When bidding in Tanzania’s fourth Offshore Licensing Round was officially closed on 15 May, the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) announced bids by CNOOC, RAK Gas, ExxonMobil/Statoil, Mubadala and Gazprom, with other licensing rounds in the region scheduled
Seadrill has secured a contract with Total Upstream Nigeria to deploy its ultra-deepwater drillship West Jupiter for the EGINA ultra-deep offshore project in the west African country
The World Bank has appointed auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to undertake a consultancy in developing a new petroleum master plan in Kenya’s nascent oil and gas business
UK firm Ceona has been awarded subsea contract by Camac Energy in Nigeria’s offshore Oyo oilfield
BP Angola has entered into an extension contract with Odfjell Drilling for its sixth generation ultra deepwater semi-submersible rig on Block 18
