Technip awarded renewal of subsea services framework agreement with Statoil, Exxon Mobil & Gassco

Technip was awarded a new framework agreement by Statoil, Exxon Mobil and Gassco for diving, subsea intervention and repair contingency services. Under the terms of this framework agreement, a replacement … Read More

Vanoil Energy to proceed with arbitration after loss of Kenyan blocks 3A and 3B

Vanoil Energy has provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with the Kenyan Government with respect to the extension of Vanoil’s Production Sharing Contracts over Block 3A and Block 3B, … Read More

Algeria’s Sonatrach eyes Tanzania and Mozambique for oil and gas exploration

Algeria’s state energy group Sonatrach is reported to be in talks with two Eastern Africa countries as the northern African state owned giant seeks to expand its exploration activities to … Read More

TPDC dismisses claims Tanzania will lose $1billion annually from gas sales

The Tanzania Petroleum development corporation (TPDC) has dismissed a leaked document that shows that the East African country will lose $1 billion annually under a production sharing agreement between TPDC, … Read More

Exploration activity not fuelling conflict in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region – Africa Oil

Africa Oil Statement on Ethiopia Following recent media focus on Africa Oil’s presence in Ethiopia, the company would like to make the following statement to clarify the actual situation on … Read More

Tanzania’s insurance sector pools resources as it targets oil and gas sector

Tanzanian insurance companies have grouped to create an oil and gas insurance pool that will enable the companies to support claims in the sector. The pool according to the players … Read More

Sasol, ENH and Eni announce pre-feasibility study for large-scale gas-to-liquids facility in Mozambique

Sasol  has announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin in Northern Mozambique. The study, which is … Read More

Consumers worry about energy’s impact on environment regardless of income

Original story by physics.org Rich, poor or in-between, American consumers express an equal degree of personal worry about the impact of energy use on the environment, according to the newest … Read More