Italian oil group ENI's Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi could step down if he is found guilty by an Italian court of corruption in Nigeria, he told the Wall Street Journal.Descalzi is one of the defendants in a case over the alleged payment of bribes to facilitate a $1…
Nigerian oil company Lekoil has been given more time to find funds it needs to contribute for the drilling operation at the OPL 310 block in Nigeria, following a recent funding fiasco with unnamed scammers.Lekoil was required to pay Optimum Petroleum…
Gabon looks to be on its way to achieving the projected 50% increase in crude oil production in the next one year if the positive result from offshore wells development, by two of the leading international oil companies operating in the country…
Oil and gas exploration firm Edison has reportedly started drilling operations at its North Thekah concession offshore Egypt.According to what appears to be Edison's press release circulated online, Edison started drilling on January 18, 2020 in the Mediterranean Sea block…
Australian oil company FAR Ltd. has signed a deal with Glencore, one of the world's largest oil marketers, for the full allocation of Far's share of the future oil production from the Sangomar field offshore Senegal.FAR, which owns a 15% stake in the recently sanctioned…
BW Energy has completed the second production well of the Tortue Phase 2 development, offshore Gabon.'The DTM-5H well marks the completion of the first of two new well clusters on the Tortue field which will be tied back to the FPSO BW Adolo and boost oil output…
BP signed an agreement with Angola aimed at acquiring oil further exploration rights, state news agency Angop reported, the latest in a flurry of agreements between oil majors and Africa's second-biggest exporter.The deal with the country's…
Nigeria's financial crimes watchdog charged a former attorney general suspected of taking bribes to facilitate a $1.3 billion oil block sale, the agency said on Tuesday, in the latest twist in one of the industry's biggest alleged corruption scandals…
SOFEC announced it has been awarded a contract from MODEC to supply an external turret mooring system for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sangomar project offshore Senegal.SOFEC will be responsible for all engineering…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Somalia had invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas, after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya last year, broadcaster NTV reported. Turkey has been a major source of aid to…
Following last year's large gas/condensate discovery at Brulpadda well offshore South Africa, French oil major Total is preparing to drill more wells in the vicinity.After the Brulpadda, estimated by Rystad Energy to hold 500 mboe to 600mboe…
Oil and gas company FAR has secured a $300 million reserve-based loan for its share of the CAPEX for recently sanctioned Sangomar field development, offshore Senegal.“FAR is pleased to announce a binding and committed underwritten US$300 million…
Italian oil company Eni has produced first oil from its Agogo field offshore Angola, nine months after discovery.Eni brought the field online via the FPSO Ngoma located 15 kilometers from the oil field. The current output level is around 10…
Italian oil major Eni and France's Total were among the successful bidders for rights to develop three offshore blocks in Angola out of 10 auctioned late last year, the country's petroleum regulator said on Thursday.Eni and Total won operator…
Australia's Woodside Petroleum posted a nearly 7% rise in fourth-quarter production on Thursday and forecast higher output for fiscal 2020, as it steps up work on growth projects in a bid to triple its oil and gas reserves over a decade.The…