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11-27-2008 Roc Oil: Work in Progress For Gas Testing Offshore Mauritania

 

11-27-2008 FAR Extends Exploration & Production Contract in Senegal

 

11-23-2008 Tullow Oil Makes New Discovery Offshore Ghana

 

11-23-2008 Sasol Announces Good Results From Njika-1 in Mozambique

 

11-23-2008 Afren Energy to Farm Out 20% of Its Interest in Ghana

 

11-18-2008 TransAtlantic Petroleum Reports 3Q 2008 Financial Results

 

11-17-2008 Vangold Resources Conducts Aerial Survey over Rwanda

 

11-13-2008 Tullow Oil Issues its Operational Update in Africa

 

11-11-2008 Circle Oil Announces Gas Discovery on ONZ6 in Morocco

 

11-09-2008 Aker Licensed to Explore Offshore Ghana

 

11-06-2008 Roc Oil Releases Drilling Update on Banda East

 

11-02-2008 Africa Oil Conducting Seismic Survey in Puntland Somalia

 

11-02-2008 Sasol to Explore Blocks 16/19 Offshore Mozambique

 

11-02-2008 Gippsland Receives Approval to Drill in L-6 Block of Kenya

 

10-25-2008 Chariot Increases Prospective Resources to Over 5 billion barrels in Namibia

 

10-22-2008 Heritage Oil Announces Significant Discovery at Warthog-1 in Uganda

 

10-21-2008 EnerGulf Resources Releases Update on Lotshi & Kunene Blocks

 

10-21-2008 Blackford Dolphin Rig Spuds 1rst Well on Hyedya Field in Ghana

 

10-19-2008 Sterling Energy: Chinguetti Field Production Rises to 17k bopd

 

10-19-2008 Calvalley Petroleum Signs Exploration Agreement with Ethiopia

 

10-14-2008 Petronas Signs Exploration Contract For Offshore Blocks in Mozambique

 

10-10-2008 Lundin Petroleum Expects Light Oil Discovery in Ethiopia

 

10-10-2008 East African Exploration Joins Kenyan Operations in Block 1

 

10-07-2008 Tullow Oil Plans to Start First Gas Delivery From Jubilee By 2011

 

10-04-2008 Trans Global Petroleum Signs Exploration Agreement With Ethiopia

 

10-04-2008 Madagascar Oil Increases Tsimiroro Estimates to 1.3b Barrels

 

10-04-2008 Anadarko Wins the Bid to Explore Offshore Liberia Blocks

 

10-02-2008 McDaniel & Associates Release Reports On Songo Songo West

 

10-02-2008 Heritage Oil Starts Drilling Warthog-1 in Uganda

 

09-30-2008 Elixir Petroleum Provides Update on Block SL-4 Offshore Sierra Leone

 

09-30-2008 Chariot Oil & Gas: Seabird, Wavefield Selected For Namibian Seismic Survey

 

09-26-2008 Afren Completes Acquisition of Devon Assets in Ivory Coast

 

09-26-2008 Mozambique Receives Seismic Survey Results For Rovuma Basin

 

09-24-2008 Vangold To Conduct Airborne Survey in Rwanda

 

09-24-2008 Zulu Energy Announces Gas Discovery in Botswana

 

09-20-2008 Xtract Energy & Alraed to Develop Oil Shale Project in Morocco

 

09-19-2008 Total Signs For 60% Interest in Bemolango License of Madagascar

 

09-16-2008 Heritage Oil Receives Govt. Approval in Tanzania

 

09-11-2008 Circle Oil Signs Farm-Out Agreement on its Ovambo Basin

 

09-11-2008 Hyperdynamics Still Searching For Potential Partner to Explore Guinea

 

09-09-2008 Dominion to Use Caroil 6 Rig to Drill Mihambia-1 in Tanzania

 

09-07-2008 Candax Energy Starts Seismic Program in Madagascar

 

09-04-2008 Heritage Oil Announces Successful Tests in Uganda

 

09-03-2008 Heritage Oil Expected to Announce Large Discovery in Uganda

 

08-28-2008 Circle Oil Acquires Interest in Oulad N'Zala Permit

 

08-23-2008 Blackford Dolphin Assigned to Drill Offshore Ghana

 

08-21-2008 Dana Petroleum Signs Rig Contract For Drilling Onshore Morocco

 

08-21-2008 Artumas Group Issues Exploration Update For Mozambique & Tanzania

 

08-21-2008 Kuwait Energy to Be Part of the State Own Oil Company in Somalia

 

08-20-2008 Titan Resources Signs an Accord to Explore Two Basins in Ethiopia

 

08-12-2008 Falcon Petroleum Signs Exploration Agreement With Ethiopia

 

08-08-2008 Africa Oil Corp. Increases And Amends the Private Placement

 

08-07-2008 EnerGulf Announces Kunene-1 Has No Commercial Oil Reservoir

 

08-07-2008 Tullow Oil Releases Kingfisher Drilling Update in Uganda

 

