Total, Chevron find Congo oil in Angola Jan 26, 2007
Paris-based oil major Total has found more oil in the deep water off Angola, where the geology of the prehistoric Miocene sands show an 85-metre layer of oil.

Deep Sea awaits arrival of new offshore ship Jan 25, 2007
West Africa will host another time-chartered offshore service vessel when the anchor-handling, tug-supply vessel Sea Cheetah arrives in February, owner Deep Sea Supply announced Thursday.

Mauritanian oil column as big as imagined Jan 24, 2007
Anglo-Australian oil producers disclosed Wednesday that the Chinguetti-18 well off coup-riddled Mauritania is as they said it was, confirmed by a 213-metre "gross oil column".