Oil

Gunmen kill 5, burn immigration offices in border town – Vanguard

Cameroon and Chad. The market was deserted on Wednesday following the attack. Boko Haram’s increasingly bloody insurgency has left more than 1,000 people dead since mid-2009 in Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer. Most of the …

‘Boko Haram’ kills at least 5 in Nigerian border town: army – Reliefweb.int

Cameroon and Chad. The market was deserted on Wednesday following the attack. Boko Haram’s increasingly bloody insurgency has left more than 1,000 people dead since mid-2009 in Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer. Most of the violence …

BP Bets Namibia Is Next Oi Hot Spot – Stockhouse

Africa’s west coast has seen oil exploration reward Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Mauritania, not to mention OPEC’s Nigeria, and Angola, but for years Namibia has merely watched. That’s because no oil has been found there. All that could change … Continue reading

Tighter Border Procedures Will Not Affect Close Relations With Cameroon, Says Equatorial Guinea – CNBC

“Cameroon is a friend to Equatorial Guinea,” said President … In the late-1990s, American companies helped discover the country’s oil and natural gas resources, which only within the last five years began contributing to the global energy supply.

Kosmos Energy receives oil exploration licenses in Mauritania – Reuters

Kosmos, which is focused on drilling in Western Africa and South America, signed a deal with Cameroon’s state oil company in January. Shares of the company, which have gained 27 percent over the last six months, closed at $12.73 on … Continue reading

Victoria Oil & Gas plc : Application for Listing of shares and Directors’ shares interests – 4-traders (press release)

Victoria Oil & Gas Plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in Cameroon and the FSU, announces that shares have been allotted to certain Directors and employees in lieu of a cash salary for … Continue reading

ExxonMobil Shows Why Size Matters in Energy Investing – Motley Fool

Beyond the onshore U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico, Exxon’s oil minions can be found laboring from Canada to Brazil in the Western Hemisphere. They’re also busy in several European locations; in Africa’s Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon; in Iraq and … Continue reading

ExxonMobil Shows Why Size Matters in Energy Investing – Daily Finance

Beyond the onshore U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico, Exxon’s oil minions can be found laboring from Canada to Brazil in the Western Hemisphere. They’re also busy in several European locations; in Africa’s Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon; in Iraq and … Continue reading

Bowleven sells off Gabon oil licence – BBC News

Edinburgh-based oil company Bowleven is to focus on its Cameroon operations after selling its wholly-owned Gabon licence for more than $35m (£21.9m). Bowleven sold its 100% interest in the EOV permit to Anglo-French oil and gas firm Perenco. The sale … Continue reading

Kenya: What Is At Stake With the Turkana Oil Discovery? – AllAfrica.com

The membership of the club of oil producing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing. Nigeria, Angola, Cameroon, Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and now, the new kid on the oil platform, Kenya! Sub-Saharan Africa oil … Continue reading