With less than five months to go before Tanzania's presidential election, James Mataragio, the new boss of Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp (TPDC) has thrown himself into an uphill battle to both prod his company into launching exploration on its own [.
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Formed in 2014 out of a merger between Wessex Exploration and Hague and London Oil (Halo), the explorer Hague and [...]
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The Italian major's operations in the offshore have attracted a number of firms whose bosses are close to ENI, or even very close.
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Renamed Erin Energy, Camac Energy seems intent on investing heavily despite a lacklustre start to 2015.
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The American major is expected to relinquish one of its offshore licenses but it could also simply quit the country.
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In robust financial health, Panoro Energy hasn’t ruled out increasing its stake in the Aje field where two of its partners are in trouble.
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A government reshuffle on May 14 proved fatal to energy minister Youcef Yousfi. He was replaced by Salah Khebri who [...]
The drop in the oil price and fall in Ivory Coast’s production (to 18,000 bpd) have sharply reduced revenue of [...]
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Two years after debuting in Namibia, the explorer AziNam has finally set up shop in Windhoek by opening an office [...]
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After highly disappointing results with its wells in Namibia (Welwitschia-1A [...]
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Elcrest Exploration & Production Nigeria, a joint venture between Eland [...]
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Oil companies are being forced to tighten their belts because [...]
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Nigeria’s Lekoil is planning to start producing in June rather [...]
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The arrival of Woodside on the Tanganyika South license in [...]
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Threatened with being expelled from the country, the Safari-Western Energy consortium has bought time thanks to a MoU with AGR.
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Oil and gas companies seem to be springing up almost by the day in Maputo. The latest to date, Na [...]
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Working through its affiliate Ndovu Resources, the British group Aminex is expected to finally secure a gas sales accord with [...]
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The former secretary-general at Tanzania's mines and energy ministry, Eliakim [...]
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The arrival of Alan Linn as Afren’s new managing director [...]
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Uganda’s energy ministry has put back the deadline for bids [...]
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Since Eskom dropped out as manager of dams on the Senegal river, countries in the region are deploying a new strategy.
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The authorities in Kinshasa are hunting for potential partners like Japan to help them save the program to restore the [...]
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American companies seem keen on positioning themselves on the energy market in Africa, and particularly in the Indian Ocean area. [...]
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to grant a [...]
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Torn by conflict since the end of 2013, South Sudan [...]
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Co-founder of the Carlyle and current president of the firm [...]
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Following the cancellation of an agreement between Zola Tsotsi, former [...]
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