A force which controls oil terminals in eastern Libya said on Thursday it had gained further ground against Islamic State after taking a second town in as many days east of the militant group's stronghold of Sirte.
Total has struck a deal with Gulf Africa Petroleum Corporation's (GAPCO) for its assets in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
South Sudan authorities have arrested an army major and a Chinese oil worker for allegedly trafficking elephant ivory and endangered pangolin meat through the country’s Paloich oil fields.
A north-east father-and-son team are ready to go after their first major contract wins just over a year after setting up a business together. James Murphy and his son, Jamie, founded Navitas Compliance Solutions (NCS) in Peterhead last February and have largely bankrolled it with their own funds. The Murphys, who have both served in the army, have spent the intervening period creating a programme that will help oil and gas companies train native workers in developing countries.
US Intelligence has disputed claims by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over Islamic State’s (IS) activities in Libya.
The United Nations Security Council added a tanker carrying Libyan oil to its sanctions list in response to the latest dispute between competing powers in the North African country after Malta refused to allow the ship to dock.
A new study is warning of a world-wide oil supply shortage within the next 20 years, according to Wood MacKenzie.
Bowleven has been awarded a one-year extension to the existing Bomono exploration licence, onshore Cameroon.
Oil major Shell is looking to sell out of its onshore assets in Gabon in a sale estimated to be worth $700million.
Nigeria deployed police and soldiers to gasoline stations to maintain order as fuel shortages grip Africa’s biggest oil producer.
International energy companies in Nigeria have agreed to provide about $200 million to help fund fuel imports and end shortages, Petroleum Minister of State Emmanuel Kachikwu said.
Country leaders, government officials and ministers in some of the world's key energy markets are among those identified in the Panama Papers leak, which reveals the secrets of how the super rich use offshore accounts to channel billions of dollars.
Statoil has pulled out of its controversial partnership with Somoil Angola.
Nigeria has arrested a person suspected of having bombed an oil pipeline belonging to Italy's ENI in the southern Delta region, the commander of a state security force said on Wednesday.
Chariot Oil & Gas has signed a farm-out agreement with Eni for the company to acquire a 40% interest in return for a capped carry on drilling the JP-1 prospect.
A committee set up by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the awarding of security contracts from 2011 to 2015 has found as much as 123 billion naira ($618 million) in fraudulent payments could be recovered, the government said.
ExxonMobil is said to be in talks to take a sizeable stake in Eni's acreage off Mozambique, according to reports.
Oil major BP and Norwegian operator Statoil said they will pull staff from two gas plants in Algeria following an earlier attack.
One person has been killed and six other injured in an explosion at an oil site in Gabon, according to Sinopec.
Nigeria's government said it will prosecute vandals who attack the country's pipelines.
Two Italian hostages have been freed from Islamic State captivity in western Libya, local officials say.
Sonatrach will be supporting the sixth North Africa Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (NAPEC).
Nigeria's Petroleum Minister said some OPEC members plant to meet with other producers in Russia later this month.
The managing director of Wood Group’s operations in the UK and Africa said the continent offered “fantastic opportunities” for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
First Solar has won a contract to help power the Otjozondjupa Solar Park in Namibia.