North Africa

Exxon has taken a highly contested block offshore Egypt. Shell took five blocks both on and offshore. But a swathe of deepwater acreage went unawarded.

A series of key wells slated for 2019 could well see a major increase in the country’s gas reserves, further advancing LNG plans.

A step-up in IOC investment is a prerequisite for Libya getting anywhere near its 1.6mn b/d end-2019 output target. But Libya rates barely a footnote in their plans.

General Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based, self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) on 11 February took control of the shut-in 315,000 b/d...

*With Libyan crude output reaching a six-year high of 1mn b/d in 2018 it is no wonder that exports...

Cairo has set out its gas plans for the 2019-20 financial year with seven projects set to add around 2.8bn cfd to Q4’s record 6.3bn cfd output. But natural declines pose a threat to Egypt’s hopes of hitting 7.9bn cfd by June next year.

Collective oil output at three key fields in Algeria’s Berkine Basin fell to 319,000 b/d in Q4 and 320,000...

With output at a near-four year low Opec must decide on whether or not to enforce its output deal in the face of Venezuela’s implosion.

Mees runs the rule over claims by Sudan and South Sudan to have substantially hiked oil output. Khartoum is providing security to Southern fields.