Sub-Saharan Africa upstream in brief

Table of contents

• New PSCs in Gabon: incumbent players expand with infrastructure-led opportunities
• Africa's energy future, on Africa's terms
• Angola’s legislation for incremental production: a step forward
• South African President signs new Upstream Bill into law
• Galp spuds Mopane appraisal, the first of four wells to watch in Namibia
• Nigeria regulatory approvals granted for ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies deals
• Chevron makes Meji Northwest shallow water discovery in Nigeria
• What next for Shell after Nigeria JV divestment fails regulatory hurdle?
• Long waited Niamou Marine exploration well confirmed unsuccessful
• Nigeria's crude production remains relatively flat for the month of September
• Petrobras continues African growth with Orange basin farm-in
• Springfield secures rig to well-test the Afina discovery in Ghana
• South Africa has a new national oil company
• Kinetiko Energy to begin crucial drilling campaign onshore South Africa
• Nigeria’s liquids production climbed to 1.57 million b/d in August
• South Sudan and CNPC explore building new crude export route
• Nigeria awards first FLNG licence to UTM Offshore
• MRV launches FEED for Rovuma LNG
• Aradel acquires two marginal fields from TotalEnergies in Nigeria
• Golar signs FLNG deployment agreement with Pan American Energy
• Liberia launches ‘ direct negotiation ’ licensing round
• Nigeria agrees to build a gas pipeline to Equatorial Guinea LNG plant
• ExxonMobil delays final decision on Rovuma LNG
• Border disputes and rebel attacks put Niger’s oil exports at risk
• Nigeria produced 1.53 million b/d in July
• PETRONAS exits South Sudan despite the collapse of Savannah Energy deal
• Eni expands its position in Cote d'Ivoire
• TotalEnergies sells its 10% equity in Nigeria's Shell JV to Chappal Energies
• TotalEnergies exits multi-tcf development in South Africa
• Tullow’s South Lokichar plan rejected by Kenyan government
• Nigeria's oil production remains flat
• Eni wins Ghana unitisation ruling on Sankofa field
• The African Energy Bank has been established
• Canadian Natural Resources exits Luiperd-Brulpadda. What about TotalEnergies?
• Shell signs additional licence in Sao Tomé and Principé
• TotalEnergies acquires operatorship of new deepwater block in Sao Tomé and Principé
• Chevron shaping its Sub-Saharan Africa portfolio by expanding in Equatorial Guinea
• Africa Oil increased its stake in Prime Oil & Gas
• TotalEnergies took FID on the Ubeta non-associated gas development in Nigeria
• Niger’s oil production under threat from pipeline attacks
• International NOCs’ growing presence in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Nigeria’s crude oil production dips further in May
• Competing for investment: Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire research trip takeaways
• NNPCL and Golar LNG progress FLNG agreement
• ANPG on a mission: Angola research trip takeaways
• ExxonMobil – Seplat deal: Some progress?
• ExxonMobil’s oil discovery on Block 15 Angola should be a quick tie-back
• Nigeria’s Yoho Floating LNG project progress update
• ADNOC acquires stake in Rovuma LNG from Galp - a Lens snapshot
• TotalEnergies FIDs Kaminho deepwater oil project in Angola
• Nigeria liquids production: Oil increased marginally but condensate declined
• Equatorial Guinea reboots its licensing offer with 10% tax kicker
• NNPC restarts oil production from the Utapate field
• Nigeria launches the 2024 Bid Round
• Eni and BP JV enters Namibia’s Orange basin
• Sintana Energy and Chevron grow their Namibian positions
• Trident Energy makes a bold entry to Congo in deals with Chevron and TotalEnergies
• First E&P begins production from the offshore Madu field in Nigeria
• Mopane could be Namibia's best discovery yet
• Niger is set to become Africa’s newest oil exporting nation
• Nigeria crude oil production: a bad month for Bonga, Akpo and Bonny
• Wing Wah will start monetising gas in Congo
• Panoro Energy nearing block EG-23 PSC in Equatorial Guinea
• Upstream Investment Trends in Africa
• CNOOC set to expand in deepwater Africa
• New hiccups for Mozambique's onshore LNG
• Zanzibar opens its first licensing round
• Nigeria liquids production: sustained growth remains elusive
• Nigeria’s president issues executive directives to stimulate oil and gas investments
• Eni makes Calao discovery in ultra-deepwater Cote d’Ivoire
• TotalEnergies expands Orange sub-basin position in South Africa
• Shell rounds off its Namibia exploration campaign with Enigma well
• BW Energy sees potential at Kudu in Namibia
• VAALCO acquires Svenska Petroleum, extends activity in West Africa
• Congo Marine XII FLNG starts loading first cargo
• Gabon Oil Company acquires Assala Energy via pre-emption
• Nigeria oil production – it’s all about steady progress
• TotalEnergies’ Venus gets bigger, as Mangetti well hits targets in Namibia.
