AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas

Algeria to raise oil production by 10,000 bpd starting from February

NNPC deals with fire at Port Harcourt

FAR still optimistic about Block A2 offshore Gambia despite disappointment at Bambo-1ST1

Australia’s FAR Ltd remains optimistic about the possibility of discovering crude oil at a site adjacent to Sangomar despite its recent failure to find commercial reserves there.

CNOOC working to protect Ugandan wellpads from rising waters at Lake Albert

The Ugandan arm of China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) is taking steps to protect its development drilling sites from the effects of rising water levels in Lake Albert.

Ghana: Fuel prices to increase by 2.8% - Energy think tank

Two approaches to LNG

Two LNG projects in Mozambique and Mauritania appear to be gaining some headway, but their sponsors are following different strategies.

Angola still not setting deadline for sale of 30% of Sonangol via IPO

Angola’s government is gearing up for the partial privatisation of the national oil company Sonangol but has not yet set a target date, according to Edson Pongolola, the director of the firm’s planning and control department.

Shell's seismic survey vessel has left South Africa after court defeat - report

AfrOil: No deadline for Sonangol IPO yet

Angola’s government is gearing up for the partial privatisation of the national oil company Sonangol but has not yet set a target date, according to Edson Pongolola, the director of the firm’s planning and control department.

OPEC picks new Secretary-General as restrictions ease

Seven international companies awarded exploration and production licences in Egypt’s bid round

CEO says Algeria’s Sonatrach will invest $39bn in hydrocarbons in 2022-2026

Eni commits to investing $1bn in Egypt’s Suez and Nile Delta oilfields

South African court halts Shell's off-coast exploration as environmental concerns mount

TransGlobe production-sharing agreement with EGPC gets ratified into Egyptian Law

Jurisdiction of civil court recognised in Uganda upstream project

The French Supreme Court has ruled that a case filed against TotalEnergies crude oil project in Uganda can be heard by the civil division of the judiciary.

PetroNor E&P head reportedly detained in Norway in Africa corruption probe

Ghana’s Petroleum Commission to set up Technology Transfer Unit in January 2022

Petroleum Commission will set up a Technology Transfer Unit in January of 2022 as part of measures to help build capacities of indigenous Ghanaian Companies (IGCs).

Greece’s Energean sees increased gas flow from North Idku and North Amriya concessions in Egypt