Dominion Petroleum has raised £32.7 million ($50 million) through a planned placing of new ordinary shares, which will be applied toward the funding of the company’s drilling program and seismic acquisition in East Africa.

The Dzata-1 well in the Cape Three Points block in the Gulf of Guinea has hit pay, says operator Vanco.

The Windjammer exploration well in the frontier Rovuma basin offshore Mozambique has reached an intermediate casing point and encountered more than 480 net ft (146 m) of natural gas pay in high-quality reservoir sands, with a gross column of more than 1,200 ft (366 m), says operator Anadarko.

Afren, Oriental Energy Resources and Energy Equity Resources (EER) have are teaming up to explore and develop the OML 115 concession off southeast Nigeria.

A subsidiary of Bowleven has awarded Plexus Holdings a contract for the supply of POS-GRIP wellhead systems and drilling services, offshore Cameroon.

Bowleven has a rig to drill its Etinde permit offshore Cameroon.

An appraisal well on the deepwater Tweneboa discovery offshore Ghana has intersected a large hydrocarbon column, according to operator Tullow Oil.

Afren’s latest appraisal well on the Ebok field off Nigeria has exceeded expectations.

Addax Petroleum, operator of Nigeria/Sao Tome & Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) block 4, has finished drilling the Oki East well.

Songa Offshore SE has secured a one-well firm, plus one-well optional, extension agreement to its existing one-well contract from CNOOC Africa.