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Algerian Natural Gas Exports Increased in Q1 2021 – Sonatrach

In a statement released last week, the national oil company of Algeria, Sonatrach, announced that Algerian gas exports recorded an increase in the first quarter of 2020, due to an...
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BP Announces Gas Production from the Third Stage of West Nile Delta Development in Egypt

BP has announced gas production from the Raven field, off the Mediterranean coast in Egypt. This is the third stage of its major West Nile Delta (WND). The WND development...
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US Import of Nigeria Crude Oil Dropped to the Lowest in Five Years in 2020

According to data from the US Energy Information Agency, the United States imports of Nigerian crude oil fell by 64.12%, the lowest in five (5) years, in 2020. The US...
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Nostra Terra Announces Progress on its Potential Entry into Tunisian Oil Sector

AIM-listed oil and gas exploration and production company, Nostra Terra Oil & Gas, has announced that it has made progress with the strategic expansion of its portfolio into North African...
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Algeria: Sonatrach Terminates Contract of Petroceltic Ain Tsila in the Ain Tsila Gas Field

Algerian national oil company, Sonatrach, has terminated the contractual interest held by Sunny Hill Energy through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petroceltic Ain Tsila, in the Ain Tsila gas field in southeast...
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Panoro Energy Completes Farm-in to Block 2B Offshore South Africa

After receiving the necessary government approval, Panoro Energy has announced that it has closed the previously announced farm-out agreement (FOA) on Block 2B offshore South Africa. Last year, the company...
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Sonangol Sells its Puma Energy Shares for $600M to Trafigura

Angolan state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has agreed, in a tripartite agreement, to sell 31.78% of its assets held in Puma Energy to Trafigura at $600 million. In another transaction, the...
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ENI Signs PSA for Block 7 in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

A subsidiary of Italian oil and gas giant, Eni RAK, has been awarded an upstream exploration block by the Ras Al Khaimah government. ENI RAK signed the exploration and Production...
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ReconAfrica Provides Update on ‘a working petroleum system’ in the Kavango Basin, Namibia

Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (‘MME’) and Reconnaissance Energy Africa (‘ReconAfrica’) have announced a preliminary analysis of the data from the 6-2 well, the first of a three well...
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Maersk Drillship to be Used in Drilling Block F13 Offshore Gabon

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract from a subsidiary of Petronas, PC Gabon Upstream S.A., for the provision of a deepwater drillship to drill an ultra-deepwater exploration well...
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