Statoil vents Saharan gas, moves on Mar 27, 2007
Statoil has completed and tested its first exploration and appraisal well in the in the Sahara Desert at the Hassi Mouina licence, Algeria, the Norwegian operator declared Tuesday.

ExxonMobil nod for Valentin Shashin Mar 26, 2007
ExxonMobil has been given the go-ahead by African regulators to begin 18 months of drilling off West Africa using the drill ship Valentin Shashin, it was understood Monday.

Artumas finds Tanzania’s second “fairway” Mar 26, 2007
Artumas Group has become the toast of Calgary and Oslo by following news of its gas reserves in Tanzania with word that a second well is “hydrocarbon-bearing” in the Mnazi Bay concession.

Premier piles into African salt, UK satellite Mar 26, 2007
Premier Oil will drill a well in the U.K. sector of the North Sea on Monday which targets the 40-million-barrel Peveril prospect near the Fife field, as its broader “high impact” campaign continues apace.

Devon down-dips to Green Sands Guinea find Mar 23, 2007
Devon Energy with Petronas as partner offshore Equatorial Guinea are mulling the cores of mixed results which may yet become a 33-million-barrel oilfield development, it was understood Friday.

Addax affirms deepwater Gulf of Guinea stake Mar 22, 2007
Canadian oil company Addax Petroleum is still in possession of a drill ship for exploratoin offshore West Africa, despite reports the contract was no more, OilGas24 understood Thursday.

Statoil travels to Libya shoot Mar 22, 2007
Southeastern Libya is the site of a Statoil geophysics shoot this year, and the Norwegian oil company aims to gather 2,000 kilometres of the linear variety.

First Calgary calms market after Algeria appraisals Mar 15, 2007
The share price of First Calgary was so buoyant on Thursday that the Calgary-based, Algeria-anchored gas developer was forced to issue a statement to shareholders saying no corporate news was afoot.

Total hires platform support off Congo Mar 13, 2007
Paris-based oil company Total has chartered a platform supply vessel from Norway-based Deep Sea Supply for service offshore the Congo, it was announced Tuesday.

Shell fighting oil slick in northern Nigeria Mar 12, 2007
Shell is loosing 187,000 barrels a day after a shut down in northern Nigeria forced by an oil-spill Sunday and the ensuing clean-up effort, it was learned Monday.

Addax guides Aban Abraham to Guinea Gulf Mar 7, 2007
Calgary-based Addax Petroleum has secured a drill ship from Indian company Aban Abraham Ltd. for its 2008 drilling campaign in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.

Heritage gusher in “world-class” Uganda basin Mar 1, 2007
Fifty-fifty partners Heritage Oil of Calgary and Tullow Oil of England have tested their Ugandan Kingfisher field and found  44 metres of net pay, shareholders were told Thursday.

Foster Wheeler awarded Front-End Design for LNG Liquefaction Facilities in Nigeria Mar 1, 2007
Foster Wheeler Ltd’s UK and Nigerian subsidiaries, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited and Foster Wheeler (Nigeria) Limited, which are both part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, in a joint venture with Chiyoda Corporation have been awarded a contract by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) for the Project Specification, or front-end engineering design, for the SevenPlus project.

Pancontinental completes Kenya offshore seismic program Mar 1, 2007
Gippsland Offshore and its L-6 joint venture partner Pancontinental Oil and Gas have completed the 1,240 line km 2-D seismic program offshore Kenya. The Geomariner vessel is demobilising from the region. The program was completed in time and under budget.

Roc Oil records loss for 2006 spending Feb 28, 2007
Australian outfit Roc Oil has recorded a net loss for 2006 of A$59.6 million ($47.2million) despite revenues that rose nearly 17 percent to A$145.6 million, the company told shareholders Wednesday.