San Leon Energy has today announced the results of the Laayoune-4 well on the Tarfaya conventional licence, onshore Morocco in the Sahara region. The well which was formerly known as El Aaiun-4 was drilled with Entrepose Drilling's Cabot 750 rig, targeting Tertiary channel sandstones and with an expected total depth of around 2000 metres below rotary table. Gas shows...

San Leon Energy has today announced the results of the Laayoune-4 well on the Tarfaya conventional licence, onshore Morocco in the Sahara region. The well which was formerly known as El Aaiun-4 was drilled with Entrepose Drilling's Cabot 750 rig, targeting Tertiary channel sandstones and with an expected total depth of around 2000 metres below rotary table. Gas shows...

Air Mauritius announced on 25th September 2015 that it was considering creating a new airline which would mainly fly to destinations in the Africa & Indian Ocean area. The Mauritian company’s Vice-President, Donald Payen, cited by the Reunion press agency Imaz Press, clarified that the creation of a new company is part of the strategy of the authorities to turn Mauritius into an African...

The arrival of companies such as Dolait and Royal Crown on Cameroon’s yoghurt market has made it quite competitive for the Cameroonian dairy company, Camlait, which in response decided to diversify its line of products, thus introducing soya-based products. To this end, the firm invested 3 billion FCFA to set up a dedicated production line. “Demand growth for yoghourt is so significant (25%...

The Moroccan authorities have blocked the commissioning of the first store of Swedish DIY furniture giant IKEA in the kingdom which was initially scheduled for 29th September, on the official basis that the project “did not have a certificate of conformity”. “The shopping mall project of the company Ikea in Zenata has no certificate of conformity, which must be issued by the municipality...

In Guinea, the Communication High Authority (HAC) has just banned all publicity on the results of the presidential election on upcoming 11th October. The ban concerns all media, the Guinean publicity office (OGP) as well as the telephone operators. HAC clearly states that only the National Independent Election Commission (CENI) will be allowed to publish the results of the election. “After...

The coffers of the Avenir Communication group, which publishes the newspaper “Le Quotidien”, are empty. “The tax authorities are executing a seizure and sale of our assets to recover FCfa 35 million”, indicated Madiambal Diagne (photo), the manager of this private media company in Senegal. Created in 2002, the group also owns the weekly “Week End Magazine” and the satirical newspaper...

Kenya and Uganda are currently making plans to set up an oil company to be owned by all the stakeholders in the $4 billion crude oil pipeline deal. Daniel Kiptoo, Petroleum Legal Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir, told the Nation that the planned company will help address conditions set by Uganda on the pipeline. Adding that it is aimed at helping the two countries move fast...

South Africa’s recoverable gas reserves from both onshore shale and offshore gas fields were seen at around 19.5 tcf, according to a senior energy official.  “It requires significant evaluation activity, significant drilling for us to be able to quantify the gas more definitively and to also assess the economic case for the recovery of this gas,’’ Ompi Aphane (picture), Deputy...

The Nigerian Agip Oil Company, (NAOC) an affiliated company of the Italian multinational Eni has so far recorded six cases of crude oil spill this month and 11 cases in August, according to spills data obtained by Sweetcrude Reports. NAOC operates Nigeria’s OMLs 60, 61, 62 and 63 as well as OPLs 282 and 135. The data acquired from the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency...