Will `God’ forgive him again? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mwesigwa Rukutana, the Minister of State Minister for Labour who was arrested and remanded to prison on Sept.05 in relation to violence in the just concluded NRM parliamentary primary elections, is no stranger to the top and down of life. He has been involved […]

Offshore staff LONDON – Production has been strong at the deepwater Jubilee and TEN fields offshore Ghana this year, according to operator Tullow Oil . During July and August, Jubilee averaged 90,000 b/d and TEN 50,000 b/d. Factors boosting performance were increased gas offtake nominations from the Ghana National Gas Co.; approval from the Ministry […]

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Director of Business Development, Babajide Agunbiade MNSE, Ph.D, talks to Africa Oil & Power about the company’s ongoing flexible pipeline projects across Ghana, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Angola with an emphasis on local content development. What have been National Oilwell Varco’s (NOV) key achievements across its sub-Saharan markets? NOV has […]

Offshore staff ABERDEEN, UK – PSE Kinsale Energy Ltd. and Tullow Oil have awarded Stena Drilling contracts offshore Ireland and Suriname, respectively. The company revealed via social media that the semisubmersible Stena Spey will decommission 10 wells at the Kinsale field offshore Ireland . The rig is expected to mobilize in 1Q 2021 and start […]

Alexandra Thomas, UK managing director, Neptune Energy. Representative body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has welcomed bosses from BP, Neptune Energy and CHC Helicopter onto its board. BP’s new UK North Sea boss, Emeka Emembolu, has joined, alongside Neptune UK managing director Alexandra Thomas and CHC EMEA region director Mark Abbey. OGUK’s chief executive Deirdre […]

1. Introduction The business community eagerly awaits the final investment decision (“FID”) which will be a key milestone for Uganda’s oil and gas industry. FID represents the point at which the International Oil Companies (“IOCs”) and the Government of Uganda (“GoU”) through the Uganda National Oil Company (“UNOC”) will commit to oil field development. The […]

File photo [FPSO Nkrumah vessel] The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) says it will pursue diversified revenue generation sources following a 15 percent reduction in oil production from the country’s oil fields in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. General Manager, Commercial at GNPC, Joseph Dadzie said the outbreak of the pandemic has led to […]

The business community eagerly awaits the final investment decision (FID) which will be a key milestone for Uganda’s oil and gas industry. FID represents the point at which the international oil companies (IOCs) and the Government of Uganda (GoU) through the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) will commit to oil field development. The project execution […]

Tullow Oil sold its stake to Total E&P The agreement announced on April 23 by Total E&P to purchase Tullow Oil’s entire stake in the jointly-held onshore fields in Uganda’s Albertine for $575 million came at a very unexpected time as global oil prices plummeted due to a supply glut and vanishing demand caused by […]