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January 14, 2025
The Republic of Congo will officially launch its licensing round for open oil and gas blocks at the upcoming Congo Energy and Investment Forum (CEIF), scheduled to take place on March 25-26 in Brazzaville.
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June 23, 2023
Various speakers at the international roundtable on natural gas – hosted by the African Energy Chamber (AEC) and Russian-based global energy giant Gazprom in Johannesburg – emphasized that natural gas does not represent a transitionary resource but rather the fuel of the future for Africa.
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June 23, 2023
The East African nation could confirm a host government agreement and an amended production-sharing deal with the project’s consortium that includes Equinor ASA, Shell Plc and ExxonMobil Corp. as early as next month, according to the Energy Ministry’s permanent secretary, Felchesmi Mramba.
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June 22, 2023
Tanzania wants to launch an oil and gas licensing round in the first quarter of 2024 to bring in more investors as European nations move to diversify energy sources and cut reliance on Russian gas
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June 16, 2023
Baker Hughes will deliver a configured-to-order product portfolio across subsea production and flexible pipe systems, designed for optimum cost effectiveness, installation and life-of-field value.
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June 15, 2023
The DHIBM-4H well was drilled as a horizontal well from the BW MaBoMo production facility to a total depth of 4,800 meters into Gamba sandstone reservoirs on the Hibiscus field.
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June 14, 2023
The Nigerian National Petroleum Co. should become a minority shareholder in projects it currently controls, potentially generating more than $17 billion by the end of the decade, according to the study by a committee that advised President Bola Tinubu ahead of his inauguration last month.
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June 13, 2023
Located 20 km from the Ofon field facilities on OML102, Ntokon is planned to be developed through a tie-back to these existing facilities.
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June 13, 2023
Valid for 20 years, the contract with Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) presents the opportunity for Perenco to continue its investment in the basin, which today accounts for approximately 70% of Cameroon's total production and employs more than 500 people.
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June 13, 2023
Petrofac has entered into a definitive agreement with STEP Polymers SPA for the design and build of its petrochemical complex in the Arzew Industrial Zone in Algeria.
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June 07, 2023
CGG announced that Sercel has confirmed a major sale and the imminent delivery of a 60,000-channel 508XT land acquisition system and 25 VE464 advanced digital vibrator control sets to a major North African geophysical services provider.
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June 06, 2023
During the 35th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, members reached a consensus on production levels, under the leadership of OPEC President, H.E. Antonio Oburu Ondo, Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons
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June 05, 2023
Located 55km off the coast of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo, and 7km from the neighboring infrastructure at Likouala, the acreage could only be developed by installing a dedicated platform.
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June 05, 2023
A key component in Expro securing a contract worth over $30 million for slickline services was its ability to provide an innovative environmental solution in support of the client’s carbon reduction objectives.
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May 29, 2023
The production start-up from Akpo West, a short-cycle project, is expected by the end of 2023. In addition, OML130 contains the Preowei discovery, to be developed by tie-back to the Egina FPSO.
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May 23, 2023
TotalEnergies SE and partners in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique agreed to contribute millions of dollars into the local economy, signaling that the long-delayed development may soon get under way again.
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May 23, 2023
Tullow Oil plc has been informed by its two minority partners, TotalEnergies and Africa Oil Corp., of their intention to issue notices of withdrawal from Blocks 10BB, 13T and 10BA in the South Lokichar basin for differing internal strategic reasons.
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May 22, 2023
STRYDE’s seismic sensor technology will be utilized on an upcoming 3D seismic survey conducted by Nigerian geoscience solutions provider, ATO Geophysical Limited, as part of an onshore oil and gas exploration project in the region.
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May 22, 2023
The consortium, led by Equinor, Shell and ExxonMobil, wants to develop an onshore LNG plant south of Tanzania, close to huge offshore gas fields, but project talks had stalled for more than a year before resuming in 2021, when President Samia Suluhu Hassan took office.
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May 19, 2023
North Africa’s biggest producer should be able to pump about 1.3 MMbpd by the end of the year, Farhat Bengdara, Chairman of the National Oil Company, said in an interview.
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May 11, 2023
The main driver of April’s dip was industrial action by Exxon employees that began on April 13 and caused the U.S. major to declare force majeure across its operations.
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