08-05-2008 Origin Energy Spots Oil Seepage Offshore Kenya

 

08-05-2008 Orca Exploration Rejects Exploration Option in Uganda

 

08-02-2008 Tower Resources Selects 2 Locations For Drilling in Uganda

 

07-25-2008 EnerGulf Completes Aeromagnetic/Gravity Surveys of Lotshi Block in DRC

 

07-23-2008 Africa Oil Shows Progress With Its Seismic Program in Puntland Somalia

 

07-21-2008 Aminex Reports Nyuni/East Songo Exploration Update

 

07-17-2008 Sasol Signs Drilling contract in Mozambique

 

07-16-2008 Essar Starts Exploration With Airborne Survey in Madagascar

 

07-15-2008 ENI is Optimistic to Find Huge Oil Deposit in Mozambique

 

07-14-2008 Niko Resources Signs PSC in Madagascar

 

07-11-2008 Tullow Oil Announces Successful Flow Test on Jubilee Field

 

07-10-2008 Tullow Oil Starts Gas Search Offshore Ghana

 

07-09-2008 TransAtlantic Agrees to Farm-in to Blocks in Morocco

 

07-01-2008 Heritage Oil Expects Bigger Oil Reserves in Uganda

 

06-29-2008 Deep Venture  to Continue Drilling Kunene Through July

 

06-27-2008 Noble Energy Takes Atwood Hunter For its Operation in Ghana

 

06-25-2008 Tullow Oil Makes Another Discovery on Lake Albert

 

06-25-2008 Universal Power to Acquire Block 2815 Offshore Namibia

 

06-24-2008 Elixir Completes Seismic Acquisition Offshore Sierra Leone

 

06-19-2008 RWE Dea Acquires Onshore Blocks in Mauritania

 

06-18-2008 Epsilon Energy to Conduct Seismic Surveys in Ethiopia

 

06-16-2008 EnerGulf to Conduct Aeromagnetic Survey on Lotshi Block in DRC

 

06-11-2008 Anadarko Releases Results For Jubilee Field Offshore Ghana

 

06-06-2008 CNPC Makes Niger the New Oil Producer in Africa

 

06-5-2008 Lundin Enters Into an Agreement With CNOOC For Block 9 in Kenya

 

06-03-2008 Aminex Signs New PSA For Songo-Songo West in Tanzania

 

05-31-2008 EnerGulf's Update on Kunene #1 Well Offshore Namibia

 

05-29-2008 Global Petroleum Gives Woodside Kenya Notice to Terminate Partnership

 

05-25-2008 Woodside Petroleum Has Been Cleared of Bribery Allegations in Mauritania

 

05-24-2008 Africa Oil Corp. Begins Puntland Somalia Seismic Survey

 

05-20-2008 White Nile Limited Reaches an Agreement to Acquire PA Energy

 

05-19-2008 Elixir Conducting Seismic Survey Offshore Sierra Leone

 

05-14-2008 Another Big Discovery For Tullow Oil in Africa

 

05-13-2008 Africa Oil Buys Stake in Wilton Petroleum Ltd

 

05-08-2008 Tullow Oil Completes the Banda NW Sidetrack Well in Mauritania

 

05-08-2008 Tullow's Shares Soar 24% After Big Discovery in Ghana

 

05-07-2008 Tullow Oil Achieves Good Result On Jubilee Field Offshore Ghana

 

05-07-2008 Galp Energia Strengthens its Downstream Sector in Africa

 

05-07-2008 Tower Resources Marks First Entry to Tanzania For Exploration

 

05-05-2008 Sawa Becoming an Openly Run Terrorist Camp in Eritrea

 

05-03-2008 Sasol to Start Drilling Offshore Mozambique

 

05-03-2008 DRC Transferred Oil Permit to PetroSA

 

05-01-2008 Africa Oil Corp. Operations Update in Somalia

 

05-01-2008 Tullow Oil Encountered Oil & Gas at Banda Well in Mauritania

 

04-30-2008 Heritage Oil Spuds Kingfisher-2 Exploration Well In Uganda

 

04-28-2008 Hyperdynamics Announces Giant Structures Offshore Guinea

 

04-24-2008 Universal Power Finalizes the Initial Acquisition of Kunene Energy

 

04-24-2008 Roc Oil & Partners Sidetrack Banda Well Offshore Mauritania

 

04-17-2008 Petronas's Banda Well Reaches Total Depth Offshore Mauritania

 

04-16-2008 Vangold Resources Signs Deal For Concession in Rwanda

 

04-14-2008 Heritage Oil Signs Farm-in Agreement for Tanzanian Blocks

 

04-14-2008 TGS Completes Seismic Programs in Somaliland

 

04-09-2008 Total to Cede 20% of Taoudenni Permits in Mauritania to QPI

 

04-09-2008 Deep Venture Vessel  Starts Drilling Offshore Namibia

 

