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February 22, 2019
Unidentified gunmen attacked an Anadarko Petroleum convoy near its liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique, the first targeting an energy company since an insurgency by suspected Islamist militants began 16 months ago.
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January 28, 2019
The company plans to drill in Block Z; Equatorial Guinea’s block Z holds an estimated 3.6 Tcf of gas; RoyalGate is also interested in Angola’s marginal field licensing round.
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December 17, 2018
AAOG, an independent oil and gas developer, has reported the following update in relation to its TLP-103C well at the Company’s Tilapia license.
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December 03, 2018
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, representing the Government of Equatorial Guinea, calls for unity among oil producing ahead of this week’s 175th ordinary meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna.
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November 21, 2018
At the South Sudan Oil and Power Conference in Juba, the Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons announced the decision to mandate all petroleum operators to cancel all contracts with U.S.-based oil service company Subsea 7, due to noncompliance of Equatorial Guinea’s local content regulations.
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November 05, 2018
Equatorial Guinea expects oil companies to spend $2.4 billion on the nation’s oil and gas industry by the end of next year.
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October 26, 2018
Oil production at Total SA’s subsidiary in the Republic of Congo has exceeded expectations, a company official said.
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September 26, 2018
Delmar Systems, Inc. has been awarded the mooring contract to provide engineering design services, project management, mooring equipment, and mooring installation services for the Development Driller III at ExxonMobil’s locations offshore Equatorial Guinea.
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September 24, 2018
Anglo African Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas developer, has announced that the construction of the extended pad at Tilapia field, in the Republic of the Congo has been completed ahead of schedule.
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September 17, 2018
BW Offshore has announced that first oil from the BW Adolo FPSO was safely achieved on Sept. 16, 2018, 18 months after the initial investment was made in the Dussafu license, offshore Gabon.
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September 07, 2018
Equatorial Guinea may exclude oil-service companies TechnipFMC Plc, Subsea 7 SA and Schlumberger Ltd. from the country because they aren’t complying with local-content rules over training and jobs, said a government official.
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August 31, 2018
Panoro Energy has reported an oil discovery in the Ruche North East Marin-1 (DRNEM-1) well drilled in the Dussafu Marin PSC, offshore Gabon.
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August 31, 2018
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas company traded on AIM, has announced the spud of the IE-4 appraisal well on the Etinde Block, Cameroon, by the block’s operator, New Age Cameroon Offshore Petroleum SA.
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August 15, 2018
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas company traded on AIM, has announced the completion of drilling of the IM-6 appraisal well at the Etinde Block, Cameroon, to a TD of 3,550 m by the block's operator, New Age Cameroon Offshore Petroleum SA.
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August 15, 2018
Anglo African Oil & Gas plc (AAOG), an independent oil and gas developer, has confirmed that the TLP-103 well, on Tilapia oil field, spudded on Aug. 15, 2018.
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July 19, 2018
The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering whether to open up swathes of two world-famous national parks to oil exploration.
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July 02, 2018
Anglo African Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas developer, is pleased to announce the results of further work on the TLP-102 well on the Tilapia license in the Republic of the Congo.
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June 28, 2018
Pan-African explorer Oranto Petroleum is farming into two exploration blocks located onshore Zambia. Blocks 17 and 27 represent Oranto’s first investment in the country.
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June 2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has been awarded, by Equinor ASA and Aker Solutions, a contract to provide turbomachinery equipment for the topside structure on the Johan Castberg FPSO.
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June 04, 2018
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc, the Cameroon based gas and condensate producer and distributor, has provided the following update, based on internal estimates, on the reserves position for Logbaba field in Cameroon.
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May 15, 2018
Panoro Energy has announced the successful drilling of the DTM-3 appraisal well located at Tortue field, within the Dussafu License, offshore Gabon.
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