East Africa
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May 18, 2015
DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG has equalized its working interest and farmed down its stake in the West Nile Delta (WND) project in Egypt to its joint venture partner and operator BP in order to better balance its portfolio.
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May 18, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum, on behalf of the co-venturers in Mozambique's Offshore Area 1, has announced the selection of a consortium consisting of CB&I, Chiyoda Corporation and Saipem (CCS JV) for the initial development of the onshore LNG park in Mozambique.
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May 15, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum is poised to select a construction team led by Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) as its main contractor for a potential $15 billion Mozambique liquefied natural gas project, according to people familiar with the matter.
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May 13, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell’s $70 billion takeover of BG Group Plc will put Europe’s largest energy company in the middle of East Africa’s race to export natural gas and is set to boost the chances of Tanzania becoming a major supplier.
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May 11, 2015
AGR and SP Offshore Energy Services have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which AGR will provide a range of exploration services and the drilling of an ultra-deepwater well off the Comoros Islands, between Mozambique and the Comoros.
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April 28, 2015
Uganda abolished taxes on its emerging oil, gas and mining exploration industries to encourage growth, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said.
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April 15, 2015
MAPUTO, Mozambique (Bloomberg) -- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. may soon close sales accords, enabling it to this year authorize a Mozambican project that has the potential to make the nation a top-three liquefied natural gas exporter, a company official said.
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April 08, 2015
Pancontinental Oil & Gas has served a notice of withdrawal on BG Kenya L10B Ltd., the only remaining participant and operator of Kenya License L10B, from the joint operating agreement with BG and from the production sharing contract (PSC) governing the block.
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April 06, 2015
Libya’s biggest oil port may reopen in two weeks, as fighting in the area recedes amid increasing competition between the divided North African nation’s rival governments for the control of crude exports.
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March 31, 2015
Apache Corp. has reported strong appraisal- and development-drilling results from Egypt following the discovery of two new oil fields in the Western Desert.
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March 25, 2015
Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd., has agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the U.S. for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and engaging in trade with Iran and Sudan.
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February 10, 2015
Taipan Resources has started an arbitration action against East African Exploration (Kenya) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Afren Plc.
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February 10, 2015
CAMAC Energy has completed its onshore 2D seismic acquisitions on Blocks L-1B and L-16 in Kenya.
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January 23, 2015
Eni has announced a new discovery of oil and gas in the West Melehia deep exploration prospect, located in the Melehia license, in the Western Desert of Egypt.
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January 14, 2015
MILAN, Italy -- Eni has signed two concession agreements for the North Leil and Karawan blocks offshore Egypt, following the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2013 international bid round.
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January 12, 2015
HOUSTON -- ION Geophysical has signed an agreement with the Puntland Petroleum and Minerals Agency (PPMA) to complete a multi-client 2D regional seismic survey offshore Putland, Somalia.
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January 09, 2015
MILAN, Italy -- Eni has signed a new Concession Agreement to operate in the South-West Melehia Block in the Western Desert of Egypt, following the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) 2013 international competitive bid round.
