Libya Strikes Oil Gold: Mabrouk Field Roars Back to Life with 30,000 bpd
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has achieved a major breakthrough as production at the Mabrouk oil field surges to between…
Lights On: South Africa’s Lyra Energy Breaks Ground on $240M Solar Plant
South Africa’s renewable energy sector received a major jolt this week as Lyra Energy — a joint venture between Norwegian…
Azerbaijan’s SOCAR Makes Bold African Move — Eyes 10% Stake in Côte d’Ivoire’s Baleine Field
In a significant sign of Azerbaijan’s expanding global energy ambitions, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) President Rovshan…
Petrobel Raises Stakes: $460M Investment Plan Targets Egypt’s Next Gas Frontier
Egypt’s Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) has revised upward its investment plan for fiscal year 2025/26 to approximately $460 million, as…
Equatorial Guinea Opens Its Doors: Eni Gets Green Light to Explore Six Offshore Blocks
Equatorial Guinea has signed an oil and gas exploration agreement with Italian energy giant Eni, granting the company a 21-month…
Egypt Turns Up the Gas: New Wells Come Online in the Mediterranean and Western Desert
Egypt’s upstream gas sector is recording tangible gains as two separate companies successfully bring new wells into production, bolstering national…
Harbour Energy Drills Deep into Egypt: New Dissouq Well Hits Production as Nile Delta Plans Expand
Harbour Energy has brought the first well of its recent gas discovery at the Dissouq field into production, lifting the…
Dangote Refinery Steps Up as Global Fuel Supplies Tighten, Shields Nigeria from International Shock
Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has declared its commitment to insulating the country from escalating global petroleum supply disruptions,…
Eni Clears Path forMassive Nigeria Deepwater Development After Decade-Long Dispute
Italian energy major Eni has resolved a long-running legal dispute over Oil Prospecting Licence 245 (OPL 245) in Nigeria, unlocking…
Dead Field Springs Back to Life: Benin’s Sèmè Oil Field Resumes Production After Nearly 30-Year Halt
The Sèmè oil field off the coast of Benin has resumed oil flow for the first time in nearly three…
Angola Opens Frontier to Big Oil: TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil Eye Four Ultra-Deep Blocks
Angola’s National Oil, Gas & Biofuels Agency (ANPG) has signed a Principles Agreement with TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil for the allocation…
Eni Locks In Technip for Coral Norte LNG Project Offshore Mozambique
The Eni-led Mozambique Rovuma Venture has signed a long-term contract with a consortium comprising Technip Energies, JGC and Samsung Heavy…
Egypt Races to Add 2,500 MW of Renewables and Bolster Gas Supply Ahead of Summer Crunch
Egypt is targeting the integration of 2,500 megawatts of renewable energy capacity into its national electricity grid before the summer…
South Africa’s First LNG Terminal Hits a Snag as Vopak Pushes Final Decision to 2028
Dutch tank storage and terminal operator Vopak has delayed its final investment decision (FID) on South Africa’s first liquefied natural…
Kenya’s Black Gold Dream Gets Real: $15M Drilling Rig Lands as First Oil Target Looms
Kenya’s long-delayed oil ambitions are finally shifting from paperwork to pipeline as Gulf Energy has acquired a $15 million onshore…
Seplat’s Dead Wells Rise Again: 49 Idle Boreholes Restored, Adding 48,600 bpd at a Fraction of Drilling Cost
Nigerian energy company Seplat Energy has pulled off one of the most capital-efficient production turnarounds in recent African upstream history…
Vaalco Takes the Wheel in Ivory Coast: US Independent Seizes Operator Control Over Two Offshore Blocks in West Africa’s Hottest New Basin
US independent Vaalco Energy has cemented its position as a leading operator in Ivory Coast’s rapidly emerging offshore sector, securing…
Nigeria’s Indigenous Oil Producers Now Pump More Than Half the Country’s Oil — And They Want More Say
Indigenous Nigerian oil producers have crossed a historic threshold, now accounting for more than half of the country’s total oil…
Global Energy Market Shocks Rattle Nigeria’s Fuel Sector — Industry Body Raises Alarm
Nigeria’s petroleum retail sector has raised urgent concern over the impact of escalating military tensions in the Middle East on…
Nigeria Breaks Up Africa’s Most Controversial Oil Block — Shell and Eni Finally Set to Develop OPL 245 After 30 Years
Nigeria has split the long-disputed OPL 245 deepwater oil block into four separate assets to be co-developed by Shell and…