Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with an ExxonMobil affiliate to acquire a 10% participating interest in three offshore exploration blocks in the Angoche and Zambezi basins in the Republic of Mozambique. Once the acquisition is approved the various partners composing the consortium will be made up of affiliates of each of ExxonMobil (operator) …
Qatar Petroleum signs an exploration agreement into MozambiqueRead More »
Discover Exploration Limited has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Discover Exploration Comoros B.V. has signed a binding agreement to farm out a 35% working interest in its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) covering blocks 35, 36 & 37 offshore the Union of the Comoros to Tullow Comoros Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc. As part of …
Discover Exploration Limited Farms Out Blocks 35, 36 & 37 to Tullow Oil Offshore ComorosRead More »
Trinity Energy Ltd, a South Sudan homegrown Oil Marketing Company will in the first quarter of 2019 shall start construction works of South Sudan’s first oil refinery targeting to supply the East Africa countries with the region sourcing Petroleum products amounting to 15 million tons mostly from Asian Refineries. This follows the award of a …
South Sudan’s Trinity Energy to Commence Refinery Construction in Q1 2019Read More »
Kenya’s Block L17/18 operator Octant Energy will be drilling offshore the south coast by Q2 2019 ahead of expiry of the PSC valid until April 23, 2019 OilNews Kenya has learnt. According to the source the well targeting the Wasin prospect which is expected to be drilled from an onshore well pad in the South …
Octant Energy to Drill in Block L17/18 by Q2 2019Read More »
Trinity Energy Ltd , a South Sudan homegrown Oil Marketing Company will in the first quarter of 2019 shall start construction works of a new oil refinery targeting to supply the East Africa countries with the region sourcing Petroleum products amounting to 15 million tons mostly from Asian Refineries. This follows the award of a …
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Anadarko Petroleum the operator in Mozambique Offshore Area 1 has said it has allocated approximately $200 million toward its LNG project, pre FID (final investment decision), for its’s portion of the costs associated with ongoing site preparation for the shared onshore facilities. This even as the company says remains on track for FID consideration in the first …
Anadarko Allocates $200M Towards Mozambique LNG ProjectRead More »
South Sudan Oil & Power 2018 is returning to Juba on Nov. 21-22, and is focused on attracting international investors and service companies into the country’s newly revamped oil industry. The theme for the conference — Embracing the Private Sector — follows the successful resumption of oil production by the Greater Pioneer Operating Company this year and …
South Sudan Oil & Power 2018 Returns to Juba Next WeekRead More »
Already 30,000 barrels of crude oil have been stored at the Mombasa based refinery since the trucking of stored oil at the Ngamia fields in mid this years. Currently the Kenya joint venture partners report they are trucking 600 barrels a day through four trucks every two days far below the targeted 2000 barrels envisaged …
EOPS: 30,000 Barrels of Crude Oil Stored in MombasaRead More »
“Building a Knowledge Base to De-Risk the Energy Sector in Africa,” brought together investors, policy makers and government officials for a presentation of the new initiative on Friday 9 November, the final day of the Forum. The AEP portal, hosted at, will consolidate, validate, and disseminate energy data and insights across Africa’s energy value chain, covering …
African Development Bank launches Africa Energy PortalRead More »
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