East Africa
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July 06, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum have teamed up to look at energy assets in Mozambique, home to some of the biggest natural gas discoveries in a generation.
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June 29, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. is considering buying stakes in natural gas discoveries off Mozambique made by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Eni SpA, potentially giving a tax windfall to the African nation grappling with a deepening debt crisis, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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June 20, 2016
CGG GeoConsulting’s NPA Satellite Mapping group has launched the multi-client EARS BasinMap for exploration de-risking across the vast region of East Africa, from regional-to-prospect or play scale.
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May 26, 2016
Oil output in South Sudan declined to as little as 120,000 bpd, because of damage caused by a 2 1/2-year civil war to production facilities, Petroleum Minister Dak Duop Bischok said.
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April 06, 2016
Aminex PLC, the Africa-focused oil and gas production and development company, has announced first gas production from its Kiliwani North gas field in Tanzania.
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February 26, 2016
Eni has announced the approval of the Plan of Development for the Coral discovery, offshore Mozambique. The approval has been granted by the Government of Mozambique’s Council of Ministers.
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January 29, 2016
Tanzania said on Friday it had finalized a land acquisition for the site of a planned LNG plant, and was now working to compensate and resettle villagers to move forward on a long-delayed project.
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January 26, 2016
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- AziNam, the offshore Namibia focused exploration company, has completed a 3D seismic survey on PEL 34, the Guy Block, offshore Namibia.
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January 06, 2016
With recoverable oil reserve estimates of approximately 750 MMbbl and 600 MMbbl in Uganda and Kenya, respectively, and with government share of the reserves expected to be about 30–50%, the potential impact on economic development in these countries could be great.
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December 15, 2015
Tullow Oil Plc gained after a successful well increased the potential size of oil resources the Africa- focused explorer has discovered in Kenya.
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December 03, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has announced that it has signed a Unitization and Unit Operating Agreement (UUOA) for the development of the massive natural gas resources that straddle two blocks.
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December 02, 2015
East Africa is emerging as a hotbed for energy related investments not only for its robust economic growth, but also for its potential to become one of the largest producers and exporters of oil and natural gas in the world.
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November 17, 2015
Tullow Oil announced Tuesday that the Emesek-1 exploration well, in Block 13T in the North Lokichar basin, Northern Kenya, reached a total depth of 3,000 m without encountering commercial hydrocarbons.
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November 09, 2015
Maersk Oil has agreed to acquire half of Africa Oil Corp.’s shares in three onshore exploration licences in Kenya and a further two in Ethiopia.
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November 04, 2015
Eni, together with Statoil, Sasol and ENH, has been awarded the exploration and development rights for Block A5-A, following the 5th Competitive Mozambique Bid Round.
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October 30, 2015
Sasol has confirmed that two of its three applications in Mozambique's 5th Licensing Round were successful.
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September 30, 2015
Ethiopia and Djibouti signed an agreement for a $1.55 billion fuel pipeline with developers Mining, Oil & Gas Services and Blackstone Group LP-backed Black Rhino Group.
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September 23, 2015
Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northeastern Somalia, will conduct a survey of its offshore region to search for oil as the country prepares a licensing round for exploration, the head of the Puntland Petroleum and Minerals Agency said.
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September 16, 2015
Kenya and Uganda ended months of debate in August to sign an agreement on an oil pipeline costing almost $4 billion. Finding the money to build it and companies to start pumping crude may be a harder task.
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September 16, 2015
Libya’s internationally recognized government plans to boost oil production five-fold and will punish companies working with a rival cabinet striving to control the divided North African nation’s crude deposits.
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September 01, 2015
ION Geophysical and the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) announced Tuesday that TPDC has awarded ION a contract to acquire 4,058 km of 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic data over offshore Blocks 4/1B and 4/1C in the Rovuma Delta region.
