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The results for this well drilled in the southern part of Area 4 are of particular significance. The Coral discovery is estimated to contain between 7 and 10 tcf of gas in place exclusively located

Lion Petroleum Corp. is an independent oil and gas exploration company with interests in 9.7 million gross oil and gas exploration acres in Block 1 and Block 2B onshore Kenya. Lion currently holds a 2

Africa Oil Corp. TSX VENTUREAOIOMXAOI quotAfrica Oilquot or the quotCompanyquot is pleased to provide an update on the drilling program in Puntland Somalia. The Shabeel well has reac

Cecon ASA presents its Consolidated Interim Financial Report for First Quarter 2012. Highlights of Q1 2012 Successful completion of installation offshore Nigeria Revenues Q1 NOK 93.4 million

BG Group today announced its fifth consecutive Tanzania gas discovery with the Mzia1 exploration well located in Block 1 offshore southern Tanzania. Mzia1 is BG Group39s first discovery within

Ophir Energy plc announce its fifth consecutive gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The Mzia1 well in Block 1 intersected a 178m gas bearing column and 55m of net pay in the Upper Cretaceous. Mean in pl

BG Group makes gas discovery with its Mzia-1 exploration well offshore Tanzania.

Anadarko Petroleum has announced the Golfinho exploration well discovered a new major natural gas accumulation nearly 20 miles 32 kms northwest of its Prosperidade complex within the Offshore Area

Cove Energy plc AIMCOV the AIM quoted upstream oil and gas company together with the operator Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is delighted to announce that the Golfinho exploration well has disco

CAMAC Energy has signed PSCs with the government of The Republic of Kenya for previously awarded exploration Blocks L1B.

Cove has made a major natural-gas discovery offshore Mozambique, raising the possibility of a counter bid offer for the company to rival that already on the table from Shell.

On 25th 27th September 2012 the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel Accra Ghana will host a consortium of 65 Clevel executives from the region39s leading oil and gas companies for three days as they a

Afren plc announces that the Ebok North Fault Block exploration well offshore south east Nigeria has encountered 370 ft true vertical thickness TVT of net oil pay in excellent quality reservoir sa

Chariot Oil Gas Limited AIMCHAR confirms that the Tapir South 181151 exploration well in Northern Block 1811A in the Namibe basin offshore Namibia has reached a total depth of 4879 metres TV

Africa-focused Chariot Oil & Gas will plug and abandon the Tapir South pre-salt prospect since the well contained no commercial hydrocarbons.

Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. TSXV NFK announce that it has entered into an engagement agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. the Agent in connection with a public offering on a commercially reasonabl

Tap Oil Limited Tap is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Energy Ghana has granted a 12 month extension of the Initial Exploration Period under the Petroleum Agreement in respect of the Offsh

Ocean Rig UDW Inc. has signed definitive documentation, following the previously announced Letter of Award for its Ocean Rig Olympia (UDW drillship) with Total E&P Angola.

Subsea 7 expects 2012 to be a year of progress, but one that will also be a 'transition year' for its activities in Africa.

Panoro Energy has announced test results from MengoKundjiBindi MKB Republic of Congo Brazzaville. After initial clean up the KUN201 well was tested for 5 days at a constant 186439choke si