With a long-standing presence in Nigeria's Delta State, service company Fenog Nigeria has been busy snapping up oil services contracts worth several tens of millions of dollars, using the help of protectors that companies are hard pressed to say no [.
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Approved during a council of ministers held in September, the five-year extension to ENI's mining contract for the Bir Rebaa [...]
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In dire financial straits, the state-run firm will soon have to rearrange its entire management team. The son's president will stay at the helm.
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After an 18-month long lobbying campaign, the British junior has been given the right to launch a new production on its Ghanaian field.
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After failing to secure a deal with Indian major ONGC, Hess is hotfooting the sale of its assets.
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The Gambian authorities are not counting on lowering their oil ambitions because of their legal wrangle with African Petroleum (AEI [...]
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The Kenyan government's decision to shelve its Early Oil Pilot Scheme in June has a direct impact on the Kenyan [...]
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Although they have been waiting for an investment decision on block 16 for several years, the Angolan authorities have decided [...]
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In late August, American firm Anadarko filed suit against the US State. A key part of the company's complaint included [...]
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As it struggles with several of its exploration permits, the Norwegian major is hoping to make a comeback off the coast of the rainbow nation.
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As foreseen, in the late morning of September 23, the [...]
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Any minute now, oil magnate Arthur Eze's junior Oranto should [...]
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Swiss oil trading firm Augusta Energy will defend its title [...]
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The disappointing drilling results on the Guinean offshore Fatala-1 well [...]
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American junior PanAtlantic (formerly known as Vanco) has closed the [...]
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Having had its sights set on picking up Anadarko's shares for some time, the American major is on busy trying to become the top dog in Cabo Delgado's offshore.
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American firm Anadarko, operator of block 1 in the Rovuma basin that will soon make its final investment decision (FID) [...]
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Seven Energy, the Nigerian exploration and production firm also active [...]
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A former Enron affiliate is once again seeking damages from the Nigerian state via American courts.
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Consortium Bujagali Energy, which operates the eponymous 250 MW dam straddling the Nile river in the east of the country, [...]
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Joana Chipande, daughter of Frelimo heavyweight, Alberto Chipande, has been in a frenzy of activity recently. After first creating Win [...]
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Norway is continuing to make gains in the African energy [...]
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Even as the European Union, which had slapped sanctions on [...]
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Noureddine Boutarfa's short stint at Algeria's ministry of energy lasting [...]
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Always seeking more influence across the continent, Equatorial Guinean president [...]
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Many of the latest arbitrators appointed to the World Bank's tribunal have a strong background in the continent's oil sector.
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The Farmers and Merchant Bank is trying to block the United States' attempt to seize two California villas offered to the former Nigerian oil minister.
British junior San Leon Energy, which relaunched its AIM listing [...]
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In late August, drilling companies Transocean Offshore Gulf of Guinea [...]
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British junior SDX Energy has managed to refill its coffers [...]
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The fledgling International Energy Law - Advisory Group (IELAG), formed [...]
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British junior Cairn Energy, which is making progress on its [...]
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President Macky Sall has appointed an oil minister for the first time. The sector has previously been under the wing [...]
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According to our sources, Tahir Hamid Nguilin, the head of Societe des hydrocarbures du Tchad (SHT), is trying to find [...]
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Still left hanging over the future of its logistics platform by the Mozambican government, Intels/Orlean Invest has let go its [...]
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The 11th congress of ruling party Frelimo, which opened recently in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, should change several key [...]
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