ANGOLA: Shelf-Drilling Announces Further Contract Extension on the Shelf Drilling Tenacious

Shelf Drilling has announced that it has secured a further 12-month extension on the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig in direct continuation of its current contract for drilling operations offshore … Read More

NIGERIA: San Leon Energy Provides Update on the Proposed Transactions with Midwestern

Further to the announcement made on 1 December 2022, the MLPL Reorganisation Agreement‘s deadline for the satisfaction of the condition relating to the New Eroton Debt Facilities being entered into, which had already previously been extended to 31 December 2022, … Read More

ZIMBABWE: Mukuyu-1 and sidetrack final well results and Exalo Rig 202 secured for further 12 months

Since the last update, the drill string was rigged up to conduct fishing operations to attempt to retrieve the wireline formation testing tool. The drill string with the overshot was … Read More

TANZANIA: Increased Upstream Activity Expected Onshore in 2023

Tanzania is expected to see increased upstream activity in 2023 in all aspects including seismic, exploration drilling, development and production buoyed by improved oil prices and goodwill from the country’s … Read More

ZIMBABWE: Mukuyu-1 STI Continues to Witness Multiple Downhole Failures

Invictus Energy continues to report challenges in completing the Mukuyu-1 side track well with the recent report indicating that the wireline cable became lodged against the wellbore, during the wireline … Read More

Somaliland Defends Issuance of Exploration Licences In an Increasing War of Words With Somalia

The people’s republic of Somaliland has defended exploration licenses issued to international oil corporations including Genel Energy following a statement terming issuance of PSCs to international investors as illegal. In … Read More