(UK’s Department for International Trade or DIT, 9.Dec.2020) — The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) on 3 December 2020, hosted the first ever UK-Africa […]
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OPEC+ To Boost Output After Tense Negotiations
(WoodMac, 4.Dec.2020) — Tense negotiations and rumours of a rift between Saudi Arabia and UAE ended with a compromise deal for OPEC+ on 3 December […]
TechnipFMC Starts Work on New Complex In Egypt
(TechnipFMC, 30.Nov.2020) — TechnipFMC has successfully completed the remaining conditions required to enable work to commence on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with […]
Nigeria In Recession, Impacted By COVID-19, Oil
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2020) — Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on […]
Tullow Finalizes $575mn Sale Of Uganda Assets To Total
(Tullow, 10.Nov.2020) — Tullow Oil plc announce the sale of its assets in Uganda to Total has completed with $500mn consideration received earlier today. Tullow […]
Apache’s CEO Highlights Suriname On 3Q:20 Call
(Seeking Alpha, 5.Nov.2020) — Apache Corporation CEO John Christmann led the company’s third quarter of 2020 conference call to discuss results with analysts. What follows […]
Apache Releases Sustainability Report
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Nov.2020) — Apache Corporation released its 2020 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s performance in governance, environmental stewardship, health and safety, workforce […]
Africa Oil Inks Deal For New Block In South Africa
(Africa Oil Corp., 4.Nov.2020) — Africa Oil Corp. (AOI) announced that Impact Oil & Gas Limited has entered into two agreements for exploration areas offshore […]
Total Reports Second South African Gas Condensate Find
(Total, 28.Oct.2020) — Total made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off […]
Africa Oil Reports Find In South Africa’s Block 11B/12B
(Africa Oil Corp., 28.Oct.2020) — Africa Oil Corp. announced a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect located on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa. […]
Sterling And Wilson To Build Solar Storage Power Plant
(Sterling and Wilson Pvt, 22.Oct.2020) — Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd (SWPL), India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, announced that its Hybrid & […]
Uganda OKs Tullow’s $575mn Divestment To Total
(Tullow, 21.Oct.2020) — Tullow Oil plc announced the government of Uganda and the Ugandan Revenue Authority have executed a binding Tax Agreement that reflects the […]
Apache Reveals 3Q:20 Supplemental Information
(Apache, 14.Oct.2020) — Apache Corporation provided supplemental information regarding certain third-quarter 2020 financial and operational results. Supplemental quarterly information To further assist analysts with their […]
Africa’s Gasoline Demand To Support Asia, Europe
(Platts, 24.Sep.2020) — Africa’s gasoline demand is expected to support the gasoline markets of Asia and Europe as refinery outages in the African continent, together […]
Kosmos To Farm Down Exploration Assets To Shell
(Kosmos, 9.Sep.2020) — Kosmos Energy has entered into an agreement with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Shell), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, to […]
Air Products To Supply Four Cryogenic Heat Exchangers
(Air Products, 9.Sep.2020) — Air Products, the world’s leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, will provide four of its MCR® Main Cryogenic […]
Libya Oil Units Halt Operations On Virus Spread
(Reuters, 7.Sep.2020) — Two affiliates of Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) have suspended some work because of the spread of the coronavirus, they said in […]
Angola Aims To Ramp Up Oil Production
(Oilprice.com, 30.Aug.2020) — Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer after Nigeria, will need foreign and government investments to discover up to 57 billion barrels of crude […]
Cairn On Pre-emption Of Sale Of Senegal interests
(Carin, 17.Aug.2020) — Cairn Energy announced that further to its announcement on 27 July 2020 of the proposed sale of Cairn’s interests in the Sangomar […]
Equatorial Guinea’s Govt, And Prime Minister Resign
(Reuters, 15.Aug.2020) — The government and prime minister of Equatorial Guinea tendered their resignation on Friday to President Teodoro Obiang, who said they had not […]
Nigeria Convicts First Pirates Under New Maritime Law
(Reuters, 12.Aug.2020) — A Nigerian court made the first convictions under a new anti-piracy law, giving hope to the world’s shipping fleets that legal reforms […]
Agbami Key Sticking Point In OPEC+ Compliance
(Argus, 11.Aug.2020) — Nigeria’s full compliance to the OPEC+ deal hangs on a key oil grade being treated as a condensate. Since OPEC+ allowed ultra-light […]
Libya’s NOC Head Warns Of Potential Disaster At Ports
(S&P Global Platts, 9.Aug.2020) — The head of Libya’s state-run National Oil Corp warned Aug. 8 that the presence of stored flammable commodities at the […]
Kosmos Energy Announces 2Q 2020 Results
(Kosmos, 3.Aug.2020) — Kosmos Energy Ltd. announced today the financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2020. For the quarter, the Company generated […]
Guyana: Education Through African Culture, Heritage
(DPI, 31.Jul.2020) — A webinar focusing on African Cultural Teachings was hosted by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) […]
Total Gabon Divests Mature Non-Operated Assets
