Africa Oil (OTC:AOIFF) Corp (AOI: CN) (OTC: AOIFF) has maintained its Sector Outperform rating and Cdn$3.50 price target from Scotiabank. The company has completed a transaction to acquire approximately 25.7 million shares in Impact for a cash consideration of $18.6 million. This acquisition represents around 30% of the total number of shares Africa Oil was prepared to purchase from Impact’s minority shareholders.
French oil and gas supermajor TotalEnergies announced in May that the company intends to invest $600 million in the Republic of Congo (ROC) before 2024 is out. The funding will support exploration and improve production in the deep offshore Moho Nord field, which currently produces at a rate of 140,000 barrels per day (bpd), accounting for roughly half of all Congolese oil production. With their added capital, TotalEnergies expects to increase this rate by 40,000 bpd — a welcome boost that will undoubtedly help the ROC get closer to its goal of doubling its total daily rate to 500,000 bpd.
In July, Canadian independent Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) spud the Naingopo-1 exploration well in the Damara Fold Belt in Namibia’s Kavango basin.
Former Glencore execs, including ex-oil head Alex Beard, are charged with bribery by the Serious Fraud Office, accused of making corrupt payments to boost West African operations.
Key global energy companies including Vitol, Africa Oil Corp and ERHC Energy Inc. are ready to present Africa’s premier energy sector opportunities at the Invest in African Energy reception in London organised by the African Energy Chamber (AEC).
African intergovernmental organization the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) held an executive retreat to discuss the future of the African oil and gas sector amidst the ongoing energy transition on July 8-9. The retreat was in preparation for the opening ceremony of APPO’s 18th Executive Board Meeting which will be held on Thursday June 11, where the Republic of the Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno Jean Itoua and APPO’s Alternate President will give an opening address.
When Total Energies and Shell separately announced “significant” discoveries of what appears to be commercial quantities of oil and gas offshore Namibia — possibly more than 4 billion barrels of oil in total — it signaled something new for the nation: a chance to monetize its natural resources to combat energy poverty and accelerate economic growth. The offshore deposits — the nation’s largest find since independence — are at peak likely to provide Windhoek an estimated $5.6 billion annually in royalties and taxes and should help the nation double its $11 billion economy by 2040.
Several African countries have been gradually boosting their oil and gas output over the last year, as demand for fossil fuels continues to rise.