BP has agreed to pay $29.3 million for outstanding commitment to drill an exploration well in the offshore A1 block in the West Africa.

ELF Energy and the Structural and Geotechnical Research Centre (SGRC) signed a $200 million contract to construct the largest solar power plant in West Africa with a BOOT system and a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW).

Angola has released its preliminary export schedule for July, showing that Angola is set to reduce exports for July by nearly 9% in comparison to June.

Saudi Aramco has awarded Saipem a new contract to conduct Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) work in Saudi Arabia.

West African states have signed a new deal with Israel aimed at boosting the region’s struggling power sector.

The country expects to decide by December whether to build the refinery that has been under consideration for almost a decade.

Angola and Nigeria will export crude oil to China at the rate of 1.48mb/d in April, which is considered the highest rate since August 2011.

Angola’s May program emerged with 54 cargoes, or 1.67mb/d, versus 53 cargoes in April. Less than 10 cargoes remain available from Angola's April program, while around 20 cargoes from Nigeria's April program were still said to be available.

West African oil producers will send the most crude to Asia in at least five years, the latest sign of how refineries in the world’s biggest demand region are scouring the world to replace supplies cut by OPEC’s Middle East producers.

Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, has secured a 4D baseline ocean bottom node (OBN) project offshore West Africa.