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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
Since discovering commercial hydrocarbon reserves in 2014, Senegal has emerged as a regional exploration hotspot within the MSGBC Basin and continent at-large. Today, the West African nation is home to … Read More
The long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill has officially been signed into law, a month after it was voted through by both chambers of the National Assembly. After twenty-years of deliberation and … Read More
An additional 1000 sq. km of reprocessed 3D data from OPL 248 is now available. This completes the PGS Niger Delta 2020 Reprocessing package and is well-timed for a reassessment … Read More
Valaris Limited has announced that it has been awarded one-well contracts with Shell Namibia Upstream B.V. and Shell Sao Tome and Principe B.V. offshore Namibia and Sao Tome and Principe, … Read More
The Republic of Niger, Niamey, is the ECOWAS member state hosting the 3rd ECOWAS Mining & Petroleum Forum (ECOMOF 2021), is now taking place on 1 – 3 December 2021, at the Radisson … Read More
Highlights Net income of $38.4 million (first half 2021 total of $77.3 million) and end of quarter cash balance of $35.1 million. Received a dividend for $37.5 million from Prime during the quarter and a further $37.5 … Read More
BP has exited Gambia’s A1 block as a result of its corporate strategy towards clean energy and after failing to achieve the work requirements in the acreage according to the … Read More
Two major gas discoveries have been made in the MSGBC Basin; however, oil and gas companies so far have failed to capitalize on these significant resources, and it could be … Read More
Re-entry operations at the Oza-1 well site continue to progress with the completion of critical initial work activities including pulling the existing tubing and the 5 ½ inch casing that … Read More
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
