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Promoting East Africa as the Top African Exploration Market: Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan Commit to African Energy Week in Cape Town

Coming to African Energy Week (AEW) 2021 in Cape Town on the 9th-12th of November, leading East African producers are committed to emphasizing the region’s significant upstream investment ...
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Africa’s upstream future: Momentum builds, but investment discipline remains a hurdle

Cape Town, South Africa — Two breakthrough offshore discoveries in Namibia in 2022 — one by Shell and one by TotalEnergies — marked an important milestone for the country’s future energy landscape and ...
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African Mining Week (AMW) to Highlight Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advanced Tech Driving Africa’s $8.5T Mining Transformation

African Mining Week (AMW) to Highlight Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advanced Tech Driving Africa’s $8.5T Mining Transformation ...

BHP eyes large-scale copper exploration in Zambia, mines ministry says

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Global miner BHP is keen to pursue large-scale copper exploration in Zambia, the country's mines ...
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Exploration Committee: A New Mindset is Required to Ensure the Competitiveness of Africa’s Oil Sector

As exploration is the hardest hit segment of the energy industry worldwide, the African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) held this week its first meeting with its newly-appointed Exploration ...
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Subsea South Africa ExxonMobile Exploration

Exxon Mobil Corporation affiliate ExxonMobil Exploration & Production South Africa Limited, soon to start search for oil & gas deposits. The Tugela South Exploration Right covers approximately 2.8 ...
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Petrobras in Talks with Exxon and Others Over Africa Exploration

Brazil’s state-controlled oil company is in talks to buy stakes in African exploration blocks from companies including ExxonMobil Corp., Shell Plc, TotalEnergies SE and Equinor ASA. The discussions ...
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TotalEnergies’ tentative plan for South Africa exploration well

TotalEnergies is eyeing plans to drill an exploration well in the southern part of a promising block in South African sector of the hydrocarbon-rich Orange basin in 2026. Two months ago, TotalEnergies ...
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Africa Oil Collects New Block for East African Oil Exploration Portfolio

Africa Oil signed an agreement to acquire Turkana, which holds rights for Block 10BB, a highly prospective oil exploration block in northwestern Kenya. Africa Oil has signed an agreement to acquire ...
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Sun will continue to shine on Africa's exploration scene in 2026

Africa will continue to lead global exploration activity in 2026, accounting for some 40% of planned high-impact exploration wells, according to the latest research from Rystad Energy. Like 2025, the ...
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South African exploration fund attracts 115 applications – Mantashe

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