Launched on Dec. 1, a strike headed by the union Organisation Nationale des Employes du Petrole (ONEP) in Gabon’s oil and gas sector has entered its second month. Although the walkout is running out of steam at oil companies, the [.
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In signing a pact with the Equatorial Guinea authorities in late December to build and manage a tank farm for [...]
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While waiting for a new licensing round planned for this year, the state-run company is finding itself all but alone in conducting exploration and is developing only a handful of projects with service companies.
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Ivory Coast has finally managed to pen two production sharing contracts with Exxon. The following is a report on the deal and the special conditions accepted by Abidjan.
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A meeting in Paris between Congo-K’s government and Total led to a seismic survey in the Ituri region being put back. And now a year of marathon talks looks likely.
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The American major is thinking of trying to once again re-negotiate the terms of its working program in Madagascar’s offshore. But that could go down badly with the new government.
A Nigerian businessman who amassed a fortune in oil services with Nestoil, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi has turned his hand to production. [...]
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Although it acquired a holding in Ghana near the Jubilee field this summer, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas is continuing [...]
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The two lone oil companies operating in the Comoros Islands, Safari Petroleum and Bahari Resources, and their respective partners Western [...]
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After a difficult year in relations in 2014 between the [...]
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In tabling the draft budget for 2015 before Nigeria’s parliament [...]
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The British firm Afren which owns strong assets in Nigeria [...]
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A junior based in Guernsey, Oyster Oil and Gas, has [...]
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Long dominated by foreign operators, the fuel distribution sector in [...]
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A postponement of the deadline for bids for 13 new blocks will benefit the future president, to the detriment of Armando Guebuza who wanted to control the process to ensure his future.
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Energy minister Abdelkader Amara’s announcement in late December that Morocco was launching an ambitious development plan for LNG – the [...]
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After years of what proved fruitless talks with GDF Suez (AEI 611, AEI 650), Perenco has finally chosen to go [...]
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An affiliate of Scotland’s Abbot Group, the engineering and drilling [...]
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Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema is making his Ivory [...]
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The firm Wentworth Resources, which holds a 13.64% stake on [...]
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Angola is actively seeking solutions to counter many power cuts in the enclave of Cabinda in recent months.
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The semi-public power operator Kenya Power agreed with its counterpart Rwanda Energy Group (REG) on Dec. 9 to supply it [...]
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The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has offered a $600,000 grant to Kastan Mining, the Tanzanian subsidiary of the [...]
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After a mission devoted to the energy sector as a [...]
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With presidential elections scheduled for 2016, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni [...]
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South Atlantic Petroleum (Sapetro) recently called on the services of [...]
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A public relations expert who worked up to now as [...]
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