Egypt Opens Bidding on Three Gulf of Suez Blocks and Greenlights $85M Chevron Mediterranean Deal
Egypt is pushing aggressively to unlock new oil and gas investment, simultaneously launching a new bidding round for three offshore…
Dangote Refinery Starved of Crude: Nigeria Exported 55M Barrels While Flagship Plant Ran Dry
Nigeria exported 55.39 million barrels of crude oil in the first two months of 2026 — even as the $20…
Botswana Eyes 30% Stake in Angola’s $6.6bn Lobito Refinery as Africa’s Refining Ambitions Grow
Angola’s state oil company Sonangol has entered high-level talks with Botswana over the sale of a 30% equity stake in…
Egypt Bets on Fracking and Horizontal Drilling to Squeeze More Oil and Gas From Its Fields
Egypt is preparing to deploy horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies to accelerate production growth, with Petroleum and Mineral Resources…
Namibia Races to Rewrite Oil Laws Before Its First Drop Hits the Surface
Namibia is fast-tracking sweeping petroleum sector reforms as the country edges closer to its historic first oil, with President Netumbo…
Cairo Opens Stock Market Door for Ten State Oil Firms in Bold Privatisation Drive
Egypt is moving to temporarily list ten state-owned petroleum companies on the Egyptian Stock Exchange as part of the government’s…
Petrobras Makes Bold Africa Bet — Snaps Up 75% Stake in São Tomé Offshore Block
Brazilian energy giant Petrobras has signed a contract to acquire a 75% operating interest in offshore Block 3 in São…
ABL and PetroSafe Join Forces to Boost Safety and Performance Across Egypt’s Energy Assets
Global consultancy group ABL and Egypt’s Petroleum Safety and Environmental Services Company (PetroSafe) have signed a memorandum of understanding to…
African Development Bank Throws $20m Lifeline to Africa’s Stalled Green Hydrogen Pipeline
The African Development Bank, through its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, has launched a call for proposals to provide up…
BP and Libya’s NOC Hold High-Level Talks on Restoring Operations After Years of Absence
Libya’s National Oil Corporation and British energy major BP have held an extensive working session at the NOC’s Tripoli headquarters…
Libya’s NOC Breaks a 16-Year Deadlock With Long-Awaited Gas Pipeline Trial
Libya’s National Oil Corporation has launched trial operations of a 42-inch strategic gas pipeline linking the Intisar A/103 field to…
TGS Turns Decades of 2D Data Into 3D Gold Off Côte d’Ivoire in Exploration Leap
Energy data specialist TGS has commenced a major new 3D seismic project spanning 19,500 square kilometres in the deepwaters offshore…
Sintana Energy Set to Become First Oil and Gas Company Listed on Namibia’s Stock Exchange
Sintana Energy has taken concrete steps toward listing on the Namibia Securities Exchange (NSX), engaging IJG Securities as its sponsor…
Tanzania Strikes Gas Gold: Maurel & Prom Discovery Could Lift Mnazi Bay Output by 80%
French upstream company Maurel & Prom has announced a significant new gas discovery at the MB-5 well within the Mnazi…
TotalEnergies Sets Its Sights on Egypt’s Unexplored Western Mediterranean Depths
TotalEnergies has expressed strong interest in exploring the deepwater potential of Egypt’s Herodotus Basin in the Western Mediterranean, following high-level…
Assala Energy Strikes Hydrocarbons Off Gabon in Encouraging Magoga-A Well Result
Assala Energy has reported a hydrocarbon encounter at its Magoga-A exploration well in the Mutamba Iroru Licence II offshore Gabon,…
World’s First Pre-Commercial Offshore Wave Energy Farm Powers Up in Mauritius
French wave energy technology developer Seaturns has launched what it claims is the world’s first pre-commercial offshore wave energy project…
Shell’s Mediterranean Exploration Unearths Promising Gas Signals Off Egypt
Shell has reported “encouraging initial indications” from its Sirius 1X exploration well in Egypt’s Northeast Amreya area in the Mediterranean…
Angola’s Kwanza Basin Gets Its First Modern Aerial Survey — and Critical Minerals Are on the Radar Too
UK-based geophysical company Metatek-Group has completed the first-ever modern airborne survey of Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin, deploying cutting-edge technology that…
Vaalco Energy Pivots to Development Drilling After Etame West Exploration Comes Up Dry
Vaalco Energy has wrapped up drilling at the Etame West ET-14P exploration well offshore Gabon and found no commercial hydrocarbons…