Anonymous firm for Cameroonian Rubber, Hévécam, is actually in conflict with the riparian communities of its plantations, in the districts of Lokoundjé and Kribi II located in the South. The announcement follows an emergency meeting organized by prefect of the Ocean department, and held in Kribi, to calm tensions between the two parties. On one hand, Hévécam’s riparian communities blame...

The Board of Directors of Total Exploration and Production (E&P) Nigeria has today appointed Mr. Nicolas Terraz (picture) as the Managing Director and Chief Executive of Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Energymix reports. Terraz, whose appointment took effect from September 17, 2015, succeeded Mrs. Elisabeth Proust, who had been assigned to other duties within the Total Group. Terraz...

FAR Limited, an Australia-based exploration company with assets in West and East Africa has entered into a farm in option agreement with a subsidiary of Trace Atlantic Oil  for the Djiffere block offshore Senegal. The Djiffere block is lying next to FAR’s highly prospective Rufisque, Sangomar and Sangomar Deep ('RSSD') blocks that contain the significant SNE1...

Exxon Mobil an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas said it has set a time frame for drilling of a long-delayed wildcat well in Block LB-13, offshore Liberia, for late 2016 to early 2017.  Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), a partner in the project, stated that it had received Work Program and Budget for 2016 from ExxonMobil ;...

In Tunisia, the date crop will register an increase of 10% at the end of the 2015/2016 season. Indeed, the country should harvest approximately 246,000 tons of dates against 223,000 tons a year ago. According to the authorities, pre-harvest operations are going well. For pomegranates, the goal is to get 82,000 tons for the new season, which represents 5,000 tons more than the previous one....

The Italian group Enel Green Power has just open its offices in Casablanca, Morocco. This information was reported by the media L’Economiste. This establishment will enable the specialist in renewable energies to monitor its activities in the kingdom and solidify its position on this market. Morocco is one of the strategic locations in the development programme of the company for the period...

On 13 January 2015, the National Telecommunications Regulations Authority (ANRT) had forced Maroc Telecom to set the technical and pricing terms and conditions for the local fibre optic loop and sub-loop. These offers were expected until 20 January 2015. Eight months later, mobile operators Méditel and Inwi are still waiting for the price and services list from the national telecommunications...

Eidesvik Offshore ASA, through the Ghanaian entity Eidesvik Ghana Limited operated by Ghanaian partners in cooperation with Eidesvik, and Technip, have entered into an agreement for the charter of the Offshore Construction Vessel MV Viking Neptun for work to be performed on the TEN URF Development Project offshore Ghana. The  period of the contract is 50 days plus mobilization period with...

Maurel and Prom, France's second-biggest oil company and explorer with operations in Latin America and Africa has revealed that it has been informed of a force majeure effecting its flows in Gabon. Petroleum Africa reports According to the company, it was told on September 4 by the oil pipeline operator, Coucal, that a situation interrupting crude oil shipments took place on the...

FAR Limited, an Australia-based exploration company with assets in West and East Africa has entered into a farm in option agreement with a subsidiary of Trace Atlantic Oil  for the Djiffere block offshore Senegal. FAR Limited, an Australia-based exploration company with assets in West and East Africa has entered into a farm in option agreement with a subsidiary of Trace...