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Egypt: Havfram wins SURF support contract for Zohr gas field

Havfram (Norway) is slated to provide support for subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) systems at Zohr, a natural gas field offshore Egypt, under a new contract with Saipem (Italy).

Somalia’s president hastily cancels offshore exploration deal with Coastline Exploration

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has moved swiftly to cancel oil and gas exploration deals signed at the weekend by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed.

Eiffage finishes all 21 caissons for FLNG breakwater at GTA field

Eiffage Genie Civil (France) has finished building all 21 of the caissons that will form a breakwater protecting the FLNG vessel at the Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim (GTA) gas field offshore Senegal and Mauritania.

AfrOil: TotalEnergies said to be heading for a big discovery offshore Namibia

Early reports indicate that TotalEnergies (France) has made a major discovery at Venus-1x, its wildcat exploration well at the PEL 56 licence area offshore Namibia.

FAR identifies three new prospects at Block A2 offshore The Gambia

Australia’s FAR Ltd has identified three new prospects after reviewing data collected from Bambo-1 and its accompanying sidetrack well Bambo-1ST1, both drilled at Block A2 offshore The Gambia.

Chevron reportedly looking to sell three Equatoguinean stakes

Chevron (US) is reportedly seeking to unload the assets in Equatorial Guinea that it acquired through the takeover of Houston-based Noble Energy in 2020.

TotalEnergies appears heading towards big discovery at Venus-1x offshore Namibia

Early reports indicate that TotalEnergies (France) has made a major discovery at Venus-1x, its wildcat exploration well at the PEL 56 licence area offshore Namibia.

Shell executive notes ‘progress’ on LNG project in Tanzania

GNPC consulting shareholders on planned decommissioning of Saltpond oilfield

Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) is moving forward with the process of consulting shareholders in advance of the upcoming decommissioning of Saltpond, the country’s first oilfield.

Sylva says Nigerian government regrets gasoline shortages, acknowledges inspectors’ failures

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva has expressed regret for the gasoline shortages that have been gripping the country.

Sonatrach signs contract with two Sinopec subsidiaries for Skikda LNG storage tank

Algeria’s national oil company (NOC) Sonatrach has signed a contract for the construction of a new storage tank at the Skikda LNG plant with two subsidiaries of China’s Sinopec.

Nigeria will seek damages from suppliers of methanol-heavy petrol

Sound Energy going ahead with LNG scheme in Morocco

TotalEnergies makes contingent payment to Tullow following Tilenga FID

Tullow Oil has received a contingent consideration payment of $75mn related to the sale of its former assets in western Uganda.

Angola reports oil revenues up as export volumes decline in Q4-2021

Angola exported around 98.9mn barrels of crude oil in the fourth quarter of last year, equivalent to about 1.7mn barrels per day (bpd), according to official data presented in Luanda on February 17.

South African court dismisses Shell’s request to appeal hold on seismic exploration

Shell (UK) will have to keep its plans for collecting seismic data from acreage off the coast of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province on hold, following a new ruling from the High Court of Makhanda.

Duport Midstream refinery and power plant ready for launch

Nigeria’s economy grew 3.4% last year despite oil-refining woes

UAE’s Dragon Oil claims discovery of field in Gulf of Suez with 100mn barrels of oil

Gasoline shortages and unexpected consequences

Nigeria’s attempt to avoid labour unrest and consumer discontent by keeping its gasoline subsidy in place indefinitely backfires.

CHEC to act as subcontractor for NLNG’s Train 7 project

China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC) is slated to act as a subcontractor for the Train 7 expansion project at the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) plant on Bonny Island.

Report: Shell may have started appraisal drilling at Graff oilfield offshore Namibia

Shell (UK) was reportedly slated to begin drilling an appraisal well at Graff, a newly discovered oilfield at the PEL 39 licence area offshore Namibia, on February 15, informed sources have told Upstream.

Nigerian president instructs Senate to fund gasoline subsidy in H2-2022

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the Senate, the upper chamber of the National Assembly, to allocate NGN2.557 trillion ($6.15bn) in funding for the gasoline subsidy in the second half of 2022.

Invictus to spud first Cabora Bassa well in June

Australia’s Invictus Energy is on track to spud its first well at Special Grant 4571, its licence area within the Cabora Bassa basin in Zimbabwe, in June of this year.

Libyan oil workers reportedly threaten strike at Marsa el-Hariga

Workers at Libya’s Marsa el-Hariga terminal have reportedly threatened to suspend crude oil exports by the end of February unless their salary demands are met by Arabian Gulf Oil Co. (AGOCO).