Will recent attacks instigated by Somali group al Shabab unhinge Kenya’s plans to become East Africa’s energy hub? The most recent attacks have bypassed the usually targeted Mombasa and moved up the coast to Lamu where the government is planning a mega port and transport scheme; the Lamu Port and the Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport […]

Cobalt International Energy is hopeful it will soon receive approval for its field development plan for its pre-salt discoveries offshore Angola. Cobalt holds stakes in Blocks 9, 20 and 21. During the Angola Ministerial session at the World Petroleum Congress held in Moscow June 15-19, James Farnsworth, chief exploration officer for the company, when asked […]

Gulfsands Petroleum has resumed drilling operations in Morocco. The company said that drilling operations on the Rharb Center Permit saw a restart using the COFOR SAS Cabot 750 rig. The well being drilled is the Lalla Yetou Updip-1 gas exploration well (LTU-1), which was selected based on interpretation of the Rharb 3D seismic survey data […]