en Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:10:25 UT Big Medium 2.0b49 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/index.shtml Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. and Elf (Total) have started Phase 2 of the Ofon field development, 50 kilometres off the southwest coast of the West African country. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:10:18 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/nnpc-total-eye-100000-bpd-ofon-2.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1428 Oil Oil/New Developments By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/adax-find-points-to-gas-exports-off-nigeria.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/nigeria-troops-kill-attacker-as-kidnappings-peak.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/chevron-nigeria-evacuation-hits-oil-price.shtml Total of Paris has had to halve production at its 220,000-barrel-per-day Dalia field offshore Angola, after a turbo generator failed, it was understood Thursday. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:54:56 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/total-cuts-dalia-flows-in-half.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1426 Oil/Production Gas/Production By Province By Province/Africa News Africa-focused explorer Afren has farmed into Excel Exploration & Production Ltd.’s Eremor field development in Nigeria, where officials have given their go-ahead for development. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:29:14 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/excel-afren-to-to-share-cost-of-eremor.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1419 Oil Oil/New Developments Oil/Pipelines By Province By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/nigeria-troops-kill-attacker-as-kidnappings-peak.shtml Swiss-based West African explorer Adax Petroleum has discovered oil and gas offshore Nigeria for a third time, with block OML137 showing “potential for signficant gas exports”. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:27:40 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/adax-find-points-to-gas-exports-off-nigeria.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1391 Oil Oil/Exploration Gas Gas/Exploration By Province By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/addax-affirms-deepwater-gulf-of-guinea-stake.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/addax-guides-aban-abraham-to-guinea-gulf.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/addax-admits-nigerian-platform-obduction-death.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/addax-reserves-up-80-on-w-africa-n-iraq.shtml Nigerian special troops have stymied a purported kidnapping attempt at a Daewoo yard and reports indicate one would-be kidnapper was killed and several injured. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:44:21 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/nigeria-troops-kill-attacker-as-kidnappings-peak.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1364 By Province By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/nigeria-attacks-on-again-five-kidnapped.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Financial/crude-down-on-nigeria-strike-us-stockpiles.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/chevron-nigeria-evacuation-hits-oil-price.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/shells-bonny-terminal-closed-by-nigerian-youth.shtml Libya’s National Oil Corporation has launched a licensing round aimed at its “prospective gas areas throughout the prolific geologic basins”, including four offshore blocks of some 10,300 square kilometres. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:04:44 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/libya-seeks-big-oil-only-in-hung-for-big-cats.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1360 Oil Oil/Exploration Gas Gas/Exploration By Province By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/songa-finds-libyan-work-for-nippon-consortium.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Financial/Supplier_News/phoeniciacaprock-to-tap-libya-vsat-market.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/bp-wins-900m-libyan-gas-deal.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/statoil-opens-libya-shoot.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/indias-ovl-signs-agreement-to-operating-in-libyan-.shtml Nigerian gunmen ended an uneasy truce early Wednesday and attacked an oil platform at Soku island off the oil rich Niger Delta, taking five people hostage. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:43:35 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/nigeria-attacks-on-again-five-kidnapped.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1333 By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/shells-bonny-terminal-closed-by-nigerian-youth.shtml Edinburgh-, Scotland based Africa explorer Bowleven has made a “significant” oil and gas discovery in shallow water offshore Cameroon, it was understood Tuesday. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:19:16 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/bowleven-finds-oil-gas-cache-in-cameroon.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1325 Oil Oil/Exploration Gas Gas/Exploration By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/bowleven-struck-by-twin-find-of-cameroon-gas.shtml Total has turned on the taps for Sonangol and partners at the two-year-long Rosa development, where the production of oil has begun 135 kilometres offshore the rebuilding African contry. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:17:26 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/total-turns-tap-on-250000-bpd-offshore-angola.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1302 Oil Oil/Production By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/bp-signals-supermajor-oil-strike-off-angola.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/total-no-10-finds-congo-oil-in-angola.shtml Ireland-based North Africa explorer Circle Oil has posted a near 60-percent greater loss for 2006 than the year before, a $2.78 million deficit incurred for the gain of “lower risk” exploration acreage. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:19:02 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/circle-cites-n-african-promise-as-loss-widens.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1292 Oil Oil/Exploration Gas Gas/Exploration By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/exxoil-circle-round-up-tunisian-driller.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/circle-oil-rounds-up-30m-from-kgl-of-kuwait.shtml U.K. independent oil company Circle Oil and Tunisian explorer EXXOIL have hired Oil Field Services Co. to drill two onshore wells in the southern African country. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:24:12 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/exxoil-circle-round-up-tunisian-driller.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1260 Oil Oil/Exploration Gas Gas/Exploration By Province By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Supplier_Contracts/seadrill-finds-west-titania-work-in-tunisia.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Production/pa-resources-triples-turnover-doubles-tunisia-flow.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/eni-successfully-drills-new-exploration-wells-in-t.shtml Drilling, logs and fluid tests tell Tullow Oil that a “high impact” light-oil discovery has been made at the Mahogany-1 exploration well in the West Cape Three Points licence offshore the Republic of Ghana. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:43:28 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/tullow-taps-into-high-impact-ghana.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1247 Oil Oil/Exploration By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/tullow-farms-itochu-into-namibia.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/North_Sea_Rim/tullow-profit-tops-515m-on-uk-africa-flows.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Gas/New_Projects/tullow-fast-tracks-flows-in-rapid-build-up.shtml Niger Delta militants have agreed to cease attacks on the oil industry in Nigeria after the release from custody of one of their leaders, who had been detained for two years. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:33:03 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/niger-militants-bail-no-guarantee-for-oil-workers.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1232 By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/news/nigeria-strike-and-hostage-taking-pressures-oil.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/news/indian-oil-workers-become-niger-delta-hostages.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/shells-bonny-terminal-closed-by-nigerian-youth.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/chevron-nigeria-evacuation-hits-oil-price.shtml Swedish company Tethys Oil has struck a deal with Morocco’s oil company ONHYM, Dana Petroleum and Eastern Petroleum to secure acreage featuring a gas find. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:45:50 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/tethys-ties-fortunes-to-danas-moroccan-drilling.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1223 Gas Gas/Exploration By Province/Africa News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Financial/dana-delivers-devon-from-egypts-desert.shtml London-listed independent Circle Oil has signed a loan for shares agreement with KGL Petroleum Co. of Kuwait, whereby some nine exploration wells and development drilling in Tunisia and Morocco will be covered. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:33:16 UT http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/By_Province/Africa/circle-oil-rounds-up-30m-from-kgl-of-kuwait.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/1197 By Province/Africa Financial Financial/Oil Company News News http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Supplier_Contracts/seadrill-finds-west-titania-work-in-tunisia.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/Production/pa-resources-triples-turnover-doubles-tunisia-flow.shtml http://www.oilgas24.com/bm/Oil/eni-successfully-drills-new-exploration-wells-in-t.shtml