Africa-focused oil and gas explorer Bowleven has announced that hydrocarbons have begun flowing from the Zingana well offshore Cameroon
Exploration
New PSC for African Petroleum and Ophir Energy
African Petroleum has signed a production sharing contract with Ophir Energy covering the companys CI-513 licence area in Côte dIvoire
Africa Oil makes new discovery in Kenya's Etom-2 well
Africa Oil has announced that the Etom-2 well in Block 13T, northern Kenya has discovered 102 metres of net oil pay in two columns
Algeria’s Bir Seba field produces commercial oil
PetroVietnam Exploration Production (PVEP) Corporation has announced the first flow of commercial oil from Bir Seba oilfield in Algeria
Onshore exploration revived in Ghana
A two-year contract between EPI SonarTusk and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) heralds the first onshore exploration in Ghana for nearly 40 years