AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas

24 March 2023

Dolphin Drilling commences drilling operations for General Hydrocarbons off the coast of Nigeria

23 March 2023

The Blackford Dolphin rig, which underwent recertification for a new five-year period in Las Palmas, Spain, will target the reworking of existing wells on the Oyo field, with the potential to drill on new prospects.

ARDA appoints new head

23 March 2023

Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has been announced as the winner of an election for president of the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA), succeeding his predecessor Marieme Ndoye Decraene from Senegal.

Nigeria’s LNG output drops amid heavy flooding and pipeline sabotage

22 March 2023

Nigeria’s LNG output has floundered in 2023, with a string of issues leaving the country’s six-train LNG facility on Bonny Island in the Niger Delta producing far below capacity since last year.

ExxonMobil considers resuming and expanding Mozambique’s Rovuma LNG project

21 March 2023

ExxonMobil Corp. is contemplating restarting the Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique’s restive Cabo Delgado Province in the country’s north. The company has called for expressions of interest to design and construct the LNG plant.

Lukoil says it may take FID on Pecan field in Q4 2023

21 March 2023

Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately owned oil company, may decide whether to move forward with work at the Pecan oilfield offshore Ghana in Q4 2023.

Lukoil says Marine XII offshore Congo to start producing LNG in December

20 March 2023

Russia’s Lukoil says Marine XII, a licence area located offshore the Republic of Congo (ROC), is set to begin producing LNG before the end of the year.

Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon sign bilateral treaty on joint offshore oil and gas development

20 March 2023

The governments of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon have signed a bilateral treaty for the purpose of expanding cross-border oil and gas development.

Angola LNG cancels tender for upcoming cargo shipments

20 March 2023

Angola LNG confirmed on March 22 that it had cancelled tenders for LNG cargoes scheduled for delivery in April because of problems on its production line.