IHS' Chief Upstream Strategist Bob Fryklund addresses 2014 Offshore Technology Conference. Photo: Audrey Leon/OE. Mozambuque is thought to be the jewel in East Africa's crown, but will its abundant gas resources pay off for the country…
Sasol has announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin in northern Mozambique. The study, which is being conducted in conjunction with Mozambique’s national oil company…
Eni has gained operatorship and a 40% interest in exploration right permit 236 (ER236) off the eastern coast of South Africa from Sasol, the Italian company announced today. Under the terms of the agreement, Eni has acquired 82,000sq…
Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni outlined the Italian company’s exploration progress and activities within the country to the President of the Republic of Mozambique Armando Guebuza. Eni announced that the “possibility of enlarging the shareholder base of Area 4 was favorably received by the President…
The National Assembly of the Comoros, a sovereign archipelago island nation east of Mozambiue, Africa, has ratified a production sharing contract with Bahari Resources. The PSC, covering offshore blocks 35, 36, and 37 (previously named blocks A…
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) have completed the acquisition of 10% PI in the Rovuma Area 1 offshore block in Mozambique by acquiring 100% shares of Videocon Mozambique Rovuma 1 Ltd, the company holding the 10% PI in the Area 1 from Videocon Mauritius Energy Ltd…
Fugro recently opened new offices in Mozambique, and established the only internationally-accredited laboratory in Mozambique. The office is located in the port city of Maputo to enable efficient response to client requirements for offshore…
Eni S.p.A. CEO Paolo Scaroni and Eni E&P COO Claudio Descalzi met with Mozambique President Armando Guebuza today in Changara, the mineral district of Tete province in western Mozambique, to discuss Eni’s ongoing activities and projects in the country…
All eyes are on Mozambique as significant natural gas finds are set to turn the East African country into a major LNG player, but are oil riches on the horizon? Mozambique’s prolific Rovuma basin holds 12 offshore discoveries within a 50km radius…
ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) have agreed to purchase Videocon Mauritius Energy Ltd.’s 10% share in the Rovuma Area 1 Offshore Block in Mozambique (Area 1) for US $2.47 million. The acquisition will give OVL 60% stake and OIL 40% stake in Area 1…
Energy advisors Douglas-Westwood announced that R. Michael Haney, Director of the firm’s Houston office, will deliver a talk at next week’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The talk is titled “Overview of Mozambique’s Oil and Gas Sector…
WesternGeco today announced that it has begun acquisition of a major multiclient seismic survey offshore Mozambique using the ObliQ* sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique. The technique optimizes the recorded bandwidth…
Statoil has farmed down a 25% working interest in its operated exploration licence offshore Mozambique to Japanese based INPEX Mozambique, a wholly owned subsidiary of INPEX Corp.The licence, which consists of two blocks, under one licence agreement…
Mozambique puts licensing terms under review Mozambique is in the process of updating its licensing regulations ahead of its 4th Licensing Round. Arsenio Mabote, Chairman, Instituto Nacional de Petroleo (INP, the national oil company of Mozambique)…
McDermott, Allseas lock subsea pipeline FEEDMozambique mapMcDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has teamed up with industry leader Allseas to provide a robust project execution strategy for the front-end…
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