Africa Drilling & Completion News

Eni (MI:ENI;NYSE:E) has a new gas discovery offshore Mozambique at the Coral 1 well in Area 4.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) has discovered a “major” new natural gas reservoir in Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma basin, Mozambique.

Total (NYSE:TOT; Paris: FP FP) has completed installation of the new AGMN platform for its Anguille field redevelopment offshore Gabon.

Afren says an exploration well on the shallow-water Ebok north fault block (Ebok NFB) has encountered 370 ft (113 m) true vertical thickness of net oil pay in good quality sands.

The Teak-4A appraisal well offshore Ghana in the Cape Three Points block found thin, non-commercial reservoirs and will be P&A’d reports Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS).

Eni’s (MI:ENI, NYSE:E) deepwater Nunya-1x exploration well off Ghana encountered water-bearing sandstone reservoirs.

Anadarko’s latest deepwater frontier wells off northwest Africa were both water-wet.

Rialto Energy expects drilling on its suspended Gazelle-P3 well off Cote d’Ivoire to resume in the next 24 hours.

Bowleven has contracted Plexus Holdings to supply wellhead equipment for appraisal drilling activity offshore Cameroon.

The semisub Maersk Deliverer has started drilling the 1811/5-1 well on the Tapir South prospect offshore Namibia.

Apache Kenya has secured the drillship Deepsea Metro 1 to drill the company’s first deepwater well offshore Kenya.

Anadarko has completed the drilling portion of its planned appraisal program on its gas discoveries in Rovuma basin Offshore Area 1, off Mozambique.

Rialto Energy says the drill pipe in its Gazelle-P3 well off Cote d’Ivoire has become stuck after drilling reached a depth of 1,070 m (3,510 ft).

Bowleven says it has completed processing of data from 3D/4C OBC seismic acquired over parts of its Etinde permit offshore Cameroon.

Eni has a new natural gas discovery at the Mamba North East 1 exploration prospect in Area 4 offshore Mozambique.

BG Group/Ophir Energy have discovered gas in the deepwater Jodari structure off southern Tanzania.

African Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSX:AOQ) has contracted Ocean Rig UDW to drill two wells offshore Liberia blocks 8 and 9 with the deepwater semisubmersible Eirik Raude rig.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) says its Enyenra-4A appraisal well offshore Ghana encountered oil.

The jackup Transocean GSF Monitor has started drilling the Gazelle-P3 production well for Rialto Energy on the CI-202 block off Côte d’Ivoire.

Anadarko has achieved strong results from a flow test on the Barquentine gas field offshore Mozambique.

The latest stage of Total’s Anguille field redevelopment off Gabon is in the final construction, hookup, and testing phase.

Total must wait a while longer for the drilling rig Songa Eclipse to start a program off Angola.

Chariot Oil & Gas Ltd (AIM:CHAR) subsidiary Enigma Oil & Gas (Pty) Ltd. has contracted A.P. Moller Maersk A/S to drill one well offshore Namibia with the Maersk Deliverer deepwater semisubmersible rig.

The jackup Transocean GSF Monitor is scheduled arrive soon in Cote d’Ivoire to start work on block CI-202 for Rialto Energy.