East Africa
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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.
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January 17, 2017
Tullow Oil’s Erut-1 well in Block 13T, northern Kenya, has discovered a gross oil interval of 55 m with 25 m of net oil pay at a depth of 700 m.
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January 09, 2017
Total and Tullow have entered into a package agreement under which Total will acquire an additional 21.57% interest from Tullow in the Uganda Lake Albert oil project. Following this transaction, Total will hold a 54.9% interest, strengthening its position in this competitive project and paving the way for a project sanction in the near future.
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November 18, 2016
Eni has authorized the investment for the first phase of the Coral South project. The Coral discovery lies offshore Mozambique in the deep waters of the Rovuma basin (Area 4).
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November 14, 2016
Output from Ugandan crude deposits being developed by companies including Tullow Oil and Total is unlikely to be exported as soon as the nation expects because of the scale of the infrastructure projects required to transport the fuel out of the country.
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November 08, 2016
Capital investment in the oil and gas industry in Sub-Saharan Africa has been cut by $100 billion over the next five years, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest report on upstream activity in the region. Major oil companies are heavily invested in Sub-Saharan Africa and account for the bulk of cuts.
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November 03, 2016
Shell and its joint venture (JV) partners, Pavilion Energy and Ophir Energy, have started their drilling program offshore Tanzania.
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October 10, 2016
Sasol recently announced the completion of the first-ever 3D onshore seismic program in Mozambique.
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August 30, 2016
Uganda expects three oil companies to invest $8 billion in the East African nation before they start producing oil in 2020, Energy Minister Irene Muloni said.
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July 06, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum have teamed up to look at energy assets in Mozambique, home to some of the biggest natural gas discoveries in a generation.
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June 29, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. is considering buying stakes in natural gas discoveries off Mozambique made by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Eni SpA, potentially giving a tax windfall to the African nation grappling with a deepening debt crisis, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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June 20, 2016
CGG GeoConsulting’s NPA Satellite Mapping group has launched the multi-client EARS BasinMap for exploration de-risking across the vast region of East Africa, from regional-to-prospect or play scale.
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May 26, 2016
Oil output in South Sudan declined to as little as 120,000 bpd, because of damage caused by a 2 1/2-year civil war to production facilities, Petroleum Minister Dak Duop Bischok said.
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April 06, 2016
Aminex PLC, the Africa-focused oil and gas production and development company, has announced first gas production from its Kiliwani North gas field in Tanzania.
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February 26, 2016
Eni has announced the approval of the Plan of Development for the Coral discovery, offshore Mozambique. The approval has been granted by the Government of Mozambique’s Council of Ministers.
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January 29, 2016
Tanzania said on Friday it had finalized a land acquisition for the site of a planned LNG plant, and was now working to compensate and resettle villagers to move forward on a long-delayed project.
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January 26, 2016
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- AziNam, the offshore Namibia focused exploration company, has completed a 3D seismic survey on PEL 34, the Guy Block, offshore Namibia.
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January 06, 2016
With recoverable oil reserve estimates of approximately 750 MMbbl and 600 MMbbl in Uganda and Kenya, respectively, and with government share of the reserves expected to be about 30–50%, the potential impact on economic development in these countries could be great.
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December 15, 2015
Tullow Oil Plc gained after a successful well increased the potential size of oil resources the Africa- focused explorer has discovered in Kenya.
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December 03, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has announced that it has signed a Unitization and Unit Operating Agreement (UUOA) for the development of the massive natural gas resources that straddle two blocks.
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December 02, 2015
East Africa is emerging as a hotbed for energy related investments not only for its robust economic growth, but also for its potential to become one of the largest producers and exporters of oil and natural gas in the world.
