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Trans-Sahara pipe deal sealed
Friday, 03 July, 2009, 12:50 GMT

Nigeria, Algeria and Niger today signed an agreement to build a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline across the Sahara that could send up to 30 billion cubic metres a year of supplies to Europe.

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Chevron turns on Mafumeira Norte taps
Thursday, 02 July, 2009, 14:24 GMT

US supermajor Chevron has flowed first oil from the Mafumeira Norte development, in Block O off Angola, bringing the field on stream ahead of schedule.

 
Vangold eyes Rwanda riches
Thursday, 02 July, 2009, 10:55 GMT

Canada-based Vangold Resources is seeking oil and gas exploration rights for Rwanda's Lake Kivu following successful air and satellite surveys.

Gazprom stirs racism talk with new gig
Wednesday, 01 July, 2009, 12:47 GMT

Russian energy giant Gazprom has inadvertently walked into an online racism debate with the announcement of its new joint venture in Nigeria - Nigaz.

 
Equatorial Guinea nears second LNG train
Wednesday, 01 July, 2009, 07:10 GMT

Equatorial Guinea's state-owned company Sonagas expects to receive a master plan on 7 July that could pave the way for the country’s second liquefied natural gas train.

Cameroon gets new prime minister
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 21:03 GMT

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, facing discontent over rising prices and corruption, sacked his prime minister today in the biggest government reshuffle in more than four years.

 
Consensus eludes gas producers
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 22:16 GMT

The club of major gas producers fretted over sagging demand and prices at talks today, but the loose grouping is far from having the power and collective will to do anything to tighten the market.

Attacks hammer Shell’s Nigeria output
Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 16:20 GMT

Attacks by Nigerian militants in recent days have cut oil output from facilities operated by Shell's SPDC joint venture to around 140,000 barrels per day, a company spokesman said today.

 
Shell turns off western Delta taps
Monday, 29 June, 2009, 08:55 GMT

Nigeria's main militant group said its fighters had attacked an oil facility belonging to Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell in the Niger Delta today, days after President Umaru Yar Adua proposed an amnesty.

Khelil names Trans-Sahara date
Monday, 29 June, 2009, 14:36 GMT

A deal which will see work start on the Trans-Sahara pipeline - a link which will carry Nigerian gas across the Sahara desert to Algeria - will be signed next week in Abuja, Algerian Energy & Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said.

 
Sapphire Driller primed for Foxtrot gig
Monday, 29 June, 2009, 03:15 GMT

Vantage Drilling’s newbuild jack-up Sapphire Driller will depart Singapore early next month for a three-month firm charter with Foxtrot International off the Ivory Coast.

Angola tender unlikely
Monday, 29 June, 2009, 19:52 GMT

Angola is unlikely to open a tender for new oil exploration licences this year due to low oil prices, a board member for state-run oil player Sonangol said.

 
Medgaz primes first flows for 2010
Thursday, 25 June, 2009, 12:19 GMT

The 8 billion cubic metre per year Medgaz pipeline between Algeria and Spain will deliver its first gas in early 2010, Dominique de Riberolles, chief executive of Spanish energy company Cepsa, said today.

Sinopec shells out $7.2bn for Addax
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 10:00 GMT

Sinopec is set to shell out C$8.27 billion (US$7.24 billion) for Addax Petroleum after the Canadian-based outfit gave the nod to the Chinese giant's C$52.80 per share takeover offer.

 
Algeria revs up with new round
Monday, 29 June, 2009, 08:02 GMT

Algeria's state energy company Sonatrach will put 10 blocks up for bid this week, the country's Energy & Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said.

Russia and Nigeria in $2.5bn deal
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 20:11 GMT

Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's state-run oil company NNPC agreed today to create a new joint venture to develop Africa's largest oil and gas sector with an initial investment of at least $2.5 billion.

 
Sudan rivals agree to stick by Abyei ruling
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 13:14 GMT

Northern and southern Sudan have agreed to abide by international arbitration on the status of the oil-rich Abyei region which both sides want to control, according to reports.

Nigeria puts amnesty offer on table
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 11:20 GMT

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is poised to offer Niger Delta militants a 60-day amnesty in an effort to end years of attacks on the country's upstream sector, a senior official said.

