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In total, there are nine countries that fall within this region under the classification of the United Nations. Of the nine countries, only one of them, Chad, is landlocked. One of them, the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island. The rest of the countries are Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.
The costs associated with onshore pipeline projects are likely to increase by between 4% and 6% globally by the end of 2022 against current levels, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals, … Read More
Angola’s oil and gas regulator, the National Oil, Gas and Biofuel’s Agency (ANPG) achieved an important milestone earlier this week, when it opened bids for its 2020 onshore licensing round. … Read More
FAR has contracted Exceed’s wells management team in Aberdeen to assist with the planning and execution of the well. The contract for the drillship was executed during the quarter and … Read More
The Sinapa (Block 2) and Esperança (Blocks 4A and 5A) licenses in Guinea-Bissau have been extended for 3 years and are valid until 2 October 2023 during which time there … Read More
Climate activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have expressed strong opposition to plans for oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. In a short film dubbed ‘Fossil Free … Read More
The Democratic Republic of Congo has said two exploration permits for Blocks 1 and 2 near the Ugandan border previously held by Caprikat and Foxwhelp controlled by Israeli investor Dan … Read More
Tullow received a payment of $39 million from Panoro for the Dussafu asset and $5 million of contingent consideration relating to the Equatorial Guinea transaction. As previously disclosed, this transaction … Read More
PGS screening datasets allow the evaluation of all 35 open blocks in the ongoing Gabon shallow and deepwater licensing round. Packages covering north and south areas include 2D and 3D … Read More
Energy Capital & Power, on behalf Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH), has announced the start of drilling in the Elon Field in Trident Energy-operated Block G in … Read More
Tullow Oil plc has announced that the sale of its assets in Equatorial Guinea to Panoro Energy has now completed. Earlier today, Tullow received a payment of $88.8 million from … Read More
