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Drilling & Completion: Africa

Afren plans more development in Ebok area offshore Nigeria

Afren has started front-end engineering design and fabrication planning for a new wellhead platform and production unit for the Okoro field extension offshore Nigeria.

Total steps up deepwater E&P drilling offshore Gabon

Total says the Ocean Rig Olympia is drilling the Diaman-1 exploration well on the Diaba license offshore Gabon in 1,700 m (5,577 ft) water depth.

Tullow prepares for busy drilling schedule offshore West Africa

Tullow Oil plans to step up exploration drilling offshore West Africa over the coming months.

Lekoil farms into Ogo well offshore Nigeria

Afren has farmed out 17.4% interest in license OPL 310 offshore Nigeria to Lekoil, pending Nigerian ministerial consent.

Deep Sea Metro I extends drilling tour offshore East Africa

Ophir Energy and BG Group have agreed to a rig share assignment for continuation of their 2013-2014 East African offshore drilling program.

Noble proves more oil offshore Equatorial Guinea

Noble Energy has found oil in the Carla South structure offshore Equatorial Guinea.

Genel signs up Noble deepwater semisubmersible for North Africa wells

Genel Energy has contracted the deepwater semisubmersible Noble Paul Romano for a drilling campaign offshore North Africa.

Deepwater oil find for Total offshore Cote d'Ivoire

Total has discovered light oil with its first well on the CI-100 block offshore Cote d’Ivoire.

Further boost for deepwater Area 4 gas offshore Mozambique

Eni has completed appraisal drilling on its gas discoveries in Area 4 offshore Mozambique.

Multi-gas field development in prospect offshore Côte d’Ivoire

Rialto Energy and Vitol E&P plan to cooperate offshore Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.

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