Welligence Africa M&A | VAALCO and TransGlobe combination continues independents consolidation in Africa
Consolidation among the Africa-focused independents continues — this time VAALCO Energy is teaming up with TransGlobe Energy to create a company with a market value…
Read MoreWelligence Sub-Saharan Africa Upstream M&A Report (Q2 2022) | Tullow and Capricorn move to merge while Angola M&A heats up!
The highlight of Q2 was Tullow Oil and Capricorn Energy’s merger announcement. We also saw Sonangol attract new investors to Angola, selling parts of its…
Read MoreWelligence Africa LNG: Plugging the EU’s gas gap – Can Sub-Saharan Africa play a key role?
The European Union’s (EU) push to wean itself off Russian gas imports has been grabbing headlines for months. Last year, Russia accounted for almost 40%…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Upstream M&A Report – Q1 2022
Despite a handful of headline-grabbing deals, deal flow remains limited in terms of deal count and the dollar values changing hands. A significant uptick in…
Read MoreWelligence Sub-Saharan Africa Benchmarking | The Sub-Saharan Africa Independents – Can they pick up the slack from the Majors?
The African focused Independents continue to dominate M&A in the region. These companies now account for US$5 billion of acquisition spend in the region. Acquisition…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Exploration Outlook | The wildcat is back! A big year for exploration in Sub-Saharan Africa
Buoyed by oil price strength and some breakthrough discoveries in 2021 (such as Baleine and Eban), this year will be marked by frontier and high-impact…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Upstream M&A Report | Flood of M&A on the way? With a strong oil price, we see more activity on the horizon
Deal activity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has finally started to flow, and there are still many opportunities on the market. In the latest update of…
Read MoreWelligence Sub-Saharan Africa | The Welligence 2022 Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
There is much to look forward to across the Sub-Saharan region in 2022. This report highlights key exploration activity, expected M&A trends, the progress of…
Read MoreAfrica Oil Week Review | Oil & gas not yet fossilised in Africa
The Welligence team attended Africa Oil Week (AOW) last week in Dubai. The week was spent attending sessions, networking with clients, and speaking at the…
Read MoreAfrica M&A Report – Will the Kosmos-Oxy deal kick start West African M&A?
The closing of Oxy’s US$750 million sale of its Ghana portfolio to Kosmos and GNPC has been a long time coming. At this point in…
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