South Sudan should reach a production capacity of 160,000 to 180,000 bpd by mid-June according to Dar Petroleum president Joseph Podtung. “Within a month, we should be reaching 165,000 to 180,000 and we would expect to reach the level where we were before the shutdown by early next year,” Podtung said during a ceremony to […]

Shell International Exploration and Production awarded CHC Helicopter a five-year, multi-million dollar contract to support its deep-water exploration activities offshore West Africa. The agreement comes with five one-year options and dedicates two Eurocopter Super Puma L2 aircraft for helicopter transportation services and emergency medical evacuation in support of Shell’s Noble Globetrotter II deepwater drillship’s operations […]

According to Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) the country saw a total of 17 oil and natural gas discoveries during Q1. The 21 discoveries consisted of 13 oil discoveries and four natural gas discoveries in the WesternDesert, the Gulf of Suez, the Mediterranean, and Upper Egypt. EGPC’s chairman, Sherif Hadara, reported the total reserves of […]