(Total, 30.Jul.2020) — Total announces that its 58% owned affiliate Total Gabon has signed an agreement with Perenco to divest its interests in seven mature […]
Tullow Oil’s Trading Statement & Ops Update
(Tullow, 29.Jul.2020) — Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) issues this statement to summarise recent operational activities and to provide trading guidance in respect of the financial […]
Apache Reports 2Q:20 Financial Results
(Apache, 29.Jul.2020) — Apache Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) today announced its financial and operational results for the second-quarter 2020. Key Takeaways — Announced major discovery at […]
Total, BP And ENI Make New Gas Find Offshore Egypt
(Reuters, 28.Jul.2020) — French oil company Total said on Tuesday that, along with its partners BP and ENI, it had made a gas discovery at […]
IMF Press Briefing On Nigeria, Argentina
(IMF, 23.Jul.2020) — Transcript of International Monetary Fund (IMF) press briefing on Nigeria, Argentina, and other countries. MR. RICE: Good morning everyone and welcome to […]
Angola Offers Tax Break To Help Domestic Oil Firms
(Argus, 23.Jul.2020) — The Angolan government has decided to cut the petroleum income tax rate from 50pc to 30pc for domestic companies that successfully bid […]
Algeria Expects Energy Revenue To Fall $10bn
(Reuters, 21.Jul.2020) — Algeria expects its oil and gas revenue to fall to $23 billion this year from $33 billion in 2019, energy minister Abdelmadjid […]
Global Gas Flaring At Levels Not Seen Since 2009
(World Bank, 21.Jul.2020) — Estimates from satellite data show global gas flaring increased to levels not seen in more than a decade, to 150 billion […]
Sisi Wins Approval For Possible Libya Intervention
(Reuters, 20.Jul.2020) — Egypt’s parliament gave President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces […]
McDermott Awarded Next Phase Of Azikel Refinery
(McDermott, 14.Jul.2020) — McDermott International Ltd. announced it has been awarded a *large engineering and procurement contract from Azikel Petroleum Ltd. for the modular 12,000 […]
Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) Ends In Kenya
(Tullow Oil, 13.Jul.2020) — After a successful two-year period and coinciding with the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) contract expiry period, Tullow Kenya, together with […]
Total Secures $15.8bn For Mozambique Gas Project
(Reuters, 8.Jul.2020) — French oil major Total has secured $15.8 billion in funding for its massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, according […]
Africa’s Richest Woman to Cooperate In Corruption Probe
(Bloomberg, 7.Jul.2020) — Isabel dos Santos, who is accused of causing billions of dollars in losses to the Angolan government during her father’s 38-year rule, […]
Eni Reports New Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt
(Eni, 1.Jul.2020) — Eni has successfully drilled the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license, in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile […]
Sasol Sells Escravos GTL Plant In Nigeria To Chevron
(Sasol, 1.Jul.2020) — Sasol and Chevron have signed an agreement that will result in Sasol selling its indirect beneficial interest in the Escravos GTL (EGTL) […]
Supermajors Are Flocking To This Booming Oil Frontier
(Oilprice.com, 30.Jun.2020) — Exxon is moving to rapidly expand its exploration footprint in this little-known venue, French Total SA is spudding its first well here, […]
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Hope For Nile Dam Deal In Weeks
(Reuters, 27.Jun.2020) — Leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union (AU) could help them broker a deal to […]
Total And Sonatrach Extend Their LNG Partnership
(Total, 25.Jun.2020) — Total and Sonatrach have signed an agreement to renew their partnership in the field of liquefied natural gas (LNG). This agreement notably […]
How Price Crash Changed The Upstream Sector?
(WoodMac, 24.Jun.2020) — According to Wood Mackenzie’s analysis, the oil price crash wiped US$1.6 trillion off the valuation of the global upstream industry. Andrew Pearson, […]
Leaky Pipes Threaten Libya’s Oil Revival From War
(Bloomberg, 24.Jun.2020) — Libya’s oil industry is crumbling after more than nine years of neglected maintenance amid a civil war that’s killed thousands and destroyed […]
Opec+ Extra Cuts Will End In June: Saudi Oil Minister
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Mideast Gulf countries that pledged deeper crude cuts beyond their Opec+ commitments this month do not plan to extend these into July, […]
OPEC+ To Meet Saturday On Extending Cuts
(Reuters, 5.Jun.2020) — OPEC and its allies led by Russia will meet on Saturday to discuss extending record oil production cuts and to push laggards […]
Cargill’s Progress Against Critical Sustainability Goals
(Cargill, 2.Jun.2020) — At Cargill, sustainability is written into the company’s purpose—and woven into core operations including investment priorities, organizational structure and resource allocation. The […]
Total Buys Occidental Petroleum’s Assets in Ghana
(Total, 18.May.2020) — In August 2019, Total and Occidental Petroleum entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) in order for Total to acquire Anadarko’s […]
Total Discontinues Purchase Of Oxy’s Assets In Ghana
(Total, 18.May.2020) — In August 2019, Total and Occidental Petroleum entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) in order for Total to acquire Anadarko’s […]