East Africa
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August 31, 2017
CGG announces that it has signed a multi-client data agreement with Mozambique’s Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP) following a competitive tender process held by INP in 2016.
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August 30, 2017
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has announced a second major contract for Eni East Africa’s (EEA) Coral South FLNG development, offshore Mozambique, underlining the company’s position as the world’s first and only integrated fullstream provider of products, services and digital solutions that maximize productivity, efficiency and cost reduction.
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August 07, 2017
Libya’s biggest oil field Sharara is “back to normal” after a disruption caused by protests, the country’s National Oil Corp. said.
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July 31, 2017
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has announced that it had finalized two agreements with the Government of Mozambique – together known as the "marine concessions" – which would allow it to design, build and operate the marine facilities for its LNG project in northern Mozambique.
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July 28, 2017
Africa Oil Corp. has provided the following update on its operations in Kenya.
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July 18, 2017
MODEC, Inc., has announced that SOFEC, Inc., a MODEC Group company, has been awarded the turret mooring system supply contract for the Coral South Project by the joint venture consisting of TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation.
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June 30, 2017
Libya's oil production has risen to 1.012 MMbopd, a Libyan oil industry source told Reuters on Friday, topping 1 MMbpd for the first time in four years.
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June 28, 2017
Libyan oil shipments are poised to hit their highest level in at least three years in the latest sign the North African country is managing to sustain a production revival.
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June 26, 2017
Aker Solutions was awarded a contract to deliver three umbilicals and associated equipment at Eni's Coral South project, Mozambique's first offshore field development.
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June 21, 2017
A central Ethiopian region that’s seen almost two years of sporadic anti-government protests is planning a new private oil company and is in talks to import Middle Eastern crude, part of an economic initiative authorities say will address some of the roots of the unrest.
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June 16, 2017
South Sudan’s government will commission an audit of national oil production and petroleum industry activities, the Ministry of Petroleum announced today. The Ministry invites companies to bid on a public tender to perform the audit and produce a 2017 audit report on the industry.
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June 15, 2017
For a country that has missed several debt payments this year, Mozambique’s assets are performing remarkably well.
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June 05, 2017
Total SA approached South Sudan about developing two of its biggest oil blocks after previous talks on the fields collapsed, according to the African nation’s petroleum minister.
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Saipem secures $230-million in drilling contracts in Mozambique, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean
June 02, 2017
Saipem and Eni have signed a contract for offshore drilling activity in Mozambique, utilizing the drillship Saipem 12000. In addition to this contract, which will allow the Company to participate in the development of the Coral field, Saipem has been awarded other offshore drilling contracts.
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June 02, 2017
Eni SpA led a group that signed off on a $7-billion investment in a project to export natural gas from Mozambique.
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May 17, 2017
Africa Oil Corp. has announced that the Emekuya-1 well in Block 13T, Northern Kenya has encountered approximately 75 m of net oil pay in two zones.
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March 22, 2017
Mozambique said Exxon Mobil Corp.’s acquisition of a 25% stake in an offshore gas block from Eni SpA will generate capital gains revenue of $350 million.
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March 17, 2017
CNOOC Uganda Limited has notified Tullow that it has exercised its pre-emption rights under the joint operating agreements between Tullow, Total and CNOOC to acquire 50% of the interests being transferred to Total on the same terms and conditions that were agreed between Tullow and Total.
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March 09, 2017
Exxon Mobil said it will buy a 25% stake in a project off Mozambique from Italy’s Eni SpA for about $2.8 billion as the U.S. oil giant expands in natural gas.
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February 24, 2017
Soma Oil & Gas has announced the resignation of Hassan Khaire, executive director for Africa, so he can accept the honor of serving his country of origin, Somalia, as its Prime Minister.
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February 21, 2017
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Shell/BG Kenya for the execution of a seabed survey to detect natural leakages of hydrocarbons. The seeps survey complements a seismic exploration program that was completed recently offshore Kenya.
