London-listed Gulfsands Petroleum has declared that the Lambouka 1 well offshore Tunisia has hit two hydrocarbon zones.

London-listed Chariot Oil and Gas has signalled the size of the estimated reserves in recently acquired licence blocks in Namibia which suggest more than 10 billion barrels of oil reserves.

Drilling on the Nganga well in the Nganzi block in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended with a dry hole Soco International has reported.

Tullow Oil has extended its interests onshore Africa by taking up new licences in Kenya and Ethiopia.

London-listed Chariot Oil and Gas has promised to pursue an “aggressive” exploration schedule offshore Namibia.

British-based Tullow Oil says it now has 1 Billion barrels of oil to tap in Uganda after further exploration success.

Simen Lieungh, previously CEO of Aker Solutions, takes over as the new CEO of Odfjell Drilling 1 October. 

SeaBird Exploration has signed an interim agreement for a seismic survey in Nigeria.

Parters in the Angolan deepwater CLOV projects have given the development a green light to proceed.

London-listed Circle Oil said it has successfully tested its Al Amir ST2 well onshore Egypt in the NW Gemsa concession area.

Energy services provider Cape has landed a deal with an Italian-led group in Algeria worth €27 million (£22.5 m).

Artumas Group has bagged a six month extension in Mozambique.

London-listed Afren has reported that the new production unit destined for the Ebok field development offshore Nigeria has sailed away from its construction yard in China.

Vaalco Energy said the Southeast Etame  1 offshore Gabon in which British-based Tullow Oil has a minor stake – has  encountered a further five metres (16 ft) of pay.

Takeover target Dana Petroleum has reported a new oil find in Egypt in the Gulf of Suez.

Offshore contractor Acergy has declared a deal worth US $1.3 Bn for a major deepwater development offshore West Africa.

Just a day after completing a deal to acquire more acreage in Uganda Tullow Oil has hit more success with its latest exploration well there.

Tullow Oil has completed the Us $1.45 Bn deal to buyout onshore assets in Uganda held by Heritage Oil and Gas.

Syrian developer Gulfsands Petroleum says output from its block 26 operation in the north-east of the country has now reached 20,000 b/d of of oil from the Khurbet East and Yousefieh fields combined.

Algerian explorer Petroceltic is set to start a four-well drilling programme after contracting a land rig for a series of wells which will lead into a field development plan.

A major new oil field has been discovered offshore West Africa on the Owo prospect in the Deepwater Tano licence area offshore Ghana

London-listed Ugandan explorer Dominion reported today that its Ngaji 1 well drilled in the Lake Edward Graben in Uganda has field to hit hydrocarbons.

British-based Dana Petroleum has agreed to increase its stake in the Nile Delta region in the Mediterranean Sea offshore Egypt.

Two of Aberdeen-based Wood Group's engineering subsidiaries have completed a Front End Engineering and Design study for a new Total development offshore Nigeria.

Norway's Rocksource ASA said today that the newbuild Maersk Deliverer rig has been fixed to drill a first well targeting a potential 400 million barrel prospect offshore West Africa.

British-based Tullow Oil said its Nsoga-5 appraisal well in block 2 in Uganda has hit oil pay.

London-listed Bowleven Energy has reported finding multiple hydrocarbon layers in a West African offshore well.

Houston-based Hyperdynamics has awarded PGS Geophysical a contract to reprocess data from a 3D survey offshore the Republic of Guinea.