China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has won the first four-year oil production license for US$2bn to develop the Kingfisher area in the Albertine region, Uganda

Africa Oilfield Logistics has announced that its 49 per cent-owned subsidiary Ardan Risk & Support Services has signed a contract with Weatherford International subsidiary Weatherford Drilling International to provide camp management, catering and medical support to its 120-person drilling camp in Turkana, Kenya

US oil major Chevron has announced that it expects to receive bids for its three onshore oil blocks in the Niger Delta by the end of September 2013

Ophir Energy has announced that it has signed an agreement to secure a rig for offshore drilling operations in Gabon, which will be expected to commence in Q1 2014