RoyalGate Energy Extends License in Equatorial Guinea
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RoyalGate Energy Extends License in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea’s block Z holds an estimated 3.6 tcf of gas HOUSTON, United States of America, January 28, 2019/ — The company plans to drill in Block Z; Equatorial Guinea’s block Z holds an estimated 3.6 tcf of gas; RoyalGate is also interested in Angola’s marginal field licensing round African independent RoyalGate Energy (RoyalGateEnergy.com) has been…

South Sudan enters into an Agreement with the African Energy Chamber to provide Technical Assistance to its Petroleum Sector
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South Sudan enters into an Agreement with the African Energy Chamber to provide Technical Assistance to its Petroleum Sector

This technical assistance will support South Sudan in building an enabling environment for business and a world-class oil industry for the benefits of all citizens and investors JUBA, South Sudan, January 30, 2019/ — The Chamber will mobilize capacity building initiatives; it will work on reforms to boost an enabling environment for oil investors; it…

Hanergy to set up the region’s first thin-film solar power industrial park in Middle East
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Hanergy to set up the region’s first thin-film solar power industrial park in Middle East

The total investment of the project will be over one billion dollars RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 1, 2019/ — The world’s largest thin-film solar power solution company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group (00566.hk) (en.HanergyThinFilmPower.com) has signed an MOU investment cooperation agreement with Ajlan & Bros on Monday (Jan. 28) in launching the first…

AITEO FOUNDER, BENEDICT PETERS awarded FIN African  Icon of the Year, 2018.
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AITEO FOUNDER, BENEDICT PETERS awarded FIN African Icon of the Year, 2018.

International business leader and founder of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters was awarded African Icon of the Year at the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) and Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources  Honorary Patrons Dinner and Awards Night which held at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, Abuja on January 28, 2019. The award is an acknowledgement of Peters’ significant…

Advancing Multilateral Collaboration Tops Agenda as Egypt Hosts the Third EGYPS Strategic Conference
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Advancing Multilateral Collaboration Tops Agenda as Egypt Hosts the Third EGYPS Strategic Conference

North Africa & the Mediterranean’s Largest Oil and Gas Conference Returns to Egypt in February 2019     Cairo, Egypt, 23 January 2019 – The Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) returns with its third annual flagship strategic conference this February, kick-starting the opening of the Show on Monday 11 February, 2019 at the Egypt International Exhibition…

Owowo survey on offer by ExxonMobil
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Owowo survey on offer by ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil is in the market for a contractor to carry out geophysical and geotechnical work in preparation for its Owowo deep-water project off Nigeria. Pre-qualification documents have been released for an initial geophysical programme and a follow-on geotechnical campaign, with responses due back on 13 February. Holding between 500 million and 1 billion barrels of…

Buhari orders NNPC to extend oil exploration to six basins
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Buhari orders NNPC to extend oil exploration to six basins

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to extend its crude oil exploration to six basins in the country. Mr Buhari gave the directive at Barambu town in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the Bauchi State on Saturday while flagging off the commencement of drilling activities at Kolmani-II Oil Well, Gongola…

Kachikwu inaugurates APPO Executive Board
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Kachikwu inaugurates APPO Executive Board

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, recently inaugurated the executive board of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO). Kachikwu, who is currently the Chairman of APPO, said that the main purpose of inaugurating the board was to institutionalize the reforms needed in the organization’s structure as well as to recapitalize…

Shell Emerges Local Content Operator of the Year at PETAN Awards
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Shell Emerges Local Content Operator of the Year at PETAN Awards

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has emerged the Local Content Operator of the Year 2018 at the Annual Oil Industry Achievement Awards Dinner of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), an association of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors. This marks the record third time…

Oilserv Limited Bags 2018 Industry Achievement Award
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Oilserv Limited Bags 2018 Industry Achievement Award

Oilserv Limited bagged the 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award (Corporate) at the 2018 Annual Oil Industry Achievement Dinner and Awards of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) an association of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors. The Chairman of Oilserv Group, Engr. Emeka Okwuosa ably represented by the Group Chief…