04-09-2008 Oilmoz to Build an $8 Billion Oil Refinery in Mozambique

 

04-08-2008 GSI Pacific to Acquire Seismic Data Offshore Guinea

 

04-08-2008 Elixir Commences Seismic Program Offshore Sierra Leone

 

04-08-2008 Island Oil & Gas Extends its Contract in Morocco

 

04-01-2008 EnerGulf Expects DrillShip Deep Venture in Namibia by Next Week

 

03-27-2008 Range Resources Confirms its Exploration Activity in Puntland Somalia

 

03-27-2008 Africa Oil Corp To Start Spudding on Nogal Block in Puntland Somalia

 

03-25-2008 Universal Power in Process to Purchase Kunene Energy in Namibia

 

03-22-2008 Tullow Oil to Build Mini-Refinery and Power Plant in Uganda

 

03-19-2008 Total to Work jointly with Sonatrach to Develop Taoudenni Permit

 

03-18-2008 Aminex Announces Gas Presence at KN-1 Well Offshore Tanzania

 

3-18-2008 SOCO International Increases its Interest in DRC

 

03-08-2008 Devon Energy to Sell its Assets in Cote d'Ivoire to Afren

 

03-04-2008 Heritage Oil to Spud 'High-Impact' Kingfisher-2 Well in Uganda

 

03-04-2008 Centric Energy Signs Mali Farmout to Heritage Oil

 

02-27-2008 GSI to Commence Seismic Program Offshore Ghana

 

02-26-2008 Kosmos Makes Oil Discovery On West Cape Three Points

 

02-26-2008 Tullow Oil Suspends Ngassa-1 & Redrills From Another Location

 

02-22-2008 Roc Oil Starts Drilling in Mauritania With Atwood Hunter Rig

 

02-18-2008 Hyperdynamics Seeks Partner For Exploration Offshore Guinea

 

02-18-2008 Violence in Kenya Delays Completion of Kenya–Uganda Oil Pipeline

 

02-15-2008 EMGS Wins Scanning Contract in Ghana

 

02-14-2008 Roc Oil to Begin Drilling Offshore Mauritania

 

02-14-2008 Aminex Announces Disappointing Result From Kiliwani Well

 

02-11-2008 Tullow Oil Awarded Drilling Contract to Ocean Rig

 

02-06-2008 Sasol & Partners Announce Gas Compression Station Project

 

02-03-2008 Artumas Group Issues East African Operations Update

 

02-03-2008 TG World Announces the Approval For Exploration on Tenere Block

 

01-29-2008 EnerGulf Delays Drilling Operation On Block 1711 in Namibia

 

01-29-2008 NOI Announces Indications of Hydrocarbons in Rovuma Basin

 

01-25-2008 Sasol Awarded Drilling Contract to Petrofac in Mozambique

 

01-22-2008 Tullow Selling Assets in Pakistan to Divert its Investment to Africa

 

01-18-2008 Essar Oil to Acquire the Only Refinery in East Africa

 

01-15-2008 White Nile Ltd. to Sign Oil Exploration Deal With Ethiopia

 

01-15-2008 Dominion Petroleum to Start Seismic Survey on Mandawa in Tanzania

 

01-14-2008 Tullow Announces Violence in Kenya Doesn't Affect Operations in Uganda

 

01-09-2008 Energulf: Drillship Deep Venture to be Available in Early Feb in Namibia

 

01-08-2008 Royal Dutch Shell CEO Not Happy With Oil Price

 

01-04-2008 Somali Puntland Set Up Oil Ministry

 

01-04-2008 Tullow Oil Under Pressure to Build Refinery in Uganda

 

12-24-2007 Regal Petroleum Announces the Disposal of its Interest in Liberia

 

12-21-2007 Tullow Oil Finishes Mputa-4  Well Test in Uganda

 

12-20-2007 Inter Global to Acquire Oil Exploration License in Ethiopia

 

12-20-2007 Noble Energy Uses its Options for Songa Saturn

 

12-20-2007 White Nile hopes to Finalize PSA Deal in Ethiopia

 

12-19-2007 NamPower Not Interested in Kudu Gas Project in Namibia

 

12-17-2007 Africa is Proving to be an Ideal Alternative Investment Destination

 

12-13-2007 Kosmos Named ''Explorer of the Year'' for its Discovery Offshore Ghana

 

12-13-2007 Heritage Oil Appoints JP Morgan Cazenove as Advisor

 

12-10-2007 Tower Resources Begins Seismic Survey in Block 5 in Uganda

 

12-07-2007 Kiliwani Well in Tanzania Encounters Hydrocarbons at 1241 Meter

 

12-02-2007 EnerGulf Contracted Deep Venture Drillship for Kunene in Namibia

 

11-29-2007 Artumas Receives Results of Resource Assessment for its Mozambique Assets

 

11-28-2007 BJ Awarded a Contract by CNR to Provide Services Offshore Cote D'Ivoire

 

