EGYPT: Viridien & SLB announce agreement with EGAS for large multi-client OBN program over Eastern Mediterranean Offshore

Viridien and SLB have entered into an agreement with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to launch a massive multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition and imaging program in Egypt’s … Read More

EGYPT: Rashid Petroleum Plans to Double Gas Production by 2029/2030

Rashid Petroleum Company held an expanded meeting to present the five-year plan (2025–2030) for the company and its affiliated companies, which include Burullus Gas Company and West Mena Gas Company, … Read More

Geopolitics and Energy Security: What Recent Moves Say about Africa’s Global Gas Role

The Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Parliament signed a provisional agreement in early December 2025 to formally phase out Russian gas imports. Aligned with a broader … Read More

OPINION: Africa’s Upstream Future: Momentum Builds, but Investment Discipline Remains a Hurdle

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Two breakthrough offshore discoveries in Namibia in 2022 — one by Shell and one by TotalEnergies — marked an important milestone for … Read More

EGYPT: ABL and PMS in Rig Moving Partnership 

ABL is partnering with Egypt’s Petroleum Marine Services to introduce a unified rig moving service in the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, with the support of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).  This milestone initiative supports Egypt’s … Read More