Dipuo Peters, South Africa's energy minister, has said that she is in favour of the country’s shale-gas reserves being tapped, providing the process is safe to carry out

Prospector Pte (BGP Marine) has been contacted by African Petroleum as part of the West African-focused oil and gas exploration company’s attempts to acquire seismic surveys on two blocks offshore Côte d’Ivoire

The Ngamia-1 exploration well in Kenya has provided further positive news for Africa Oil Corp and Tullow Oil after the joint-venture partners revealed they had encountered in excess of 100 metres of net oil pay from the well

The offshore Ghana Jubilee Project has helped turn the West African nation into a black gold hot spot, according to panellists at the 2012 edition of Offshore Technology Conference

Soco International has been given permission to carry out aerial surveys of a Congolese oil block where exploration was suspended last year due to concerns over environmental damage