Sirius Petroleum makes directorate change and appointment of Company Secretary
Dec 1, 2015
Sirius Petroleum is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Hawkins as a Non-Executive Director. Simon has 29 years experience working in oil and gas finance

FAR Ltd. receives Presidential Decree confirming Senegal PSC extension
Nov 30, 2015
FAR Ltd, a member of the Senegal Joint Venture, has received a Presidential decree extending the current Petroleum Sharing Contract (PSC) by the requested three years starting from 6 February, 2016.

Bowleven announces results of extended well testing at Bomono
Nov 26, 2015
Bowleven is pleased to announce the following update on the extended well test programme underway at Bomono. To date, the Moambe well has achieved a maximum stabilised flow

Penspen awarded study for the development of offshore field in Southern Nigeria
Nov 26, 2015
Penspen has been awarded a contract from Sirius Group to conduct an engineering study for the monetisation of gas reserves from oilfields offshore Niger Delta. A key element of this agreemen

Victoria Oil & Gas makes directorate change
Nov 23, 2015
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc announces the resignation of James McBurney, as a non-executive director, from the Board.

Solo Oil and Aminex to farm out Ruvuma Petroleum Sharing Agreement to Bowleven
Nov 20, 2015
Solo Oil has reached agreement with Aminex plc to farmout a 12.5% net working interest in the Ruvuma Petroleum Sharing Agreement in Tanzania to Aminex in a back-to back

Tullow Oil encounters no hydrocarbons at Emesek-1 exploration well
Nov 18, 2015
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) says that the Emesek-1 exploration well in Block 13T in the North Lokichar basin, Northern Kenya, has reached a total depth of 3,000 metres without

Eland Oil & Gas increases current production rates
Nov 17, 2015
Eland Oil & Gas PLC has materially increased current production rates. Following the successful workover of the Opuama-1 well, the Opuama field is now producing from

Magnolia LNG receives final EIS, Executes EPC contract with KBR-SK JV
Nov 17, 2015
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited is pleased to advise that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia LNG LLC (Magnolia), has agreed a legally binding lump sum turnkey (LSTK) engineering,

SacOil terminates participation with Transnational Corporation
Nov 13, 2015
As previously announced to shareholders on 1 April 2015, SacOil terminated its participation with Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, the operator of Oil Prospecting Licence 281.

Global Petroleum granted licence extension in Walvis Basin
Nov 13, 2015
Global Petroleum Limited says that its wholly owned subsidiary, Jupiter Petroleum (Namibia) Limited , has agreed with the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy a First Renewal Period of 24

Kosmos Energy makes second major gas discovery Offshore Mauritania
Nov 13, 2015
Kosmos Energy says that the Marsouin-1 exploration well, located in the northern part of Block C-8 offshore Mauritania, has made a significant, play-extending gas discovery. This is the company’s second major discovery of 2015.

Africa Oil provides operations update
Nov 12, 2015
Africa Oil Corp. is pleased to announce an update on its operations in Kenya and Ethiopia. In the third quarter of 2015, the Amosing-5A exploratory appraisal well in Block 10BB was drilled

BowLeven's Moambe well commences flowing hydrocarbons
Nov 12, 2015
Bowleven says that following the installation of testing equipment, the Moambe well has now commenced flowing hydrocarbons.

Ophir Energy finalises commercial terms for Fortuna FLNG project
Nov 12, 2015
Ophir Energy has finalised commercial terms and is in the process of signing Heads of Agreement for LNG offtake from the Fortuna FLNG Project with a shortlisted group of counterparties,

Africa Oil enters into farm-out deal with Maersk Oil
Nov 10, 2015
Africa Oil Corp. has entered into a definitive farmout agreement with Maersk Oil & Gas A/S, a Danish oil and gas company owned by the Maersk Group whereby Maersk will acquire

SacOil joins consortium to develop Equatorial Guinea's Bioko oil terminal
Nov 10, 2015
South African oil and gas company SacOil will join the consortium of Taleveras Group, Gunvor Group and the Strategic Fuel Fund in developing the Bioko Oil Terminal tank farm

Statoil ASA reduced equity share at Agbami following redetermination
Nov 9, 2015
Statoil has received an Expert calculation of revised tract participations for the Agbami field in Nigeria. Assuming implementation, this calculation will result in a reduction

Eni makes a new discovery offshore Congo
Nov 9, 2015
Eni made a new discovery of gas and condensates offshore Congo, in the exploration prospect of Nkala Marine, located in Marine XII block, about 20 kilometers from the coast

FAR Ltd. spuds first well on the SNE oil field
Nov 6, 2015
The first appraisal well to be drilled on the SNE oil field located 100km offshore Senegal has been spudded. The SNE-2 well will be drilled in

Golar LNG and West African Gas sign Ghana FSRU contract
Nov 5, 2015
Golar LNG Limited has executed a firm contract to provide West African Gas Limited ('WAGL') with Floating Storage and Regasification

Wentworth provides Mnazi Bay operational update
Nov 5, 2015
Wentworth is pleased to provide an operational update following first delivery of gas to the pipeline project from its assets near Mnazi Bay

Chevron announces first production from the Lianzi development
Nov 3, 2015
Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited, has commenced oil and gas production from the Lianzi Field,

Far Ltd. commences drilling offshore Senegal
Nov 3, 2015
Drilling has started on the appraisal program to evaluate the world class SNE oil discovery offshore Senegal. The three wells SNE-2, SNE-3 and BEL-1 will be