
Anglo African Oil & Gas PLC: resumption of drilling at Tilapia site, Republic of Congo
Anglo African Oil & Gas plc has announced that drilling operations have now recommenced on well TLP-103C at its Tilapia site in the Republic of the Congo.
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Anglo African Oil & Gas plc has announced that drilling operations have now recommenced on well TLP-103C at its Tilapia site in the Republic of the Congo.

Questerre Energy Corporation updated activities at Kakwa North, offsetting its joint venture production in the area.

International Frontier Resources Corporation has announced that Tonalli Energia, IFR’s joint venture (JV) with Mexican petrochemical leader Grupo IDESA, has spudded the first conventional horizontal well, (“TEC-11”), at its onshore Tecolutla block.

Improved data-capturing system increases efficiency and reduces costs.

Will Scargill, Senior Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view on the prospects for the sector.

Two of the leading offshore drilling contractors have agreed to merge creating an industry-leading drilling contractor capable of working across all water depths with a truly global footprint.

BHGE will acquire a five percent stake in ADNOC Drilling, valuing the business at US$11 billion, and the partnership will enable ADNOC Drilling to gain greater market access and new business opportunities

The contract is based on a master framework agreement established between Seadrill and Equinor.

The company has announced that the fifth well in its current Niger drilling campaign was spudded on 8 September 2018.

Block Energy Plc has announced the execution of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (‘MOU’) with Georgia-based drilling contractor, JSC Norio Oil Company (‘NOC’), for the provision of a drilling and a workover rig.

Petrofac has received a provisional letter of award for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth US$600 million with Sonatrach for EPC1 of the Tinhert Field Development Project in Algeria.

Block Energy Plc, the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, has announced that the Production Sharing Contract (‘PSC’) terms for its West Rustavi licence have been accepted by the government of the Republic of Georgia.