 
Saipem scoops up $600m rig deals
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 09:23 GMT

Italy’s Saipem has landed six new contracts for onshore drilling rigs, worth about $600 million in total.

Eni declares Brass force majeure
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 10:15 GMT

Italian giant Eni has confirmed declaring force majeure on shipments from the Brass export terminal in Nigeria.

 
MCS in the swim at PSVM
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 08:39 GMT

Subsea technology consultancy MCS is set to dive in at BP's Plutao, Staurno, Venus and Marte (PSVM) project, in Block 31 off Angola, after landing a contract with JP Kenny.

Mend blows up Shell wellhead
Friday, 26 June, 2009, 06:42 GMT

Nigeria's main militant group the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it had blown up a wellhead in a Shell oilfield in Delta state late yesterday, hours after President Umaru Yar'Adua announced an amnesty offer for gunmen.

 
Gunmen arrested for Nigeria oil attack
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 15:34 GMT

Nigerian security forces arrested nine gunmen suspected to be involved in last week's pipeline attack that forced Agip to halt some oil output in the Niger Delta, the military said today.

Lusaka calls for E&P bids
Wednesday, 24 June, 2009, 07:31 GMT

Zambia has called on foreign players to bid in its debut licensing round, setting 7 August as the deadline for tenders.

 
Russia and Nigeria close to gas deal
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 19:34 GMT

Russia and Nigeria are expected to sign a series of deals including a joint venture agreement on gas exploration with Gazprom and a nuclear energy pact during the Russian president's visit to Nigeria tomorrow.

Verenex move stalled by Libya probe
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 13:42 GMT
Spain looks to Nigeria for E&P
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 18:32 GMT
Nigeria output slides in first quarter
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 12:02 GMT
Shell yet to confirm Mend strikes
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 11:53 GMT
'Uganda rebels plotting oil attacks'
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 16:10 GMT
Heerema to build Angola yard
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 04:35 GMT
Infoterra maps out Seychelles oil slicks
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 09:10 GMT
Nigerian rebels strike three Shell sites
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 02:12 GMT
Sasol and Shenhua prime CTL pumps
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 09:59 GMT
Sonangol readies Cabinda push
Monday, 22 June, 2009, 09:59 GMT
Nigerian rebels strike Shell pipeline
Thursday, 25 June, 2009, 07:09 GMT
Island scoops up Moroccan permits
Friday, 19 June, 2009, 06:19 GMT
Shell crimps Delta oil flows
Thursday, 18 June, 2009, 12:55 GMT
Nigeria steps towards amnesty deal
Friday, 26 June, 2009, 11:42 GMT
Mend targets Agip pipe
Friday, 19 June, 2009, 08:23 GMT
Blom bags survey gig with Saipem
Friday, 19 June, 2009, 15:54 GMT
M&P takes reins at Marine III
Thursday, 18 June, 2009, 06:43 GMT
Victoria bumps up cash base
Wednesday, 17 June, 2009, 08:51 GMT
Somaliland gives suitors breathing space
Tuesday, 16 June, 2009, 12:31 GMT
Mend claims Shell pipe hit
Thursday, 18 June, 2009, 01:52 GMT
FMC scores with Jubilee
Tuesday, 16 June, 2009, 23:11 GMT
Shell extends Forcados force majeure
Wednesday, 17 June, 2009, 09:41 GMT
Tullow strikes it lucky in Uganda
Tuesday, 16 June, 2009, 06:44 GMT
Petroceltic corks Algerian well
Tuesday, 16 June, 2009, 07:46 GMT
Mend threat to take war offshore
Monday, 15 June, 2009, 07:13 GMT
Iti-1 probe a flop for Tower
Monday, 15 June, 2009, 06:54 GMT
Bids under way for Kenyan seismic
Monday, 15 June, 2009, 01:49 GMT
'Damaged pipeline not affecting output'
Monday, 15 June, 2009, 01:29 GMT
‘Oil must reach $90 to stabilise market’
Monday, 15 June, 2009, 03:16 GMT
Gaddafi lures foreign investors
Friday, 12 June, 2009, 12:36 GMT
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