11-27-2007 Hyperdynamics Documented Evidence of Hydrocarbon Offshore Guinea

 

11-24-2007 Tullow's Uganda Drilling Startup Delayed Due to Bad Weather

 

11-22-2007 Island Oil & Gas Signs Agreement for Tarfaya Basin Permit in Morocco

 

11-21-2007 Heritage Oil to Earn 75% Interest in Mali's Blocks

 

11-19-2007 Aminex Spuds Kiliwani-1 on Nyuni/Songo-Songo offshore Tanzania

 

11-09-2007 Stratic Agrees to Farm out 20% Interest in Morocco to Sphere Investments

 

11-09-2007 Orca announces successful completion of the SS-10 well in Tanzania

 

11-06-2007 Caroil Rig-6 Was Handed Over to Aminex for Offshore Tanzania Drilling

 

11-05-2007 Third Mozambique Licensing Round Announcement

 

11-02-2007 Surestream Petroleum to Farm Out a 40% Interest in its Ndunda Block

 

11-01-2007 Africa Oil Provides Corporate And Operations Update

 

10-31-2007 Vangold Awarded Block 3A in Kenya

 

10-30-2007 EnerGulf Issues Operational Update on Block 1711 Offshore Namibia

 

10-26-2007 Aminex Signs a Contract for Block L17 and L18 in Kenya

 

10-22-2007 Candax Energy Provides Exploration Update on Activity in Madagascar

 

10-22-2007 Naftoil & Gulf Regal Sign MoU to Develop Blocks in Mauritania

 

10-17-2007 Artumas Provides a Summary for Rovuma Offshore Mozambique

 

10-16-2007 Premier Announces the Termination of Disposal Process in Mauritania

 

10-15-2007 Oil Prices to Keep Rising

 

10-12-2007 US oil company to survey Mozambique’s Sofala block in 2008

 

10-10-2007 Tullow Oil Plugged and Abandoned Another Well Offshore Ghana

 

10-10-2007 Tullow's Kudu Appraisal Well in Namibia Has Been Plugged and Abandoned

 

10-06-2007 Lundin Petroleum Signs A Contract for Block 10A in Kenya

 

10-03-2007 Tullow Oil Completes the Drilling of Mputa-4 Appraisal Well in Uganda

 

09-28-2007 Petronas to Acquire Mauritania Interests From Woodside Energy

 

09-27-2007 Heritage Oil Announces its 2008 Drilling Program in Uganda

 

09-24-2007 OPEC May Intervene if Prices Stayed Over 80 usd for Two Weeks

 

09-22-2007 Namibia Approves the Farmout by Tower Resources to Arcadia Petroleum

 

09-22-2007 Premier Oil in Talks to Sell its Chinguetti Stake in Mauritania

 

09-20-2007 Prosafe Wins a Project to Upgrade FPSO Espoir Ivoirien

 

09-19-2007 Tullow Oil Plc Plugged and Abandoned Kudu 8 Offshore Namibia

 

09-17-2007 Opec Says $80-a-Barrel Oil Not Sustainable

 

09-11-2007 DRC and Uganda Reach a Deal for Common Border Oil Exploration

 

09-10-2007 Tullow Oil Spuds the North Tano Appraisal Well Offshore Ghana

 

09-06-2007 Tower Resources Agrees to Farm Out Terms for Namibia License

 

09-05-2007 RIL acquires majority stake in African oil retailing company

 

08-29-2007 Tower and Orca Reach an Agreement to Fund Seismic Program in Uganda

 

08-29-2007 Zambian Bidding Process for Oil Exploration Suspended

08-28-2007 TransAtlantic to Farm Out Tselfat Permit in Morocco to Sphere Petroleum

08-27-2007 EnerMad Awarded Exploration License for Offshore Madagascar

08-24-2007 Tullow Oil Announces Successful Testing on Mputa-3 in Uganda

08-23-2007 Tullow Oil Makes a Discovery at Hyedua 1 Offshore Ghana

08-23-2007 Woodside Petroleum to leave Africa to focus on Australia

08-22-2007 Gippsland Offshore Receives Kenyan Survey Data From BHP

08-20-2007 Tullow Oil's Exploration Contract in DRC to Be Canceled

08-20-2007 Aminex Announces Extension of Licence in Tanzania

08-15-2007 China - US oil rivalry in Africa

08-15-2007 Uganda Starts Drilling its 12th Oil Well

08-14-2007 Encouraging Result for Mozambique in Search of Hydrocarbons

08-09-2007 Aminex  Experienced Delays to Drill Two Wells on the Nyuni License

08-08-2007 Heritage Oil to Resume Operations in Uganda

08-07-2007 Uganda to Stop Issuing New Oil License

08-04-2007 Heritage Oil Reports Killing Incident in Uganda

07-31-2007 Dominion Petroleum Signed an Agreement for Block 4B in Uganda

07-30-2007 CNOOC to drop four major oil exploratory blocks in Kenya

07-27-2007 Baraka Completes Mali Airborne Survey

07-24-2007 GlobalSantaFe and Transocean Merger Agreement

07-16-2007 Russian firm to invest $80 million in Namibian oil search

07-16-2007 CNOOC of China to Enter Somalia for Oil Search

07-14-2007 Baraka Petroleum Launched the Airborne Survey on Taoudeni Basin in Mauritania

