Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum Departs Sierra Leone

Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum Departs Sierra Leone

African Petroleum determined that it will relinquish its interests in Sierra Leone’s SL-03-17 and SL-4A-17 licenses with immediate effect.

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Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum awaits arbitrators naming in Gambian licenses case

Independent oil and gas company African Petroleum (AP) is waiting for the appointment of the arbitrators in arbitration proceedings against the Gambian government related to the company’s interest in A1 and A4 offshore licenses.

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Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum awaits arbitrators naming in Gambian licenses case

Independent oil and gas company African Petroleum (AP) is waiting for the appointment of the arbitrators in arbitration proceedings against the Gambian government related to the company’s interest in A1 and A4 offshore licenses. 

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Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum awarded Sierra Leone licence extensions

African Petroleum, an independent oil and gas exploration company with licence interests in four countries offshore West Africa, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries European Hydrocarbon and African Petroleum Sierra Leone have signed agreements with the  Petroleum Directorate Sierra Leone to enter into the Second Extension Periods of the SL-03 and SL-4A-10 licences respectively and to modify the work programmes for both licences during these periods.  

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Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum prepares to commence arbitration regarding Gambia licences

  Further to the announcement issued on 21 August 2017, management confirms that the Company has not received any feedback, formal or otherwise, from the Government of The Gambia despite its best efforts to engage in dialogue with the relevant authorities.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Gambia president meets African Petroleum CEO over oil licences

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has met with African Petroleum’s chief executive to discuss the status of its exploration licenses, which oil ministry officials previously said had expired, the company and the presidency said on Wednesday. Uncertainty over the status of two of the most promising licenses in West Africa provoked a sharp drop in Oslo-listed African Petroleum’s share price earlier this month.

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Africa Oil & Gas: African Petroleum Claims Rights Over Senegal Block Bought By Total

Oslo-listed independent oil and gas producer African Petroleum said on Wednesday that it still holds 90 percent in a block offshore Senegal, for which France’s oil major Total SA signed an exploration and production sharing contract the day before.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Ophir Energy spuds Ayamé -1X exploration well, offshore Cote d’Ivoire

JV partner African Petroleum has announced that the Ophir Energy-operated Ayamé-1X exploration well, offshore Côte d’Ivoire, was spudded on Saturday 29 April 2017 using the Seadrill West Saturn Drillship.  

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