Oslo-listed oil and gas E&P player BW Energy has struck oil at a pilot appraisal well located on a field in the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon. The drilling activities were carried out with a jack-up rig owned by Borr Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.
Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have been encouraged to adopt innovative pricing and decarbonisation strategies to drive Africa’s energy transition.
The newly established Sentuo Oil Refinery Limited stands to receive the highest tax exemption among 42 companies if Parliament approves a request for exemptions totalling $335,072,712.13 under the government’s One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative
Seatrium Limited has been awarded a contract by Single Buoy Moorings Inc, a SBM Offshore company, for the topsides fabrication and integration of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Guyana to support ExxonMobil’s Stabroek block development.
The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has announced that Nigeria will no longer need to import gasoline by June thanks to the Dangote Refinery.
Suriname’s discovered oil resources now total more than 2.4 Bbbl of crude and liquids, and the nation has more than 12.5 tcf of gas, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Foreign oil companies in Venezuela are concerned they won’t get licenses from the US in time to allow them to operate after May 31.
From 1.28 million barrels per day in April, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, says Nigeria’s oil production was inching towards 1.7mbpd as of Saturday.
The need to grow capacity for indigenous oil and gas firms have, over the years, dominated conversations at various oil and gas conferences.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Co. Ltd. (NNPC) recently resumed production from the Awoba field and initiated oil production from the Madu field after facing challenges that led to shutdowns. The Awoba field, located in Rivers State, is expected to reach a production plateau of 12,000 barrels per day, significantly enhancing the country’s gas supply.