Algerians protesting the government’s plans to extract shale gas through the use of fracking have something to celebrate. According to an announcement by the North African country’s prime minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, the government has now shelved plans to tap shale gas reserves at this time. “I confirm that the exploitation of shale gas is not […]

Africa Oil Corp. saw a seismic crew mobilized in Ethiopia on the Rift Basin Area Block. The acquisition of the 400 to 800 km survey is expected to commence at the end of January. The company said that source rock outcrops and oil slicks on the lakes have been identified in the block where there […]

Both Tullow Oil and Africa Oil Corp., partners on several blocks in East Africa, updated their exploration activities. The Epir-1 exploration well on Block 10BB in Kenya’s North Kerio Basin was drilled to test a separate sub-basin from that tested by the Kodos-1 well. While the well was not a discovery for the pair it […]