Africa Energy Corp (AEC), an oil and gas company with exploration assets offshore Namibia and South Africa, has announced the spud of the Cormorant-1 well on Petroleum Exploration License 37 (PEL 37) offshore Namibia, where the company holds a 10 per cent effective interest

SONAGAS G.E. and the CWC Group will host the Equatorial Guinea Gas Summit and Exhibition at the Sipopo Congress Centre, Malabo, from 4-5 October 2018 as part of the country's 50th independence anniversary celebrations

Africa Oil Week (AOW) has announced their partnership with SuperReturn, a move that offers delegates attending SuperReturn Africa, the continent's biggest investor conference, access to Africa Oil Week on 8 November 2018

The passage of Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been delayed after President Muhammadu Buhari refused to sign it in its current form this week

Bowleven, the Africa-focused oil and gas company, has announced the spud of the IE-4 appraisal well at the Etinde block, Cameroon, by the block's operator, New Age Cameroon Offshore Petroleum SA

Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, and Nigerian engineering firm Crestech, have signed a deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for the provision of project management consultancy services across four gas projects in the Niger Delta region

Africa is forecast to add the second highest trunk pipeline length to the global crude oil pipelines industry between 2018 and 2022, contributing a total length of 6,916 km, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData

Eni, Africa-focused oil and gas company, has announced a gas discovery in the Egyptian Western Desert

CGG and Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), have agreed on a collaboration to provide access to CGG's latest technology and expertise in high-end seismic and multi-physics imaging and reservoir characterisation

SPE ENGenious, a symposium and exhibition for global upstream oil and gas industry, is being held from 4-6 September 2018, focussing on the need of driving radical digital and technological transformation across the upstream oil and gas industry

Is the future of equipment purchase for the African oil and gas industry in leasing and buying used rather than new? Georgia Lewis looks at the benefits of leasing and buying second-hand for different markets across the continent. The full article has been published in the latest issue of Oil Review Africa

Gbenga Odimayo, founder and CEO of AfriFindInvest, speaks about the growing opportunities in Africa and how he has tapped into the vast potential of its markets. The full article has been published in the latest issue of African Review

The third annual Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held in Abu Dhabi from 12-13 January 2019, focusing on the dramatic changes in the world of global energy sector