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Liberia’s Mesurado-1 Well Came Up Dry
ExxonMobil has failed in its effort to find oil offshore Liberia. According to Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), ExxonMobil’s partner in the Mesurado-1 well, the well is dry, Offshore Energy Today reported. ...
Liberia Tests Hydropower Plant
The first production unit of Liberia’s Mount Coffee hydropower plant started to be tested for the first time. With a capacity of 22MW, the turbine will be tested until mid-December, when it will effectively go online,...
African Petroleum to Exit Liberia’s Offshore Blocks
West Africa-focused oil and gas company African Petroleum is pulling out of its two Liberian offshore, blocks LB-08 and LB-09, prospecting licenses after it failed to attract new partners, informed Reuters. The produc...
ExxonMobil Drills Liberia’s Mesurado-1 Well
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Liberia, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, announced that it has commenced the drilling of its first well, the Mesurado-1, off the coast of Liberia, Ecofin Agency reported. The company ...
Liberia to Drill First Offshore Well
Exxon Mobil Corporation will start drilling its first exploratory well off the coast of Liberia in November. The company will drill a deepwater exploration well on the Liberia-13 Block, located about 50 miles offshore...
Ghana Exported Fuel to West Africa
Ghana’s Minister of Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, stated that the state-owned Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) has started exporting fuel and gas oil to Nigeria, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, ...
World Bank Approves $27m Loan for Energy Access in Liberia
The World Bank has approved a $27m loan to Liberia to support access to energy for rural Liberians, All Africa reports. The goal of the funding is to increase access to affordable and reliable electricity in the coun...
Liberia, Kosmos Energy to Close Deal on Controversial Blocks
Liberia appears to be nearing closer to sealing the lease of two controversial oil blocks. Negotiations for oil blocks 6 and 7 previously awarded to the Hong Kong Tongtai Petroleum International Corporation Limited ha...
