FAR Ltd. reported that Cairn Energy (operator) has commenced drilling of the first well in the appraisal program of the discoveries made offshore Senegal. The three wells SNE-2, SNE-3, and BEL-1 will be drilled back-to-back. Drilling is estimated to be complete in mid-2016. Both SNE-2 and SNE-3 appraisal wells will be logged, cored and flow […]

ENI added to its acreage in Mozambique with a winning bid in the country’s licensing round. The company won access to offshore block A5-A, partnered with Statoil and Sasol. The block, which covers a total area of 5,145 sq km in a water depth between 200 and 1800 meters, is placed within an unexplored area […]

Those companies that failed to win acreage in Mozambique’s latest licensing round will have another chance in 2017. According to a government official the country plans to hold another licensing round in 2017. “We will do it in 2017. Our strategy now is to do it every two years,” Jose Branquinho, the head of resource assessment […]