07-13-2007 HRT to Conduct Preliminary Analysis in Cuvette Centrale Basin DRC

07-12-2007 Tullow Oil Provides Operational Update

07-07-2007 Tink Petroleum of China and NRG Inc to Explore Nara & Taoudenit Basin in Mali

07-06-2007 Ethiopian Geo Surveys Show Encouraging Results

07-02-2007 Bidding Round by the End of This Year in Mozambique

06-30-2007 DRC to Review Oil Exploration Contracts

06-27-2007 Heritage Oil Estimates Much Higher Resources in Uganda and the DRC

06-22-2007 Artumas Group : Update on  Mnazi Bay Tests Offshore Tanzania

06-21-2007 Aminex Announces a Temporary Suspension of Drilling Operation at Songo Field

06-20-2007 GXT Completes Seismic for Kenya, Madagascar, & Tanzania

06-19-2007 Tullow Oil Makes a Major Discovery Offshore Ghana

06-18-2007 Tethys, Partners Acquire Moroccan Permits

06-18-2007 Petrobras Signs a Schist Study Agreement in Morocco

06-16-2007 White Nile Ltd Raises Funds for Drilling Activities in Ethiopia

06-14-2007 Guinea's Premier Attends Meetings with Hyperdynamics in Washington

06-12-2007 Candax Receives Presidential Decree for Block 1101 Onshore Madagascar

06-11-2007 Norwegian Advisory Agency in Discussion with Zanzibar for Offshore Exploration

06-04-2007 EnerGulf Issues Project Update on Block 1711 Offshore Namibia

06-04-2007 Uganda's national oil, gas policy to be Reviewed

05-29-2007 Mauritanian Oil Output Drops 67 Per Cent

05-29-2007 Mozambique to Issue Blocks in the Rovuma Basin in the Next Bid Round

05-26-2007 11th African Oil and Gas Conference Held in Kenya

05-25-2007 Key Petroleum: Drilling on Kiliwani 1 Well in Tanzania to Start Mid-June

05-24-2007 East Africa Becomes a Hunting Ground For Oil and Gas

05-24-2007 Guinean Legislators to Consider Hyperdynamics' PSC

05-24-2007 Gippsland Completes Airborne Survey of Kenyan Block

05-18-2007 Mozambique oil and mining taxation system to change

05-17-2007 First Australian Announces the Submission of the Report on Sangomar in Senegal

05-16-2007 Aminex Announces Farm-out Of 25% of the Nyuni/East Songo Songo License

05-16-2007 GDP in Africa expected to rise 5.9 pct in 2007: report

05-16-2007 Heritage Oil Releases 1Q 2007 Results and Uganda Update

05-15-2007 Guinea Bissau grants three more oil concessions

05-11-2007 Police asked to widen Woodside and Its Mauritanian Interests Probe

05-08-2007 Nairobi to host 600 delegates at Africa oil conference

05-05-2007 Norway Sees Madagascar as Future Oil Partner

05-04-2007 Artumas and Anadarko Sign a Trade Agreement For Their Mozambique Interests

05-02-2007 The construction of Kenya-Uganda oil pipeline to begin soon

04-30-2007 Kenya to Host International Oil Conference in May

04-28-2007 IMF Forecasts Steady Growth, Low Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa

04-28-2007 Galp Energia Signs a Contract with Eni for Oil Exploration in Mozambique

04-21-2007 Artumas Signs an Agreement For Rovuma Block in Northern Mozambique

04-20-2007 Baraka Petroleum gets Mauritanian approval for works program

04-19-2007 Statoil Signs PSA for Deepwater Block 2 Offshore Tanzania

04-17-2007 Hyperdynamics Released a Status Report on PSC with Guinea

04-12-2007 Artumas Announces New Discovery in the Mnazi Bay Concession in Tanzania

04-11-2007 TG World Reports Spudding of Second Niger Well

04-10-2007 Disappointed with Espinafre Well, Premier Oil moves its Equipments to Eirozes 1

04-05-2007 Tullow Oil Reaches Agreement to Sell Stakes in Kudu Gas Project

04-05-2007 Ugandan Government Drafts Oil and Gas Policy

04-04-2007 Land Drilling Rig Contract Signed for Nyuni & East Songo Songo Fields

04-03-2007 Madagascar Oil Completes $85 Million Development Capital Facility

03-31-2007 Tullow Oil Expected to Become a New Partner for Kudu gas field in Namibia

03-31-2007 Airborne Geophysical Survey Begins on Block L6 in the Lamu Basin, Kenya

