Occidental Sells 2 Ghana offshore fields
Occidental has agreed to sell its interests in two Ghana offshore fields for $750 million to Kosmos Energy ($550 million) and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) ($200 million), prior to … Read More
Category: West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo
SENEGAL: Saipem Contracts Fugro’s Inclinocam® for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field’s Precise Pile Positioning
Fugro has been awarded by Saipem a monitoring contract to support the construction of a liquid natural gas (LNG) jetty for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field offshore Senegal/Mauritania. Beginning in … Read More
Senegal´s Petroleum Code: Promoting Local Content, State Ownership of Hydrocarbon Resources, and Environmental Sustainability
By Miguel Artacho Senegal adopted a new Petroleum Code on January 24, 2019, which aims to reinforce the preservation of national interests and local content. The new code goes significantly … Read More
San Leon Energy announces Successful Oza-1 Well Re-entry & Testing
Oza-1 Well Re-Entry and Testing Highlights The initial flow testing of the L2.4 sand resulted in a flow rate of 10.3 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day … Read More
NIGERIA: Oil Plus Awarded Water Injectivity Study for Shell
Specialist oil and gas consultancy Oil Plus has secured a number of significant international contract awards totalling more than £1.5million in the first half of this year including that of a … Read More
GUINEA BISSAU: Independent E&P Companies, IOC´s Unlock Prospective Offshore MSGBC Acreage
By Miguel Artacho, Field Editor Oil and gas investors with an interest in Africa have made significant investments in some of the countries of the MSGBC Basin – which comprise Mauritania, Senegal, … Read More
GHANA: Tullow CEO Says Company in Strong Position to Execute the Value Maximization plan
The leadership of Tullow Oil Plc, led by CEO Rahul Dhir, paid a courtesy call on the Vice President, H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday 27th September 2021 at the … Read More
SENEGAL: TMC Awarded Sangomar FPSO Compressors Contract
TMC will deliver a large marine compressed air system to Scheduled for delivery in early 2023, the FPSO will be permanently moored at a water depth of approximately 780 metres. She … Read More
CAMEROON: Tower Resources Completes Thali PSC Farm-out Update
Tower Resourceshas announced that the documentation of its farm-out to Beluga Energy Limited of a 49% non-operating working interest in its Thali Production Sharing Contract in Cameroon, conducted through its … Read More
IVORY COAST: Eni announces a major oil discovery in block CI-101
Eni announces a major oil discovery in block CI-101 offshore Ivory Coast. The block is operated by Eni with Petroci Holding, who hold 90% and 10% respectively in the exploration … Read More
