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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
To address Africa’s persistent reliance on imported refined petroleum products, which accounted for an amount of US$30billion annually in petroleum import costs due to inadequate refining, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) … Read More
BW Energy is pleased to announce that second sidetrack DBM-1 ST2 well has confirmed the substantial oil discovery with good reservoir and fluid quality of the Bourdon prospect in the Dussafu … Read More
Golar LNG has announced that FLNG Gimi completed the offload of its first full LNG cargo to the LNG carrier British Sponsor. This introduces Mauritania and Senegal to the international gas market and … Read More
Explorco has announced plans to drill it’s first well in the basin in Q1 2026—the first such activity since 1974. Speaking at the executive roundtable Michael Aryeetey, Managing Director of … Read More
Borr Drilling reports that it has secured new awards for the rigs “Gerd” and “Norve” with an expected combined duration of 774 days. The “Gerd” has secured a binding Letter … Read More
Aquaterra Energy has secured a multi-million-dollar, multi-year contract with Intrepid Energy Limited (IEL) to deliver a bespoke subsea well intervention equipment package for a project in Nigeria. Aquaterra Energy’s turnkey well … Read More
Penspen has been awarded a contract to provide a feasibility study update for the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP), a landmark infrastructure project with the potential to transform African energy dynamics, … Read More
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the group chief executive officer, … Read More
Valaris Limited has announced that it has been awarded a two-year contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-10 that is expected to commence late in the second quarter or … Read More
Africa Oil has announced the completion of the amalgamation (the “Amalgamation”) to consolidate all of the Prime Oil & Gas Coöperatief U.A shareholding in Africa Oil, and declares the first … Read More