03-31-2007 Dominion Petroleum Signs PSA For Block 7 Offshore Tanzania

03-30-2007 An Alliance for Australian Companies to Work Together on African Projects

03-28-2007 Roc Oil Provides Chinguetti Well Update in Mauritania

03-27-2007 Artumas Announces Encouraging Drilling Results in Tanzania

03-27-2007 Espinafre-1 Well is Being Plugged and Abandoned by Premier Oil

03-26-2007 Baraka Receives Formal Approval to Transfer Operatorship in Mali

03-23-2007 Tower Resources Agrees to Ugandan License Extension

03-23-2007 Aminex Farms Out Stake in Tanzania License

03-22-2007 EnerGulf Awarded Contracts For Offshore Namibia Projects

03-21-2007 Largest-ever 3D Survey Offshore Senegal to be Completed This Week

03-21-2007 Baraka Petroleum Provides Mauritanian Drilling Update

03-16-2007 Artumas Granted a Concession for Exploration in Ruvuma Basin in Mozambique

03-15-2007 Ugandan government Agreed to Release Secret Profit Sharing Contracts to MPs

03-14-2007 Global: Kenya Exploration Period Extended

03-10-2007 Pancontinental Awarded Offshore Namibia License

03-07-2007 East African countries meet on oil, natural gas

03-05-2007 Vangold Acquires Exclusive Rights to 2700 Sq Km Rwanda Oil Concession

03-03-2007 Edison sells 40% stake in Senegal offshore block to Petrobras

03-02-2007 Heritage Oil Announced Successful Testing of Ugandan Well

03-02-2007 TG World Reported Saha 1 Well in Tenere Concession Not Worthy for Production

03-02-2007 Pancontinental Completed the  Offshore Kenya Seismic Program

02-28-2007 Artumas Spuds Msimbati-1X Exploration Well Offshore Tanzania

02-27-2007 Major Oil Exploration is Planned in Madagascar

02-27-2007 GB Petroleum Acquires Three New Ventures in the UK and Morocco

02-24-2007 SCAN Geophysical Chosen By GXT To Conduct Survey Offshore East Africa

02-20-2007 Gippsland Offshore Launches Seismic Survey Offshore Kenya

02-17-2007 Heritage Oil to Test Deeper Intervals in Kingfisher Well

02-17-2007 First Australian Resources Begins Acquiring Seismic Offshore Senegal

02-14-2007 Baraka Petroleum Heron 1 Update (Block 20, Mauritania)

02-12-2007 Delek Group Has Bought Two Offshore Permits in Guinea Bissau

02-11-2007 Woodside Left Kenya with Heavy Dilling Equipments Weighing 99 Metric Tonnes

02-11-2007 French Maurel et Prom Hasn't Confirmed The Size Of The Gas Field In Tanzania

02-10-2007 GB Petroleum Awarded Exploration Permits in Morocco

02-09-2007 Tower Resources to Begin Uganda Drilling in 2008

02-08-2007 Petrobras purchases participation in Senegalese exploratory block

02-07-2007 Mauritanian Drilling Update: Heron 1 (Block 20)

02-06-2007 Aminex Issued Operational Report on Nyuni, Ruvuma Oil Fields in Tanzania

02-03-2007 TG World Provides Tenere Drilling Update

02-03-2007 Tullow Oil plc Issues African Production and Exploration Update

02-01-2007 First Australian Resources Provides West Africa Seismic Update

02-01-2007 Pancontinental reported Kenya's Offshore 2D Survey Completion

01-26-2007 WOODSIDE Has Decided Not To Proceed With The second Well

01-24-2007 Range Proceeds With US$50m Puntland Farm-In

01-24-2007 Woodside Energy Found no Hydrocarbons in Pomboo-1 well in Kenya

01-20-2007 TG World Provides Ténéré Drilling Update

01-19-2007 Global Petroleum: No Oil Shows in Pomboo 1, Kenya Yet

01-19-2007 MB-2 and MB-3 Well Results Expand Natural Gas Resource at Mnazi Bay

01-19-2007 BG Sells Mauritanian Interests to Kufpec

01-18-2007 Woodside Confirms Safety of Drillship from Nearby Somalia War

01-18-2007 Update on CNPCIM-operated Heron-1 in Mauritania

01-16-2007 Kingfisher Sidetrack Hits Hydrocarbons in Uganda

01-12-2007 Ghana’s New Oil Refinery to Come Online in Feb 07

01-11-2007 Zambia to License Exploration Blocks

01-05-2007 Progress Slow on Baraka's Heron-1 Well

01-03-2007 Woodside Spuds Chinguetti-18 in Mauritania

01-03-2007 KPC Seeks External Funding to Expand Pipeline

01-03-2007 Petrobras Enters Tanzanian Oil Deal

12-31-2006 Sierra Leone/Liberia Hire Agency to Jointly Promote Hydrocarbon Potential

