MAURITANIA/SENEGAL: Kosmos Energy Completes Sale of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO & Lease Back Transaction

Kosmos Energy has announced that the transaction for the sale and lease back of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) has been successfully completed. … Read More

Equatorial Guinea: Trident Energy Kicks Off Drilling Campaign

Energy Capital & Power, on behalf Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH), has announced the start of drilling in the Elon Field in Trident Energy-operated Block G in … Read More

Kosmos Energy Completes Farm Down of Exploration Assets to Shell

Kosmos Energy has announced that it has closed the previously announced transaction with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Shell), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, to farm down interests in … Read More

Oil and Gas Discoveries and Activity in Southwest Africa Set to Open New Basins for Development and Trigger Big Investments in Namibia, Angola and South Africa

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Last spring, the Maersk Voyager, an ultra-deepwater drillship under contract by French supermajor Total, drilled a wildcat well in the deepest water ever – … Read More

The Rise of the Independents, the Energy Transition and Natural Gas Emerge as Key Themes as Industry Unites Once Again

AOW  Virtual, an online summit from the team behind Africa Oil Week, took place 7-8 October; Thirty speakers and hundreds of delegates dialled in from all over the world. Day … Read More

Kosmos Energy Announces Farm Down of a Portfolio of Exploration Assets to Shell for up to $200 Million

Kosmos Energy has entered into an agreement with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (“Shell”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, to farm down interests in a portfolio of frontier … Read More

Equatorial Guinea: IOCs Warn Over Forex Regulations Imposed by the Bank of Central African States

In order to maintain the engagement with the oil sector of Equatorial Guinea in light of the ongoing crisis of Covid-19 and challenging market conditions, H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, … Read More

Equatorial Guinea hold discussions with African Energy Chamber & Updates on Energy Developments during Covid-19

Last week, the African Energy Chamber held a bilateral discussion with the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, led by H.E Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, alongside the Director of … Read More