South Sudan Launches First Licensing Round

The Ministry of Petroleum (MoP) of the Republic of South Sudan, is honored to announce the launch of the country’s first Oil Licensing Round. The MoP has identified new exploration … Read More

Nigeria: Prince Arthur Eze Denies Involvement with Oilbank International and Partnership with ADM Energy

Prince Arthur Eze, Executive Chairman of Atlas Petroleum International and Oranto Petroleum, has categorically denied recent news report of his involvement in a partnership with ADM Energy on the ongoing … Read More

Uganda underlines its intention to become a major oil and gas player

President Museveni, Tullow Oil and Total’s CEOs could not have chosen a better time to announce their agreement to resolve a long-standing capital gains tax dispute that had earlier prevented … Read More

Uganda Renews Oranto Petroleum & Armour Energy Licenses

Uganda’s  Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has renewed exploration licenses for for Nigeria’s Oranto Petroleum Ltd (OPL) and Australia’s Armour Energy after the two licensees fulfilled the work programme … Read More

BGP To Perform An Airborne Gravity And Magnetic Survey In Block B3, South Sudan

Oranto Petroleum has begun its exploration program through an agreement with BGP Inc. South Sudan. The deal comes just eight months after Oranto signed its exploration and production sharing agreement … Read More

Oranto Launches $500-Million Oil Exploration Campaign in South Sudan

Oranto Petroleum will invest $500 million to develop South Sudan’s Block B3, launching a comprehensive exploration campaign starting immediately following the signing of the exploration and production sharing agreement with … Read More

Uganda issues bid documents to 16 companies under the First licensing round

The Government of Uganda (GOU) through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has issued the bidding document to the 16 Qualified Applicants which were successful following the evaluation of … Read More

Global Witness cautions on four shortlisted firms in Uganda’s first licensing round

Transparency body Global Witness while lauding the first licensing round as an step forward for transparency in the country has cautioned on four shortlisted companies which it says have a … Read More