12-29-2006 Hyperdynamics is Planning to Move into Guinea Concession

12-28-2006 Tamoil Wins Uganda/Kenya Oil Pipeline Deal

12-28-2006 Tanzania/Zambia Consider New Oil Jetty

12-26-2006 Baraka Commences Taoudeni Airborne Gravity Survey in Mali

12-26-2006 Origin Starts Seismic Program in Kenyan Blocks

12-23-2006 Maurel & Prom Updates Tanzania & Gabon Activities

12-22-2006 Anadarko Wins 2.6 Million-Acre Exploration Block Offshore Mozambique

12-21-2006 Mauritania Block 20 Drilling Progress

12-20-2006 BJ Services Wins Work Offshore Cote d'Ivoire from CNR

12-17-2006 Mitsui Picks up Namibia Stake from BHP

12-16-2006 Kosmos Farms Out New Ghana Stake

12-15-2006 Island Oil & Gas Signed ERL for the Zag Basin in Morocco

12-14-2006 Hardman Done 2006 Campaign with the Completion of Aigrette 1 in Mauritania

12-14-2006 Global: Casing Set on Kenya Well

12-07-2006 Uganda to Hold Bid Round

12-06-2006 Global Petroleum Says Pomboo Well in Kenya Underway

12-02-2006 Petrobas to Drill in Mozambique Q1 07

11-30-2006 Mtwara Energy Project in Tanzania Nears Commissioning

11-30-2006 Kenya Nears Spud Date

11-30-2006 Hardman Issues Update on Aigrette-1 in Mauritania

11-30-2006 Tanzania to Build Pipeline

11-30-2006 Gas Shows on Mauritania’s Heron-1

11-25-2006 Kirchner Resigns from FirstAfrica Oil

11-23-2006 Mauritania: Heron 1 Drilling Update

11-22-2006 Mitsui Takes Stake in Namibian Exploration Licenses

11-22-2006 Saha–1 Exploration Well Drilling Ahead

11-19-2006 Hyperdynamics Joins African Oil Industry Forum

11-18-2006 Artumas Spuds Mnazi Bay Appraisal Well in Tanzania

11-18-2006 Tullow Issues Update on Uganda Project

11-15-2006 Baraka Completes Taoudeni Survey

11-13-2006 Eni Acquires Exploration Licenses in Mali

11-10-2006 Sasol Wins Exploration License Offshore Mozambique

11-10-2006 Lundin Wins Two Blocks in Ethiopia

11-08-2006 Hardman Spuds Uganda Appraisal Well

11-08-2006 Heritage Encouraged by Kingfisher-1 Test Results

11-05-2006 Kenyan Exploration Expected to Start Late November

11-01-2006 CNPC Spuds Saha-1 in Niger

10-30-2006 Petrobras to Explore for Oil in Mozambique

10-24-2006 Zambia Discovers Oil and Gas Near Angolan Border

10-17-2006 Hyperdynamics Hires GeoExperts to Manage Farmout Process in Guinea

10-13-2006 Hardman Signs MOU with Ugandan Government

10-13-2006 TG World Energy Says Drilling at Saha-1, Niger to Begin in Late October

10-11-2006 Kenya Formalizes PSCs for Blocks L8 & L9 in the Lamu Basin

10-11-2006 Heritage Oil to Production Test Kingfisher-1 in Uganda                 

10-09-2006 Dana Petroleum Spuds Aigrette-1 Offshore Mauritania                  

10-06-2006 Hyperdynamics Takes Major Step Toward Drilling Offshore Guinea

10-01-2006 Drilling Offshore Kenya to Start Later This Year                                       

9-28-2006 Mnazi Bay 2 in Tanzania Exceeds Expectations

9-28-2006 Dana Strikes Two New Deals in Morocco

9-27-2006 Dana to Abandon Flamant-1 Offshore Mauritania

9-24-2006 Burren Energy Finds New Oil Play in Congo                                               

9-20-2006 Hyperdynamics Completes Contract Negotiations with Guinea               

9-14-2006 Heritage Oil Signs PSA for Blocks in Democratic Republic Congo

9-12-2006 A2D Enters Data Deal with Liberia                                                  

9-11-2006 EnerGulf Resources Receives Assessment on Namibia Offshore Block 1711

9-11-2006 Buried Hill Inks Exploration Deal with the Republic of the Gambia            

9-8-2006 Baraka Prepares to Spud Heron-1 in Mauritania

9-8-2006 Oil Drilling to Start in Uganda by 2010

8-29-2006 Gippsland Basin Takes Stake in Block L-6 Offshore Kenya                      

8-29-2006 Drilling Suspended at Flamant-1 Offshore Mauritania                         

8-24-2006 Repsol Welcomed to Kenya Exploration JV                  

8-23-2006 Hardman Slides; Chinguetti Reserve Estimates in Mauritania Likely to be Cut

