FOSTER WHEELER AG's Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by the Ugandan Government  to undertake a feasibility study for the development of an oil refinery with a capacity of up to 150,000 bpd in Uganda.

GEOTRACE HAS COMPLETED one of the world's largest onboard data processing projects for BP, as operator in its EPSA 4 NOC/LIC/BP exploration contract in BP's Sirte Basin concession off the coast of Libya.

NEW SEISMIC ACQUIRED in summer 2009 to define the Kiliwani North discovery in Tanzania is being integrated into reprocessed data covering the remainder of the Nyuni licence and the preliminary results of the broader exercise are extremely encouraging for the unexplored prospects on this licence.

SPECTRASEIS HAS COMPLETED a Low Frequency (LF) seismic survey for Shell Egypt NV in the North East Abu Gharadig (NEAG) Basin, Western Desert, Egypt.

CHARIOT OIL & GAS, the Africa-focused oil and gas exploration company, has completed a 3D seismic program acquired in the Northern blocks 1811 A & B, offshore Namibia.