AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas

27 January 2022

Tullow sees combined Jubilee/TEN oil output remaining nearly steady in 2022

26 January 2022

Tullow Oil (UK/Ireland) has said that the Jubilee oilfield and Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) block offshore Ghana will yield 102,000-110,000 barrels per day of crude oil in 2022, compared to 107,700 bpd in 2021.

Buhari administration seeking to postpone Petroleum Industry Act implementation, minister says

26 January 2022

The administration of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari intends to propose an 18-month extension of the term for implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) adopted last August.

Nigeria keeps gasoline subsidy in place

26 January 2022

Nigeria’s government has abandoned plans for eliminating gasoline subsidies as of July 2022.

FAR accelerating evaluation of Bambo-1 data

26 January 2022

Australia’s FAR Ltd is accelerating efforts to evaluate data gathered from Bambo-1, an exploration well drilled at a site adjacent to Sangomar, a field discovered offshore Senegal, in the zone controlled by The Gambia.

GNGC sees more than three-fold increase in gas flows between 2016 and 2021

26 January 2022

State-owned Ghana National Gas Co. (GNGC) has reportedly seen the volume of natural gas flowing through its transportation and distribution pipelines climb more than three-fold over the last five years.

AfrOil: Dangote refinery eyes start-up in H2-2022

26 January 2022

The exact starting date of the new Dangote oil refinery will be dependent on the outcome of a testing programme that is due to wrap up late in the third quarter of 2022, a plant official has said.

Tanzania hopes new legal advisor will assist with signing of HGA on LNG project

26 January 2022

Tanzania’s government is still eager to sign a host government agreement (HGA) on the Tanzania LNG project by April of this year and hopes that the hiring of a legal advisor will help move the deal forward, Energy Minister January Makamba has said.

Liberia: NOCAL head joins Africa Oil Week advisory board

26 January 2022

Saifuah-Mai Gray, president and CEO of the National Oil Co. of Liberia (NOCAL), has accepted an invitation to join the advisory board of Africa Oil Week (AOW), a prestigious annual industry conference.

GCC Services wins camp contract for major Uganda crude oil project

25 January 2022

Dubai based GCC Services has won contract to provide camp services for Tilenga field of crude oil production in Albertine basin in western Uganda.

Nigeria: Plant official comments on start date for Dangote refinery

25 January 2022

A representative of the Dangote refinery has said that the exact start date of the new oil-processing plant will depend on the outcome of a testing programme that is due to wrap up late in the third quarter of 2022.

Nigeria seeks to expand use of CNG as vehicle fuel

25 January 2022

Nigeria’s government has presented a plan for expanding the sale of CNG at retail filling stations to operators in the downstream sector.