• Indigenous players dominate Angola's onshore licensing round
• Nigeria plans a deepwater licensing round
• Sub-Saharan Africa upstream: 2023 in review
• Upstream operations set to resume in Nigeria’s Ogoniland
• TotalEnergies expands its deepwater Namibia position
• Galp Energia’s Mopane struck oil in Namibia
• Gabon’s military government to pre-empt Maurel & Prom’s acquisition of Assala Energy
• Angola exits OPEC
• Nigeria liquids production: two steps forward, one step back
• Six blocks awarded in Sierra Leone’s fifth offshore licensing round
• Invictus Energy succeeds with play-opening onshore well in Zimbabwe
• Chappal Energies acquires Equinor's Nigeria business
• Strong interest in Angola’s onshore licensing round
• Disappointment for Shell with key well in Mauritania
• Nembe Crude Oil Export Terminal: Alternative solutions to underpin Nigeria's oil production stability
• BP rethinks Mauritania-Senegal LNG in blow to Kosmos
• BP exits Senegal's proposed Yakaar-Teranga FLNG project
• Trident energy gears up for drilling in Equatorial Guinea
• Namibia Government designates Kudu as a gas hub for oil projects
• Afreximbank finances deals with Nigerian energy companies
• The Edge: Access to capital the biggest obstacle for local players
• The first of its kind - CCUS Pilot announced for Agogo FPSO in Angola
• Angola launched 2023 Onshore Bid Round
• Webinar: Namibia deepwater: the world's hottest exploration play
• TotalEnergies sells down Angola stake to Petronas ahead of key FID
• Nigeria update: oil production rebounds in August
• Equinor readies to exit Nigeria
• Tortue phase one delayed into 2024
• TotalEnergies’ 2023 Strategy & Outlook - Namibia update
• Eni agrees to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary to partner Oando
• Gabon’s president is overthrown after contested election
• Cullinan dry hole breaks Shell’s run of Namibia discoveries
• Eni starts up Baleine in Cote d'Ivoire
• NNPCL secures US$3 billion loan to support Nigerian government policies
• Maurel & Prom to acquire Assala Energy in Gabon
• Niger coup d’état, what about the pipeline?
• NNPCL begins independent power station construction
• Nigeria update: oil production continued its recovery throughout June
• TotalEnergies begins development drilling in Uganda
• Angola and DRC progress in 20-year-old saga on Block 14
• NNPC Limited agrees to take equity in UTM Offshore’s FLNG project
• Afentra strengthens position in Angola with Azule Energy deal
• Shell makes fourth Namibian discovery in a row with Lesedi-1X
• Tullow Oil announces Jubilee South East start-up in Ghana
• Nigeria takes tough action on crude oil theft
• Plans for Mozambique’s Coral Norte FLNG submitted
• Nigeria update: May production recovers from a six-month low set in April
• Perenco acquires Eni Congo oil assets
• Kinetiko Energy Shows Promising Results in Exploration Wells
• Congo research trip takeaways
• TotalEnergies drills ahead in Namibia
• Tinubu's reform agenda: what's coming next for Nigeria
• Murphy Oil returns to Africa
• Nigeria's President Tinubu removes currency controls
• Chad's Savannah purge threatens pipeline harmony
• Nigeria's President Tinubu means business, as fuel subsidy disappears
• Tanzania LNG progresses after HGA and PSA agreement
• TotalEnergies & Africa Oil Corp withdraw from Tullow's Kenya project
• Sasol makes a gas discovery onshore Mozambique
• Galp confirms rig for drilling plans in Namibia’s Orange sub-basin
• NNPC Limited & Golar LNG sign Nigeria MoU
• ExxonMobil set to re-enter Liberia
• 4.4 mmtpa LNG project planned in Nigeria
• Aker Energy acquired by Africa Finance Corporation
• QatarEnergy joins Shell as partner offshore Mauritania
• Eni takes FID on Baleine phase 2
• Chad nationalises Savannah Energy's portfolio
• Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon sign Bilateral treaty for cross border cooperation
• Nigerian production up 3.6% in February
• Angola to launch new onshore licensing round
• Tanzania LNG inches forward
• Cameroon operator Victoria Oil & Gas in administration
• Eni selling its onshore Nigerian JV
• Azule Energy takes FID on Agogo full-development project
• Nigeria PIA conversion update
• Nigeria's marginal field participants revealed
• Perenco sanctions small LNG project in Gabon
• ICYMI: the biggest issues in global upstream revisited
• Many hurdles remain for Mozambique LNG
• Nigeria update: production remains fragile
• Somoil continues shopping spree with Galp's Angolan assets
• TotalEnergies to spend over 50% of its global exploration budget in Namibia
• FLNG taking centre stage as IOCs hurry to monetise gas
• Equinor seeks a buyer for Agbami-Ekoli in Nigeria
• Nigeria produced just 1.38 million b/d in 2022
• Gail Anderson, 12 January 2023
• CNOOC Ltd and Eni commit to frontier exploration in Mozambique
• TotalEnergies commits to another two decades in Gabon
• PTTEP exits Angola’s Block 17/06
• After deal closure, Chadian court may oppose Savannah acquisition of ExxonMobil’s assets
