Swala Energy Limited (“Swala” or “Company”) advises that, following a review of its assets and operations and as part of its continuing cost reduction exercise, it has decided to exit from Zambia so that it can continue to focus on its core areas of East Africa.

Engen Petroleum and Samir Engineering and Trading Co. Ltd (SETL) / Quantum Petroleum have announced SETL’s appointment as the official distributor of Engen’s full range of lubricants in Ghana.

The Fuels section of the 120 000 barrels-per-day Engen Refinery is up and running, following the completion of a 30–day maintenance outage at an estimated cost of over R150 million. 

Cees Uijlenhoed, executive director: commercial for West African-based oil and gas company FIRST E&P, believes that with Nigeria’s subsurface risk ranking among the lowest in the world and the peaceful transition to a new government, the country’s oil and gas sector is poised for a “new dawn”

PA Resources is pleased to announce that it has submitted an updated Zarat Field Plan of Development to the Tunisian authorities. This Plan of Development is a technically and commercially robust plan which has been constructed by the Zarat Field joint development team; an integrated team comprising of staff from both PA Resources and the state oil company, ETAP (L’Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières).

Total has started production from Dalia Phase 1A, a new development on its deep offshore operated Block 17, located 135 km off the coast of Angola. Dalia Phase 1A will develop additional reserves of 51 million barrels (Mb) and will contribute 30,000 barrels per day (b/d) to the block’s production.

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) today announced that the Southeast Etame 2-H well, the first development well drilled in the Southeast Etame Field, was brought online at the rate of approximately 3,400 barrels of oil per day (approximately 850 barrels per day net to VAALCO). 

Eni has made an important gas discovery in the Nooros exploration prospect, located in the Abu Madi West license in the Nile Delta, 120 kilometers north-east of Alexandria, Egypt.

Golar LNG Limited ("Golar") is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement on 24 December 2014 regarding the signing of a Heads of Agreement with Societe Nationale de Hydrocarbures ("SNH") and Perenco Cameroon ("Perenco") for the development of a floating liquefied natural gas export project in Cameroon, agreement has now been reached with the support of the Boards of both Golar and Perenco on the material commercial terms and conditions for the project. 

Africa Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AFE) ("Africa Energy", previously Horn Petroleum Corp., or the "Company") reports that it has provided notice to the Puntland State of Somalia advising of its intention to withdraw from the January 2007 productions sharing agreements ("PSAs") in respect of the Nugaal Block and the Dharoor Block, each made among the Company, the Government of Puntland and Range Resources, effective immediately.

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 29, 2015/ -- The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy of Equatorial Guinea has announced new government appointments and mergers of key internal departments that will streamline its operations and contribute to an overall improvement of governance in Equatorial G

Tullow Oil plc (‘Tullow’ or the ‘Group’) announces that it has settled its Capital Gains Tax (‘CGT’) dispute with the Government of Uganda and the Uganda Revenue Authority (‘URA’) with regard to its farm-downs to CNOOC and Total in 2012.

One of Nigeria’s top legal minds believes it is more cost effective for license and lease holders in the country to flare gas associated with the production of crude oil than to exploit the same for commercial gain.

Erin Energy Corporation (“Erin Energy” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: ERN) announced today it has commenced production from the Oyo-7 well (“Oyo-7”) located in OML 120 offshore Nigeria. Erin Energy is the operator of the Oyo field and has a 100% interest in the block.
 

General Electric (NYSE: GE) (http://www.ge.com) has commenced fabrication of subsea wellheads at its Onne facility in River State.