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Somalia Set To Begin First Ever Offshore Oil Drilling In April

Somalia is on the verge of embarking on its first-ever offshore oil drilling operation, marked by the arrival of the Turkish drillship Çagir Bey in Somali waters on Friday. The Turkish Petroleum Corporation’s deep-water drilling vessel will conduct its first international mission off the Somali coast, and is expected to begin drilling at the Curad-1 well in the current month. Seismic data suggests Somalia’s offshore basins could hold between 30 billion and 40 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent.

Pecan Announces New Group CEO

Pecan Energies is happy to announce that its Senior Vice President, Subsurface and Drilling & Wells, Ifor Roberts, is assuming a new role as the company’s Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.

Kosmos Energy Announces Sale of Equatorial Guinea Production Assets to Panoro Energy for up to $219.5 Million

Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS) (“Kosmos” or the “Company”) has entered into an agreement to sell its 40.375% non-operating working interest in the Ceiba Field and Okume Complex production assets offshore Equatorial Guinea to Panoro Energy (“Panoro”) for $180 million, plus future contingent payments of up to $39.5 million.

Tullow Receipt of Tranche B payment for sale of Kenya assets

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce it has received $36 million proceeds of the Tranche B payment, under the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) announced on 21 July 2025 for the sale of its entire working interest in Kenya to Auron Energy E&P Limited, an affiliate of Gulf Energy Limited.