• South Sudan wins over Chad for Savannah Energy
• What NNPC Ltd's OML 86 & 88 acquisition means for its expansion plans
• In Chad one deal done, another one to go
• Nigeria's deepwater mini-bid round to be rushed through
• NNPC Ltd secures US$1.4 billion of project finance for Chevron JV assets
• Maurel & Prom acquires Wentworth Resources
• Perenco successfully tests new pre-salt play offshore Congo
• President Buhari launches oil & gas project in northern Nigeria
• Eni and CNOOC Ltd submit bids in Mozambique's sixth licensing round
• African Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) launched at COP27
• Coral FLNG ships its first cargo
• ExxonMobil reopens Kizomba treasure chest
• Nigeria's regulator plans to offer seven deepwater blocks in November
• Addax Petroleum finally leaving Nigeria
• In Congo, Wing Wah gets the boo t
• Seplat converting to Petroleum Industry Act fiscal terms
• Vaalco Energy marches on in Gabon
• Nigeria LNG declares Force Majeure
• Assala Energy on the market... soon?
• Drilling to restart on OML 120 in Nigeria
• Africa rails against Europe’s fossil fuel double standards
• Hot-tap discovery highlights the extent of Nigeria's crude theft epidemic
• Chevron gobbles up juicy Orange Basin acreage
• NNPC Limited acquires downstream player OVH Energy Marketing
• Tullow and Capricorn merger off
• Trouble down the pipe for TotalEnergies and CNOOC Ltd in Uganda?
• Equatorial Guinea: ExxonMobil's Zafiro & Jade fields shut-down as FPSO takes on water
• Chariot secures Total Eren as green hydrogen partner in Mauritania
• Nigeria's government takes over insolvent power distribution companies
• DNO set to acquire Cote d’Ivoire position
• Seplat still in the dark on status of MPNU deal
• Six Nigeria deepwater PSCs renewed for 20 years
• Niger Delta oil production woes deepen
• Deal or no deal? Nigeria’s regulator rebuts presidential consent of Seplat’s MPNU acquisition
• First oil through the Amukpe-Escravos pipeline in Nigeria
• The Democratic Republic of Congo launches bid rounds for 30 blocks
• Eni successfully appraises Baleine
• Perenco gets down to business in Chad
• Angola’s New Gas Consortium takes FID on country’s first non-associated gas project
• TotalEnergies announces production start-up from Ikike in Nigeria
• Angola finally wraps up 2020 onshore licensing round
• VAALCO to merge with Egypt-focussed TransGlobe Energy Corporation
• Glencore and Perenco close Chad deal
• Tanzania LNG breakthrough, but still a decade away at best
• Perenco to buy NewAge's stake in Etinde, Cameroon
• Nigeria facing an economic storm as presidential candidates decided
• A Major shift in the corporate landscape
• Another Major exits South Africa
• Tullow and Capricorn merge to form a leaner Africa energy player
• Gabon's production returning to normal after Cap Lopez shut-down
• And then there were two: Tullow Oil in the hunt for SPDC
• Nigerian government rejects ExxonMobil’s US$1.3 billion sale of JV business to Seplat
• Implications of oil leak at Perenco’s Cap Lopez terminal
• SPAs signed for Sonangol’s asset sales
• TotalEnergies announces plans to sell onshore Nigerian assets
• Seplat report further 9-12 month delay to ANOH project in Nigeria
• Sonangol's farm down process ignored by major players
• 2021: A year to forget for Shell and Eni in the Niger Delta
• Savannah Energy makes renewables entry with 250 MW wind farm in Niger
• Nigeria’s PIA: It was supposed to end uncertainty, but it hasn’t
• Angola resource boost for Eni at Ndungu
• Russia's upstream presence in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Could Fortuna favour the brave?
• Eni and bp seal the deal to establish Azule Energy
• Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea sign Memorandum of Understanding on gas supply
• Glencore might finally make it out of Chad, Perenco to take over
• Eni ties back another Angolan field in prolific Block 15/06
• Out of this world: TotalEnergies makes record-breaking Venus discovery in Namibia
• Eni revisits FLNG in Congo
• Fire on Emeraude platform, Congo
• The Gambia launches licensing round for Block A1
• Shell makes huge oil discovery offshore Namibia
• Trinity Spirit FPSO destroyed by explosion and fire
• Nigeria calls time on 2020 marginal fields bid round
• Nigeria’s new climate change legislation
• At long last — FID at Uganda’s Lake Albert oil development
• NNPC seeks to raise US$5 billion of finance: Shell JV in its sights?
• Nigerian liquids production fell 12% in 2021
• TotalEnergies and INPEX high-grade in Angola

Tables and charts

This report includes 222 images and tables including:

• Location of blocks Etekamba and Ezanga
• Location of blocks Niosi Marin and Guduma Marin
• Global gas demand by region, 2024 (bcm)

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• Sub Saharan Africa Upstream In Brief H2 2018

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