Shell's plan for seismic testing on South Africa's Wild Coast, which critics say threatens dolphins, seals, whales, penguins and other rare sea life, received all necessary environmental approvals, the country's energy minister said in a letter to parliament…
Norwegian seismic data firm PGS has said it has secured awarded a 3D exploration contract in West Africa.A Ramform Titan-class vessel is scheduled to start the survey work in early February 2022 and will complete it in mid-March. 'We are very pleased with this contract award…
French oil major TotalEnergies said Friday it had started production from the CLOV Phase 2 in Angola, a project connected to the existing CLOV FPSO.Sitting approximately 140 kilometers from the Angolan coast, in water depths from 1,100 to 1…
Oil major Shell has acquired a share in the Transkei & Algoa blocks offshore South Africa from Impact Oil & Gas.Following completion of the transaction, first agreed on in November 2020, Shell is now the operator of the block with a 50% stake and Impact Oil & Gas owns the remaining 50%…
French oil major Total has started oil production from the Zinia Phase 2 project offshore Angola, connected to the existing Pazflor FPSO.The Zinia Phase 2 project includes the drilling of nine wells and is expected to reach a production of 40…
Oil companies Azinam and Panoro Energy have completed their previously announced acquisitions of stakes in Block 2B offshore South Africa, e containing the A-J1 oil discovery from 1988, from Africa Energy Corp.Azinam has taken 50 percent and will become the operator…
Oil and gas company Apache has appointed Tracey K. Henderson as its Senior Vice President, Exploration. Henderson joins the company from Kosmos Energy, where she served as Chief Exploration Officer. 'While at Kosmos, she contributed to the discovery of the Jubilee Field offshore Ghana…
London-listed oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has partially completed the previously announced sale of its frontier offshore oil and gas exploration assets to Shell, with the South Africa transaction expected to complete in 2021.Under the agreement first announced in September…
Marine seismic data acquisition firm Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract for a large towed streamer 3D acquisition and Fast Track processing project with the French oil major Total in Senegal.The exploration survey covers 5,000 sq…
Privately-owned oil firm Impact Oil & Gas has signed a farm-out agreement with Shell for the 50% working interest and operatorship in the Transkei & Algoa exploration right, offshore South Africa.Transkei & Algoa blocks are located offshore eastern South Africa and cover approximately 45…
French oil major Total has struck another major gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa.The company said Wednesday it had made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin…
Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy said Wednesday it had agreed to sell some of its frontier exploration asset interests to Shell for up to $200 millionShell will acquire Kosmos’ interest in blocks offshore São Tomé & Príncipe, Suriname, Namibia…
After striking a play-opening gas find offshore South Africa in 2019 with the Deepsea Stavanger drilling rig, the French oil and gas major Total has brought the same rig back to the country and has started drilling on another closely watched prospect - the Luiperd…
France's Total has restarted oil drilling in Angola and new exploration ships will also soon resume work, the company's country chair Olivier Jouny told trade publication Africa Oil & Power on Monday.All drilling activity ground to a halt in…
Norwegian seismic data company TGS has said it has, with its partners, completed the Jaan 3D seismic survey covering the MSGBC Basin in NW Africa acquired in partnership with PGS and GeoPartners. Comprising over 28,000 square kilometers, the 3D survey spanning offshore Senegal…