Africa | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 8
Enel to Grow Renewable Ventures
Enel’s CEO, Francesco Starace, said that the Italian company will build 5,000MW of renewables capacity in Africa despite political unrest in the North and lack of electric power connections between countries, Reuters ...
Sasol Drilled New Gas Well
Sasol Exploration and Production International’s Senior Vice-President, John Sichinga, said that the company has begun drilling a third well in its production-sharing agreement area in Mozambique, Business Day reporte...
Sudan’s Oil Output Declined
The Sudanese Oil and Gas Minister, Mohamed Awad Zayid, said that the country’s current oil production has dropped to between 95,000 to 100,000b/d, in the wake of the falling global oil price. He added that Sudan’...
Nigeria Signed Gas Supply Deals
The federal government of Nigeria signed a $112m partial risk guarantee (PRG) agreement with Seven Energy International Limited, the leading integrated gas company in south east Nigeria, to supply 130mcf/d of natural...
Nigeria’s Oil Output Dropped by 200,000b/d
Nigeria’s oil production has fallen by at least 200,000b/d as a result of a militant attack that has forced the closure of the major Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP) early November, Reuters reported. TFP is the mai...
Shell Started Drilling Offshore Tanzania
Royal Dutch Shell and its joint venture (JV) partners, Pavilion Energy and Ophir Energy, have started $80m Noble Globetrotter II drilling campaign offshore Tanzania, World Oil reported. It consists of one well in Bloc...
Gabon Extended Work at Nkembe
Gabon granted Pura Vida Energy a 12-month extension to the current exploration phase of the Nkembe production sharing contract offshore the country, Offshore Engineering Today reported. The extension will run until Ja...
Guinea Contracted Seismic Survey Vessel
SeaBird Exploration announced that it has signed an agreement to provide Osprey Explorer source vessel for an upcoming ocean bottom seismic survey in Gulf of Guinea. The project will commence before the end of 2016and...
