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The upstream sector is set to carry strong momentum into 2026, with high-impact wildcat drilling activity expected to remain elevated following a solid 2025. Last year, the success rate for … Read More
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
bp has confirmd the preliminary results of the Volans-1X exploration well in Namibia’s Orange Basin, as reported by operator Rhino Resources. The Volans-1X exploration well, spudded on 31 July 2025 using the Northern Ocean’s semi-submersible Deepsea … Read More
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas announce that, further to the Farm-In Agreement announced on 5 June 2024, formal approval has been received from the South Africa Department of Mineral and … Read More
Stamper Oil & Gas Corp. has announced it has entered into an acquisition agreement dated May 12, 2025 among the Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Subco), and BISP … Read More
Data Acquisition and Subsurface Intelligence Eco has now completed the acquisition of Block 1’s substantial volume of 3D and 2D legacy data from the Petroleum Agency South Africa (PASA) This … Read More
Rhino Resources on behalf of PEL85 JV reports it has been ‘successful’ in its operated drilling campaign on Block 2914, offshore Orange Basin, Namibia where it was drilling its second … Read More
Pancontinental Energy has received notification from Woodside Energy that Woodside has elected not to exercise its option to farm-in to the PEL 87 project. This notice has been received in … Read More
Africa’s oil and gas sector continues to draw interest from international oil companies (IOCs) through well-structured Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) and strategic farm-in agreements. Last week, US major Chevron completed … Read More
High impact exploration in 2025 is expected to remain stable, with QatarEnergy being the most active explorer and all eyes remaining on the Orange Basin Westwood forecasts high impact exploration … Read More
