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November 16, 2024
Halliburton announced it will open new facilities in Namibia highlighting the importance of the country’s growing oil and gas industry. The facilities, which will support the company’s in-country operations, are located in Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Lüderitz.
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November 10, 2024
The Republic of Congo (ROC) is preparing a new Gas Code to incentivize investment across the natural gas value chain. Concurrently, the country is preparing to launch its Gas Master Plan (GMP), serving as a roadmap for investing in the ROC’s gas sector.
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July 26, 2024
TotalEnergies sold its stake in 18 Nigerian onshore oil licenses to Chappal Energies. This reflects a trend of junior explorers and African national oil companies acquiring onshore assets as global majors focus on offshore projects.
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November 01, 2022
OPEC’s crude production held steady last month after the group pledged a symbolic cutback to stabilize market sentiment, with output up 30,000 bpd to 29.98 million barrels ahead of deeper cuts this month.
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October 07, 2022
Madagascar Oil SA, which operates the Tsimiroro Oil block 3104, announced it has signed contracts to supply heavy oil to some of Madagascar's largest industries located in the Vakinankaratra region.
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August 22, 2022
Invictus Energy Ltd. plans to start drilling at its Cabora Bassa oil and gas prospect in northern Zimbabwe by early September.
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August 19, 2022
South Africa expects TotalEnergies SE to submit a production plan within weeks to utilize a prolific offshore gas discovery that will form a key part of increasing investment in the sector.
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June 08, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s plan to auction oil exploration blocks next month threatens to disrupt some of the world’s most important carbon sinks and could jeopardize a $500 million forest preservation agreement.
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May 25, 2022
Invictus Energy is currently planning its maiden drilling campaign in the Cabora Bassa Basin in Zimbabwe which is estimated to commence in July, said Scott Macmillan, Managing Director of Invictus Energy.
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March 02, 2022
The African Energy Chamber sat with Ian Cloke, COO Afentra, to discuss the potential of what could engineer Namibia’s new era of hydrocarbon exploration and production for the country.
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September 28, 2021
CGG announced the award to Sercel of a major contract to supply land seismic equipment for a 3D mega-crew survey in North Africa.
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June 09, 2021
With the East African Oil Pipeline project recently getting the go-ahead, Uganda is set to produce its first oil as early as 2025 and production in the next five years is expected to jump to 230,000 barrels per day, from zero in 2021, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
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April 10, 2021
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne called the pacts a historic milestone for the production work and export pipeline that will draw more than $10 billion of investment. “It’s a very large development, one of the largest that will be developed on this continent,” though just the beginning of a process that will see oil flow in early 2025, he said.
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April 09, 2021
The final investment decision on a key pipeline will see Total tap more than a billion barrels of crude from Uganda and ship it across East Africa to the coast. A decision on the development of the oil fields feeding the pipe is likely at the same time.
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January 07, 2021
LNG-to-power projects have been booming from Asia to Latin America in recent years as they allow nations to switch from dirtier fossil fuels to keep the lights on. And for sellers, integrated LNG-to-power provides a guaranteed outlet for the fuel.
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October 12, 2020
Gas projects planned or under development in the region will require around $211 billion in investment between 2020 and 2024, Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. said Monday in a statement.
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June 11, 2020
Gabon’s Directorate General of Hydrocarbons and PGS have just expanded the Gabon MegaSurvey coverage, significantly increasing access to 3D seismic over the 35 blocks on offer under the ongoing 12th Offshore Licensing Round.
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December 16, 2019
Equatorial Guinea forecasts investments of at least $1.4 billion in its hydrocarbon sector next year through the development of oil projects and an increase in exploration.
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November 27, 2019
Officially launched in April, the round received interest from 53 international and national companies, with 17 companies submitting official bids and seven companies awarded concessions for nine blocks.
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November 26, 2019
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons and supported by the African Energy Chamber, “Equatorial Guinea 2020 Year of Investment” is aimed at attracting foreign direct investment.
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November 03, 2019
The S-5 well was drilled to a depth of 4,400 meters and encountered 39 meters of net oil play in the Santonian reservoir in the offshore Rio Muni Basin, the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons said in an emailed statement.
