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NNPC, Total eye 100,000 bpd Ofon 2 Jul 19, 2007Nigerian 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.
Total cuts Dalia flows in half Jul 19, 2007Total 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.
Excel, Afren to to share cost of Eremor Jul 18, 2007Africa-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.
Addax find points to “gas exports” off Nigeria Jul 13, 2007Swiss-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”.
Nigeria troops kill attacker, as kidnappings peak Jul 10, 2007Nigerian special troops have stymied a purported kidnapping attempt at a Daewoo yard and reports indicate one would-be kidnapper was killed and several injured.
Libya seeks Big Oil only in hunt for big cats Jul 9, 2007Libya’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.
Nigeria attacks on-again, five kidnapped Jul 4, 2007Nigerian 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.
Bowleven finds oil-gas cache in Cameroon Jul 3, 2007Edinburgh-, Scotland based Africa explorer Bowleven has made a “significant” oil and gas discovery in shallow water offshore Cameroon, it was understood Tuesday.
Total turns tap on 250,000 bpd offshore Angola Jun 29, 2007Total 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.
Circle cites N. African promise, as loss widens Jun 28, 2007Ireland-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.
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Exxoil, Circle round up Tunisian driller Jun 21, 2007U.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.
Tullow taps into “high impact” Ghana Jun 20, 2007Drilling, 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.
Niger militant’s bail no guarantee for oil workers Jun 18, 2007Niger 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.
Tethys ties fortunes to Dana’s Moroccan drilling Jun 15, 2007Swedish 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.
Circle Oil rounds up $30M from KGL of Kuwait Jun 11, 2007London-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.
Marathon merry over early Equatorial LNG May 25, 2007Despite project permit delays worldwide, Marathon Oil and partners are on-stream six months ahead of schedule with cargoes from a first train of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.
Pancontinental's Airborne geophysical survey completed in Kenya May 23, 2007Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL, through Joint Venture (JV) partner Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited has completed the FALCON® airborne gravity data survey to further delineate leads in its 40% held Block L-6 in Kenya’s Lamu Basin.
Shell’s Bonny terminal closed by Nigerian “youth” May 16, 2007Protesting “youths” in Nigeria have managed to shut-down a key pipeline “manifold” supplying the 170,000-barrel-per-day Bonny export terminal, it was reported Wednesday.
Chevron Nigeria evacuation hits oil price May 14, 2007Chevron is evacuating several hundred Nigeria personnel after a rash of kindappings with not apparent let-up in sight or a solution to their security offshore, it was learned at the weekend.
First Calgary’s Algeria “pools” press finances May 11, 2007Algeria explorer First Calgary has posted a $2.4 million loss after spending some $50 million in the first three months of 2007, as it turns the Algerian desert into a sea of appraisal wells, just as the TAGI “pools” look commercial.
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