TANZANIA: APT Receives 2 Years Extension of Ruvuma Licence
The operator, ARA Petroleum Tanzania Limited (APT) has secured the extension for the Ruvuma PSA from the Ministry of Energy of Tanzania, which is valid for two years from 15 … Read More
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NIGERIA: Energy Chamber Salutes President Buhari Signs Historic Petroleum Industry Bill into Law
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
Schlumberger Introduces Autonomous Directional Drilling
Schlumberger has announced the introduction of Autonomous Directional Drilling, which includes solutions to steer autonomously through any section of the wellbore. Leveraging an intelligent and dynamic downhole automated control system … Read More
EGYPT: SDX Energy Completes Drilling Operations of the HA-1X Well at South Disouq
The HA-1X exploration well on the Hanut prospect spudded on 4 August and reached the target depth of 6,000ft on 17 August. The primary target for HA-1X was the Basal … Read More
NIGERIA: PGS Releases Additional Data to Support Niger Delta Exploration
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 Announces Floater Contract Awards With Shell
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
AGS Secures 150,000 STRYDE Nodes for Seismic Projects in the Middle East & Africa
The Oman-based land seismic acquisition company will use STRYDE’s Nimble and Compact systems to obtain better high-definition images for oil and gas exploration across several projects. Pioneering seismic technology provider … Read More
NIGER: 3rd ECOWAS Mining & Petroleum Forum Set for Niamey in December
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
EGYPT: Kuwait Energy Egypt Spuds ASX-1X exploration well
United Oil & Gas has announced the spudding of the ASX-1X exploration well in the Abu Sennan Licence Egypt on 14 August. United holds a 22% working interest in the … Read More