8-22-2006 Hardman Pleased with Mputa-1 Tests in Uganda                                

8-15-2006 Hardman Resources Reports Mputa-1 Flow Test Results in Uganda

8-15-2006 Flamant-1 Spuds Offshore Mauritania                                   

8-11-2006 Madagascar Oil Decides Against Pursuing More Blocks                          

8-11-2006 Centurion Energy International Adds Working Interest in Sao Tome JDZ

8-10-2006 Baraka Petroleum Strengthens Team for Growth Plans

8-8-2006 Hardman Resources Commences Mputa-1 Flow Tests                        

8-1-2006 Roc Oil Reports Dry Hole Offshore Mauritania                                         

7-26-2006 Madagascar Oil Names Former Chevron Exec Alex Archila as CEO

7-25-2006 Chikyu a Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel is on the way to Africa

7-25-2006 Colin-1 Wildcat Spudded Offshore Mauritania                        

7-21-2006 Hardman Resources Says Uganda Discovery Shows New Oil Reserve Area

7-19-2006 SOCO International to Operate New License Area in the DRC                            

7-19-2006 Kenya Searching for potential Investors in Oil Exploration and production

7-19-2006 Heritage Oil Mobilizes Rig to Kingfisher 1 Well in Uganda

                                                 7-18-2006 Tower Resources Reports on Uganda and Namibia Projects

                                                 7-17-2006 Lukoil Signs Deal for Cote d'Ivoire Project                                          

                                                 7-14-2006 Gaz de France Bolsters its Presence in Mauritania

                                                 7-10-2006 Hardman Resources and Tullow Oil Plc completed Waraga 1 Testing

                                                 7-6-2006 CGG Awarded Seismic Contract for Work Offshore Senegal

                                                 7-4-2006 Hardman Says Waraga-1 Tests Exceed Expectations                         

                                                 6-27-2006 Hardman Continues Production Testing on Waraga-1 in Uganda.

                                                 6-26-2006 Circle Oil Signs Morocco Deal                                         

                                                 6-13-2006 TG World Energy Mobilizing Rig for Tenere Exploration Program

                                                 6-12-2006 EnerGulf Hires Firm to Assess Block Offshore Namibia                   

                                                 6-7-2006 Woodside Signs Revised Mauritanian PSCs                          

                                                 5-30-2006 Hardman Suspends Mputa 2 as Potential Producer in Uganda

                                                 5-29-2006 Mauritania and Woodside Postpone Signing Oil Deal

                                                 5-25-2006 Baraka Selects Rig for Onshore Drilling Program in Mauritania                                                               5-3-2006 Dominion Oil & Gas Wins Exploration Block in Tanzania

                                                 4-28-2006 Namibia Invites India to Participate in Joint Exploration of Oil, Gas

                                                 4-26-2006 Woodside & Hardman Finalizing Development Plans for Tiof

                                                 4-17-2006 Hyperdynamics Plans to Expand Exploration in Guinea               

                                                 4-13-2006 Gail Shortlisted for Ethiopian Exploration Bid Round

                                                 4-3-2006 ExxonMobil Expanding Presence in Niger with Algerian Partner

                                                 3-31-2006 EnerGulf Secures License Offshore Namibia

                                                 3-31-2006 Woodside Agrees to 'Profit Oil Bonus' with Mauritania

                                                 3-30-2006 Ethiopia Signs Agreement with Afar Exploration on Oil Exploration

                                                 3-24-2006 Hardman Acquires Tanzania Exploration Interest  

                                                 3-16-2006 Global Petroleum Says First Kenyan Well to be Pomboo in Block L-5

                                                 3-13-2006 Petronas Wins Mozambique Blocks

                                                 3-7-2006 Zhongyuan Petroleum Starts Drilling in Ethiopia

                                                 2-6-2006 Petronas Bids for Mozambique Blocks

                                                 1-20-2006 Woodside and Baraka Reprocess Seismic Data for Taoudeni Basin

                                                 1-17-2006  Tullow Oil plc - Uganda: Block 2 Mputa-1 Exploration Well

                                                 12-1-2005 EnerGulf Granted West African Concession

                                                 11-25-2005 Antrim Announces Letter of Intent to Sell Non Core Assets  

                                                 10-31-2005 Aminex Inks New Productions Sharing Agreement in Tanzania

                                                 10-31-2005 Global Withdraws from Blocks L-10 and L-11 Offshore Kenya  

                                                 10-18-2005 Aminex Wins Onshore Exploration Rights in Madagascar

                                                 10-4-2005 Vanco Signs Two PSAs for Ivory Coast

                                                 8-18-2005 EnerGulf Exercises NAMCOR Option in Namibia   

                                                 3-1-2005 EnerGulf Pursues Oil Exploration in East Africa

                                                 12-3-2004 Dana Begins Drilling & Seismic Ops Off Australia & Kenya

                                                 6-16-2004 Ndovu Takes Steps to Resolve Financial Difficulties

                                                 6-11-2003 Petronas Wins Ethiopian Exploration Block

                                                 8-27-2002 Pancontinental Awarded 3 Exploration Licenses Offshore Kenya