A plan has been set by the Egyptian government to start developing five new oil and gas fields in Egypt, from the third quarter of 2017 until 2019. The five fields are named: Taurus, Libra, Giza, Fayoum, and Raven.
BP and its joint venture partners Algerian Sonatrach and Norwegian Statoil have commenced production of gas from the In Salah Southern Fields (ISSF) project in Algeria.
South Africa's Sasol has obtained permission to drill for appraisal at an area adjacent to its Pande and Temane gas fields in Mozambique, the company stated without disclosing further details.