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May 22, 2025
TotalEnergies is preparing to begin offshore drilling in South Africa in 2026, pending final regulatory approvals, according to Mike Sangster, the company’s SVP for Africa Exploration & Production, who recently emphasized TotalEnergies' multi-energy strategy at the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris.
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May 21, 2025
Subsea7 will be responsible for transporting and installing flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for the connection of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel as well as the pre-laying activities for an upcoming drilling campaign.
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May 21, 2025
Chevron Corp. and local authorities in Angola are searching for a missing worker after a fire broke out on a deepwater oil platform. The fire occurred while the platform was undergoing scheduled maintenance, injuring 17 people, including four who suffered severe injuries.
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May 20, 2025
Law firm Haynes Boone defended The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), now known as Renaissance Africa Energy Company (RAEC), against a $58 million lawsuit, securing a complete dismissal.
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May 19, 2025
A top United Nations court has ruled in favor of Equatorial Guinea in a long-running territorial dispute with Gabon, awarding it sovereignty over three small islands located in potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Guinea.
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May 16, 2025
Halliburton and Rhino Resources have delivered two exploration wells within PEL 85 offshore Namibia, the companies announced. These exploration wells are the first to be completed entirely from in-country infrastructure through Halliburton’s newly established operational bases.
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May 15, 2025
Libya’s latest upstream licensing round has already attracted more than 40 applicants, signaling growing interest in its largely untapped hydrocarbon potential. The update was shared during a ConocoPhillips-sponsored session at the Invest in African Energy Forum.
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May 13, 2025
Tullow Oil has formally signed an agreement with Gabon Oil Company to sell 100% of its working interests in Gabon for total cash consideration of $300 million (USD). The agreement follows an announcement made in March 2025 discussing terms of the deal.
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May 13, 2025
Ghana is encouraging investors to increase oil output in order to stay ahead of a global decarbonization push. The government is ready to roll out the “red carpet” to any investor prepared to drill and pump crude, President John Mahama said at a forum on Tuesday.
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May 07, 2025
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to invest $1.5 billion in a deepwater oil field in Nigeria as Africa’s top producer looks to boost output, according to the nation’s regulator. The investment, expected within the next two years, will focus on reviving production in the Usan field.
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May 05, 2025
Valaris Limited has been awarded a five-well contract offshore West Africa for drillship VALARIS DS-15. The contract is expected to commence in the third quarter 2026. The total contract value, based on an estimated duration of 250 days, is approximately $135 million, including upfront payments for rig upgrades and mobilization.
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April 29, 2025
The Republic of Congo's Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua will speak at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025. Congo is preparing to launch its 2025 licensing round – central to its strategy of increasing oil output from 274,000 to 500,000 bpd by 2027.
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April 28, 2025
Ever since oil and gas majors announced massive hydrocarbon discoveries in Namibia’s offshore Orange Basin, interest in additional exploration in has been intense. Will negotiations stall, as we’re seeing all too often in African nations, or will the process move forward smoothly?
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April 25, 2025
CHC Helicopter (CHC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Namibian aviation operator Court Helicopters. The agreement outlines both parties’ intent to explore a strategic collaboration to search and rescue (SAR) and crew change solutions in Namibia.
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April 24, 2025
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) is calling for a deliberate and accelerated approach to moving Namibia’s recent oil and gas discoveries into production – emphasizing the importance of speed, investor confidence and strategic collaboration.
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April 24, 2025
Decom Engineering has announced a promising start to 2025 with contracts valued at more than £2 million ($2.66 million USD) secured in the first quarter, positioning the subsea cutting specialist for further international growth.
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April 23, 2025
Amid declining Russian oil imports and rising energy demand, India is ramping up investments across Africa’s oil, gas and renewables sectors. The shift comes as India's crude oil imports from Russia fell to a two-year low in February 2025, prompting a renewed push to diversify its sources of energy.
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April 22, 2025
BW Energy has discovered substantial oil reserves at its Bourdon prospect, offshore Gabon. CEO Carl Arnet noted that the appraisal well confirms potential for a new development of at least four producing wells.
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April 17, 2025
ReconAfrica has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ANPG for a joint exploration project in the Etosha-Okavango basin, located onshore in southeastern Angola. ANPG is Angola's national concessionaire and regulator.
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April 15, 2025
Tullow Oil has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its working interests in Kenya to Gulf Energy Ltd. for a total consideration of at least $120 million. Interim CEO Richard Miller noted that the transaction helps position Tullow for a successful refinancing.
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April 15, 2025
EXPLORCO, the exploration division of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), is set to spud its first exploration well in the Voltaian basin in Q1 2026, targeting new leads and play-opening discoveries.
