AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
ExxonMobil, Sonangol sign exploration contracts for three offshore blocks
Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) has signed new exploration contracts with ExxonMobil for three new deepwater licence areas in the Namibe Basin.
Tullow brings Jubilee field’s total production up to 300mn barrels
Tullow Oil (UK/Ireland) reported last week that one of its subsidiaries, Tullow Ghana Ltd (TGL), had marked a production milestone at Jubilee, its largest Ghanaian asset.
South Sudan attributes output decline to challenges facing DPOC
South Sudan’s largest oil producer, Dar Petroleum Operating Co. (DPOC), has recently seen production levels sink from 130,000 barrels per day to 115,000 bpd, according to Awow Daniel Chuang, the country’s Petroleum Minister.
Tanzania gives green light to Aminex’s farm-out deal for Ruvuma
UK-based Aminex has secured the Tanzanian government’s approval for its farm-out deal with ARA Petroleum of Oman.
Ghana’s Cenpower signs gas supply deal with government
Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) has agreed to supply natural gas to Cenpower Generation Co. (CGC), the operator of the Kpone Independent Power Plant (KIPP) near Accra.
NRG: Countervailing forces
Oil prices and energy demand are under pressure on both sides from storms, COVID-19 outbreaks and climate concerns.
Trinity in talks on $500mn refinery in South Sudan
NNPC extends oil-for-fuels scheme
Shell affiliate hires Nigerian company to build gas distribution pipelines
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell (UK/Netherlands), has contracted a Nigerian company to build distribution pipelines that will serve a facility established by the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
Outlines of Nigeria’s new oil and gas regime becoming clearer
As more details of the PIB come to light, Nigeria appears to be working towards significant changes and greater transparency.
Libyan oil output reportedly approaching 300,000 bpd
Libya has reportedly succeeded in boosting crude oil output levels more than three-fold since the lifting of a blockade on its Mediterranean export terminals.
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