Libya has announced new oil and natural gas discovery in the Ghadames basin southwest of Tripoli, opening new prospects for the battered economy of the North African country. This new oil & gas find was made by the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Algerian state-owned Sonatrach. The discovery consists of one oil field with […]
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Longreach Completes 2D Seismic Program Onshore Morocco
Longreach oil and gas limited, an independent oil and gas company holding exploration and near term development licences in Morocco, announced earlier this week that it has completed its 2D seismic program on the operated Sidi Moktar Licence, near Marrakesh, onshore Morocco. The program was completed according to the scheduled deadlines and budget, the company […]
Tunisia: a premiere solar plant
Conergy has made its entry into the Tunisian solar market to begin its operation in North Africa. The German company has been allowed by authorities to install a solar plant in the desert area of Ben Guardane in Medenine. The plant will be covering 4,000m2 with a capacity of 210KW which will be used in […]
Tullow to go offshore in Mauritania
Tullow, a multinational oil and gas exploration company headquartered in London, United Kingdom is preparing itself for another drilling campaign in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. This time around, the company is hoping to begin frontier drilling campaign in Mauritania’s during the spring. It has set its eyes on venturing into new plays in the […]
Tunisia: PAR and Sondes waiting on partnership
Since the conclusion of a preliminary agreement with Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company Sonde Resources in December, PA Resources (PAR) is still looking for farm-in partners for the Zarat license offshore Tunisia. The two companies hold the joint oil block license north of the Zarat concession, concerning unitization principles for the Zarat […]
Morocco Approves Foum Draa Block Farm-out Agreement
Moroccan authorities have approved an agreement between San Leon Energy, Serica Energy and Longreach Oil and Gas on the one hand and Cairn Energy, on the other. The announcement was made last week by San Leon Energy which said the assignment of interest in the Foum Draa offshore licence in Morocco was part of the […]
Libya: BP reviews exploratory drilling
British petroleum is not hiding its fears about the risks in the North African region after it revealed that it was having second thoughts about its activities in Libya. The spokesperson of the British company said that drillings in Libya were scheduled for the end of the second quarter this year but the company is […]
Alstom Supplies Libya Gas Turbine Spare Parts
French power leader Alsthom will provide Libya spare parts for 11 gas turbine units under a 250 million euro contract signed with General Electricity Company of the North African country. The Alstom spare parts are destined for five Libyan power plants operating GT13 turbines manufactured and installed by the French company. The delivery of parts […]
Algeria: oil and gas investments under uncertainty
Following the hostage situation in Algeria, analysts fear that oil and gas future investments are dominated by uncertainty due to fears that investors will be unwilling to venture into its Sahara desert. Some believe that investments won’t be affected because the resources will be too tempting for companies to ignore. Alison Lyall, a security analyst […]
Libya: Zueitina to resume activities before weekend
In a few days, operations will begin at the Zueitina oil terminal following the oil minister’s approval after protests by former rebels over social demands obliged it to halt. Abduladeem Shareed, security supervisor at the terminal said they have “received information from the administration saying that the organization has decided to restart operations and oil […]









