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TotalEnergies Finds Oil in Angola’s Block 17, Grows Interest in Two More

Sep 10, 2026

TotalEnergies has made a new oil discovery at Acacia-5 in Angola's Block 17 and expects to bring it into production just three months after the June 2026 discovery, while expanding its exploration portfolio with operated interests in two additional offshore blocks…

ExxonMobil Makes New Oil Discovery in Angola’s Offshore Block 15

Sep 09, 2026

ExxonMobil has made a new hydrocarbon discovery at the Vicango East-01 exploration well in Angola’s offshore Block 15, marking the third discovery in the prolific block in the past four years.The well encountered about 25 metres (82 feet) of high-quality…

OneSubsea To Supply Umbilicals for Azule Energy’s Project off Angola

Sep 07, 2026

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract from Azule Energy to supply controls umbilicals for the West Hub Tails project offshore Angola, supporting the transfer of production from the aging Ngoma FPSO to the new Agogo FPSO…

Milei Vows Tougher Sanctions, Defense Push Over Falklands Oil Drilling

Sep 03, 2026

Argentine President Javier Milei said on Thursday he would tighten sanctions on companies involved in oil projects around the Falkland Islands, boost defense resources in the country's south and send Congress a bill aimed at strengthening Argentina's…

PMS Completes Subsea Pipeline Installation at Egypt’s Kamose Gas Field

Aug 28, 2026

Petroleum Marine Services (PMS) has completed the installation of three subsea pipelines for the fourth phase of the Kamose offshore gas field development in Egypt, clearing the way for the installation of three new production platforms.The project…

GHL Seeks to Settle Dolphin Drilling Dispute with Cash, Nigeria Rig Work

Aug 28, 2026

General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) has approached Dolphin Drilling with a non-binding proposal combining a potential deployment of the Blackford Dolphin rig in Nigeria with a cash settlement of a portion of an approximately $105 million arbitration award…

Energean Enters Exclusive Talks for BP's Egypt Oil and Gas Assets

Aug 28, 2026

Gas producer Energean is in exclusive talks to buy some of BP's upstream oil and gas assets in Egypt, two people involved in the process told Reuters.The deal, which could raise about $1 billion for BP, includes its stakes in the producing offshore West Nile Delta assets…

Petrobras Enters Talks for Four Offshore Blocks in Ghana

Aug 24, 2026

Petrobras has entered direct negotiations for exploration contracts covering four offshore blocks in Ghana's Keta Basin after the country's Ministry of Energy and Green Transition approved the company's application.Petrobras said it had submitted…

Chevron Discovers Oil and Gas Condensate Offshore Angola

Aug 17, 2026

Chevron said on Monday it had discovered oil and gas condensate at an exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola, adding to its push to increase production in sub-Saharan Africa through infrastructure-led exploration.Western and southern Africa…

Petrobras Discovers Hydrocarbons in Ultra-Deep Waters Off Amapá

Aug 16, 2026

Petrobras has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in an exploratory well being drilled in block FZA-M-59, in deep waters off the coast of Amapá in the Amazon River mouth sedimentary basin on the Brazilian equatorial margin.The Morpho well…

ExxonMobil Enlists McDermott JV for Rovuma LNG Pre-FID Work

Aug 07, 2026

McDermott Energy Solutions (UK), a majority shareholder in the SMDC joint venture, has received a letter of intent from ExxonMobil Mozambique, on behalf of the Area 4 partners, covering limited engineering and procurement services for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 midstream development in Mozambique…

Nigeria Aims to Unlock Up to $50B in Offshore Oil and Gas Investment

Aug 06, 2026

Nigeria's upstream oil regulator expects at least 22 offshore projects to start production by 2030, with potential investment of up to $50 billion, as Africa's top oil producer pushes to boost oil and gas output and attract new capital.The NUPRC said reforms…

Sonangol's Appraisal Well off Angola Delivers Strong Test Results

Aug 06, 2026

Angola's state-owned oil company Sonangol and concessionaire ANPG said on Thursday that the Katambi-2 offshore appraisal well crossed two productive intervals and confirmed good quality reservoirs.Initial tests recorded a stabilised production…

TGS, EGAS Launch Large-Scale Seismic Reimaging Offshore Egypt

Aug 05, 2026

TGS has started a 34,000-kilometre 2D seismic reimaging project offshore Egypt in partnership with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), aiming to improve subsurface imaging and support future exploration activity in the country's Mediterranean waters…

FPSO for Azule Energy’s Angola Offshore Field Starts Taking Shape in China

Jul 30, 2026

Azule Energy, jointly owned by Eni and BP, has started construction of the topside process modules for the Greater PAJ floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, with the first steel cutting ceremony held at Haiyang CIMC Raffles' Haiyang yard in China…

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