The Ministère du Pétrole et des Energies, Senegal, together with the Société des pétroles du Sénégal (PETROSEN) and supported by GeoPartners Ltd, will open the 2020 Senegal Licensing Round at the King Fahd Hotel in Dakar on 28 January

Italian oil and gas firm Eni has started production at the Agogo oilfield, located in the 15/06 Block offshore Angola

Infor, a business cloud software provider, has announced that oil and gas exploration and production company Lekoil has selected Infor SunSystems and Infor CloudSuite EAM to underpin future growth plans

Emerson has introduced The Plantweb Insight Inline Corrosion application to provide the oil and gas industry real-time interpretation and analysis of critical data that helps prioritise maintenance, make informed asset integrity decisions and improve worker safety

Marathon Oil Corp, one of the biggest energy investors in Equatorial Guinea, has committed to increasing its investment in the required infrastructure to support the Government's vision for the Gas Mega Hub and the Year of Investment initiative following a meeting with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

The technology group Wärtsilä will officially launch its new LNG Bunkering & Supply System simulator at the Global LNG Bunkering Summit 2020 conference, which will take place from 28-30 January in Amsterdam

ANPG, the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels of Angola, has announced the winners of three concession awards from its 2019 bid round for hydrocarbon blocks in the Namibe and Benguela Basins

Technical advisor DNV GL has published a new standard that reduces risk and improves the quality of site investigation, engineering, planning and execution of pipeline installation through horizontal directional drilling (HDD)

Canada-based Africa Oil has announced the closing of the acquisition of a 50 per cent ownership interest in Petrobras Oil and Gas B.V. (POGBV)

Software company InEight has announced the addition of interval planning capabilities for superintendents and foremen as it reintroduces InEight Basis as InEight Schedule

Technology drives safety improvements in gas detection delivering greater portability and accuracy, keeping employees safe along the way. The full article has been published in the latest issue of Oil Review Africa.

Getting to grips with the continent's mining energy challenges: with South Africa facing shortfalls, West Africa is leading the way with new solar hybrid solutions. The full article has been published in the latest issue of African Review.

Africa's reference platform for next-gen content, Digital Lab Africa (DLA), has launched its next call for applications