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.

Commercialization of the Kiliwani North gas discovery off Tanzania is proceeding slowly, according to partner Key Petroleum.

Subsea 7 has completed the Girassol pipeline repair project for Total E&P Angola.

BJ Services has completed a subsea pipeline pre-commissioning operation for Saipem on the Akpo field, offshore Nigeria using the deepwater support vessel Bourboun Trieste and FPSO Akpo.

Upgrades to the Espoir field FPSO offshore Cote d’Ivoire should be completed this spring, says operator CNR International.

The second production well at the Murphy Oil-operated Azurite field off Republic of Congo will come on stream in the next few weeks, according to partner PA Resources.

Production has begun from the Oyo field, offshore Nigeria, according to Allied Energy and Eni affiliate Nigerian Agip Exploration.

AuDAX Resources has awarded Atwood Oceanics a contract to use the rig Atwood Southern Cross for operations offshore Tunisia.

An undisclosed client has awarded Transocean a three-year contract for the moored deepwater semisubmersible rig GSF Celtic Sea.

Noble Energy EG has awarded SBM Offshore a contract for the provision, lease, and operation of an FPSO for the Aseng field development, offshore Equatorial Guinea.