Posts by Jamie McGreevy
Sub-Saharan Africa Q2 2024 M&A Quarterly | Deal-making continues, but opportunity pipeline is shrinking
Q2 2024 saw four notable deals in Sub-Saharan Africa, continuing the momentum from 2023 which was the most active year for M&A since COVID-19. With…
Read MoreOil Boom in Namibia: A New Frontier in Global Energy
Shell joins chase for ‘big prize’ off South Africa’s west coast
“If you consider the scale of the opportunity as well as the size of giant discoveries in Namibia, it is really the big prize that…
Read MoreAtlantic Margin Exploration | Orange Basin sets the pace for South Atlantic exploration success
The rise of the Orange Basin as one of the world’s most exciting exploration hotspots paints a promising future for Namibia as the country sets…
Read MoreGlobal FLNG | Delivering the next wave of FLNG projects will not be smooth sailing
FLNG momentum has been building with recent Floating and Fast LNG projects having created a lot of buzz in the industry. We estimate FLNG and…
Read MoreWelligence Congo-Brazzaville | Trident Energy enters Congo after three-pronged deal-making with Chevron and TotalEnergies
On 24th April 2024, Trident Energy announced separate, but inter-connected, deals with Chevron and TotalEnergies that will see the mature-field specialist enter Congo-Brazzaville. Upon completion,…
Read MoreWelligence Namibia | Galp confident Mopane is the real deal
On 21 April 2024, Galp announced it had successfully concluded the first phase of its Orange Basin exploration campaign by wrapping up testing operations on…
Read MoreWelligence Cote d’Ivoire | Eni makes Côte d’Ivoire’s second largest discovery
On 7 March 2024, Eni announced the Calao discovery with its deepwater Murene-1X well on block CI-205. The well was drilled in 2,200 m of…
Read MoreEni has another barnstorming oil discovery in West Africa ‘hot spot’
A note from Welligence Energy Analytics said Eni’s discovery “bodes well” for US-based Murphy, which “picked up a substantial acreage position in the country last…
Read MoreWelligence Cote d’Ivoire M&A | VAALCO takes out Svenska and enters Côte d’Ivoire
On 29 February 2024, VAALCO Energy announced it had agreed to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration for US$66.5 million. Svenska’s primary asset is the producing deepwater…
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