Tag: Africa
Ghana president touches down in South America’s newest O&G hotspot
President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo arrived in the South American country of Guyana in the early hours of Tuesday morning for what is the first State Visit by...
Nigeria local content body says Samsung has transformed country into FPSO...
Korean shipbuilding giant, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has transformed Nigeria into a hub for fabrication and integration of Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) units...
ExxonMobil in hunt for ‘next Guyana’
US oil major ExxonMobil is acquiring large amounts of seismic data in a hunt for prospects that would mirror its massive oil discoveries in...
Tullow Oil abandons Namibia well
Reuters) - Africa-focused Tullow Oil will abandon its first well in Namibia, but data gathered in the project indicated it might strike lucky in...
ExxonMobil says blockade threatens production at Nigeria oil facilities
(Reuters) - ExxonMobil said on Monday that a blockade by former employees threatens crude production at oil facilities in Nigeria, adding that “disruptions to...
Nigeria leans on 200,000 b/d offshore Egina project to spur oil...
Nigeria is banking on the 200,000 b/d offshore Egina project to boost its production by over 10%, as the Total-operated field is expected to...
Local Content Push: 40 Ghanaian companies to go on UK trade...
Ghana’s Petroleum Commission is leading a delegation of over 40 local companies on a week’s oil and gas trade mission to Aberdeen, Scotland. The...
Ghana defends ‘direct negotiation’ with ExxonMobil; says company best-positioned for ultra-deep...
Ghana’s Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, says the Government signed an oil exploration contract with ExxonMobil to explore for oil in the Deeperwater Cape...
Oil production key in catapulting Ghana to one of world’s fastest...
While seen as a curse by some, oil production and its spin-off effects can positively impact developing countries and change their fortunes for the...
ExxonMobil shuts PNG gas conditioning plant to assess quake damage
(Reuters) - ExxonMobil Corp said it shut its Hides gas conditioning plant in Papua New Guinea after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the...