Industry Developments
Congo, Dem. Rep.
UK-based explorer SOCO International said on March 17 that it would be undertaking the first onshore drilling programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 40 years.
2010-03-18Kuwait
Major international oil services companies have submitted bids to provide drilling and other work at Khafji field, located in the Neutral Zone shared by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
2010-03-17Algeria
Russian state gas giant Gazprom has begun drilling its first Algerian well, the company announced on March 16. Gazprom has been seeking closer ties with the North African country...
2010-03-17Iraq
UK-based explorer Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) said on March 10 that it will have to raise funds in order to take control of its joint venture (JV) in Kurdistan after the material...
2010-03-11Namibia
Russian gas giant Gazprom is close to reaching a deal with Anglo-Irish explorer Tullow Oil to enter the Kudu gas-to-power project in Namibia. The deal would mark Gazprom's first...
2010-03-10Algeria
Algeria is planning to hold a licensing round before the end of 2010, the country's energy minister, Chakib Khelil, told Reuters in a March 8 interview. The minister did not provide...
2010-03-10Egypt
Sharjah-based Dana Gas announced two gas discoveries in its wholly-owned West El Manzala concession in the Nile Delta on March 7. Having entered Egypt in 2006 through the acquisition...
2010-03-09Sao Tome and Principe
São Tomé and Príncipe has launched a licensing round for 7 of 19 offshore blocks in the island nation's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
2010-03-05
