East Africa
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November 2018
Ashtead Technology has completed a subsea installation monitoring project for Subsea7 in support of Equinor’s Utgard development, in Blocks 15/8 (NCS) and 16/18a (UKCS) of the central North Sea.
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October 28, 2018
A self-declared republic in Somalia asked Ethiopia to reroute its nascent oil and gas exports via a proposed new pipeline, challenging Djibouti’s long-held plans for a conduit.
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October 18, 2018
Rwanda is considering partnering with oil and gas companies for the next stage of exploring Lake Kivu for more hydrocarbons, a government official said.
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October 15, 2018
Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Equinor ASA said they’re committed to a project that will allow the export of natural gas from Tanzania.
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October 09, 2018
Exploration companies in Mozambique will spend at least $900 million, boosting the nation’s hopes of becoming a major exporter.
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September 27, 2018
The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp. is confident a natural-gas pipeline to Uganda will start in 2021, according to acting Managing Director Kapuulya Musomba.
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August 23, 2018
Aminex has provided the following update on its operations in Tanzania.
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July 18, 2018
Tullow Oil plc has announced that a panel of arbitrators has delivered an award in favor of Kosmos Energy Ghana HC (Kosmos) in relation to its dispute with Tullow Ghana Limited (Tullow).
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July 18, 2018
Seadrill Partners LLC has announced that Tullow Ghana Limited will not be appealing the English High Court ruling in favor of Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited.
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July 17, 2018
Tullow Oil Plc may shut down operations in northern Kenya in two weeks unless persistent issues with local residents, which threaten progress of the project, are resolved.
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July 09, 2018
Mozambique Rovuma Venture has submitted the development plan to the government for the first phase of the Rovuma LNG project, which will produce, liquefy and market natural gas from the Mamba fields located in the Area 4 block offshore Mozambique.
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July 03, 2018
Tullow Oil plc announces that a judgment in the English Commercial Court case brought against its wholly owned subsidiary Tullow Ghana Limited by Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited has been received.
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July 02, 2018
Islamist fighters have attacked the village of Mitumbate in northern Mozambique, near a gas-rich area 1,800 km northeast of the capital, Maputo.
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June 29, 2018
Ethiopia’s nascent energy industry is gathering pace, with a unit of China Poly Group Corp. starting test output of crude oil in a volatile border region and the government estimating initial annual income of $1.2 billion when gas exports begin from the area.
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June 28, 2018
Eni and ExxonMobil said today that marketing efforts are underway for the Rovuma LNG project, which will produce, liquefy and sell natural gas from the gas fields of the Area 4 block offshore Mozambique.
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June 20, 2018
Mozambique’s oil and gas regulator said exploration contracts for the nation’s fifth licensing round in 2015, which awarded blocks to companies including ExxonMobil Corp. and Eni SpA, are close to being finalized.
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June 13, 2018
CGG has completed acquisition of 15,400 km2 of 3D marine seismic data in the outer Zambezi Delta basin, west of the Beira High. The survey area covers blocks Z5-C and Z5-D and surrounding non-held acreage.
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June 12, 2018
Kenyan lawmakers approved a new law that sets out how revenue from future oil production will be shared.
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June 06, 2018
When a group of suspected Islamist militants beheaded 10 villagers in Mozambique’s gas-rich north late last month, it ratcheted up concerns that spreading attacks in the remote region could threaten a potential $30 billion in investment.
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June 06, 2018
Wentworth, the independent, East Africa-focused oil & gas company, announced an update to the Company’s onshore Rovuma asset in Mozambique (Appraisal License).
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May 30, 2018
Kenya’s government is negotiating with potential investors in a pipeline that will link oil fields in the north of the country to a port at Lamu, Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau said.
