Oil and gas company Panoro Energy has been awarded a 56 percent stake in and operatorship of Block EG-01, located offshore Equatorial Guinea. Partners in the block will be Kosmos Energy and GEPetrol.Block EG-01 borders both Block G where Panoro has a 14.25 percent non-operated interest, and which contains the producing Ceiba Field and Okume Complex, and Block S where Panoro has agreed to farm-in to a 12 percent non-operated interest…
Atlas Petroleum International Limited said Tuesday it would, with its partners VAALCO, and GEPetrol, proceed with the development of the Venus discovery in Block P, Equatorial Guinea.This positive result follows the 8 March 2023 Plan of Development…
VAALCO Energy said Monday that the Government of Equatorial Guinea has approved the Venus - Block P Plan of Development (“POD”). VAALCO has an 80% participation interest in the project and is the operator. Upon the execution of final documents…
The government of Equatorial Guinea has granted an extension of the Production Sharing Contract ('PSC') for the offshore Block G until December 31, 2040, covering both the producing Ceiba and Okume Complex Fields, Panoro Energy, a partner in the project…
Oil major Chevron and the government of Equatorial Guinea have signed a production-sharing agreement for an offshore block in the Douala Basin, oil minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima said on Thursday.The agreement grants Chevron 80% ownership over block EG-09…
Equatorial Guinea’s minister for mines and hydrocarbons Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima has signed several MoU with bidders of the country’s 2019 Licensing Round.The government of Equatorial Guinea last year offered 27 free blocks for exploration…
As the New Year kicks off this week, some of Africa’s oil and gas producers are looking forward to fast-tracking approved offshore exploration plans to counter falling production volumes and meet the increasing demand especially for natural…
American upstream oil company founded and based in Dallas Kosmos Energy made an offshore oil discovery in Equatorial Guinea, Reuters reported quoting the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons.The S-5 well was drilled at a total depth of 4,400 meters…
ExxonMobil is assessing commerciality of the Avestruz-1 well, which struck oil in Block EG-06 offshore Equatorial Guinea, the nation's Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy said today (11 December). Drilled in October by the West Polaris drillship in around 3400ft (1050m) of water…
Hess Corp. has completed the sale of its interests in offshore Equatorial Guinea to Kosmos Energy and Trident Energy for US$650 million. Hess’ exit from Equatorial Guinea comes after nearly two decades of operations at the Ceiba field and Okume complex…
Kosmos Energy entered Equatorial Guinea with a splash by acquiring Hess' 85% stake in two long-producting oil fields for US$650 million, as well as signing production sharing contracts (PSCs) for three other blocks in the Rio Muni basin…
Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Ophir Energy and national oil firm GEPetrol have signed a new production sharing contract (PSC) for Block EG-24 offshore Rio Muni. Block EG-24 (formerly Block EG-20 and Block M)…
ExxonMobil has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with the government of Equatorial Guinea for a deepwater block located 36mi west of the country's capital city, Malabo. Exxon will operate deepwater Block EG-11 with 80% working interest…
Ophir Energy's Fortuna LNG development is a step closer to reality after signing an umbrella agreement, which sets out the legal and fiscal framework for the project. Ophir, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, OneLNGSA and La Compañía…
Equatorial Guineas’ Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy, on behalf of the government of Equatorial Guinea signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with ExxonMobil E&P Equatorial Guinea (Offshore) and GEPetrol for Block EG-06, offshore Bioko Island…