African oil & gas organisations plan for an upturn in the oil price: PwC survey

Overall, activity in the oil & gas industry across the African continent has slowed in the wake of the declining oil price in late 2014. “While the oil price has … Read More

CGG wins Airborne Gravity Gradiometer Survey over Two Areas Onshore Tanzania

Integrated Geoscience Company CGG has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) to acquire high-resolution gravity gradiometry and aeromagnetic data over two onshore … Read More

Seychelles Junon 3D PreSDM Processing now Complete

Seychelles Junon Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PreSDM) processing has now been completed and the final volume of data delivered to joint venture partner WHL Energy in mid-May 2015 according to the quarterly … Read More

New petroleum producers survey policy options in wake of oil price slump

Countries seeking to develop newly-discovered petroleum resources are facing a fall in global oil prices, with competition from the ‘shale gas revolution’ in the United States, as well as renewable energy … Read More

Wentworth Resources raises $7.6 million to finance Tanzania’s Mnazi Bay developments

Wentworth Resources has announced that it has successfully raised gross proceeds of USD 7.6 million (GBP 4.9 million, NOK 59.7 million) with institutional investors and certain Directors and members of … Read More

Opportunities in East Africa as region enters Production Development Phase

Four East Africa countries among them Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya are headed to the development phase as they draw closer to exploit their oil and natural gas reserves providing … Read More

Wentworth Resources Estimates $3.5m in Tanzania Monthly Gas Sales

Wentworth Resources says it estimates that monthly gas sales in Tanzania into new government owned pipeline Q3 2015 could reach an estimated $3.5m monthly. Initially Mnazi Bay will be the … Read More

Tanzania’s Increases Recoverable Natural Gas Resources To 55Tcf

Tanzania has increased its estimated recoverable gas resources to 55.08 trillion cubic feet from the 53.2tcf estimate in October according to the country’s energy and minerals minister George Simbachawene. The … Read More

ABA 2015 Africa Forum Opens in Nairobi

The 2015 Africa Forum has opened in Nairobi with focus on legal policy and frameworks surrounding the energy and extractive industries in Africa with a focus on East Africa. According … Read More