Energy Resources (OER) has announced positive drilling results from a well in Nigeria’s Ebendo Marginal Field, OML-56, where initial tests revealed flows of more than 950 bopd of 49 degree API oil
Apache begins offshore Kenya drilling programme
Origin Energy has announced that L-8 operator Apache Kenya has begun drilling the Mbawa Prospect offshore Kenya
Tullow to begin Ethiopia drilling programme
Tullow Oil Plc is to commence drilling operations in Ethiopia’s South Omo Block as of January 2013 after reaching an agreement with the country’s Ministry of Mines