The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has hosted the signing ceremony of the statute of East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), establishing it as a regional intergovernmental organization, based in Cairo.

The absence of a stable fiscal environment is inhibiting the growth of the Nigerian petroleum industry, especially the upstream sector.

Australian listed oil and gas exploration company Invictus plans to begin drilling Zimbabwe’s first oil and gas wells in the Muzarabani prospect in October next year.

PetroNor announced that the company has reached a mutual agreement with the Government of The Gambia to settle its arbitration related to the A1 and A4 licenses.

The Sonatrach Group has renewed, for a period of three years, the agreement binding it to the National Agency for the Promotion and Rationalization of the Use of Energy (APRUE).

Sapura Energy Berhad, a global integrated oil and gas services and solutions provider, has announced two major project wins in South America, as well as a drilling contract win in the Ivory Coast.

DOF Subsea has been awarded an integrated Field Support Vessel (FSV) contract with an international oil company in Angola.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged to support ongoing initiatives by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to provide alternate energy source to Nigerians.

Eni and British gas company BP have announced a new gas discovery in the "Great Nooros Area", located in the Abu Madi West Development Lease, in the conventional waters of the Nile Delta, offshore Egypt.

Egypt's EnviroTaqa for Sustainable Environmental Services & Renewable Energy signed a partnership and alliance contract with Swiss company Renergon International AG, for the development of biogas projects in Egypt.

Algeria’s national hydrocarbons company, Sonatrach, signed six contracts worth approximately $521 million with its subsidiaries as well as other Algerian companies within the framework of the development of gas and oil fields in the west of the country.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has acquired an estimated $1 billion worth of crude oil funding which will be used as a prepayment fund for the upstream operations of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).

Air Products, the global provider of liquefied natural gas technology and equipment,says it will be providing four of its MCR® Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHEs) for Sonatrach's LNG facility in Algeria.

Zenith Energy signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement with CNPC International Tunisia, for the acquisition of working interests in the North Kairouan permit and Sidi El Kilani concession.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed a report that it spilled 45,000 barrels of oil from an incident at its facility in Nun River in Angiama area