Sub-Saharan Africa FLNG | Uniquely positioned to quench Europe’s LNG thirst
As tightness in the global LNG market persists and appetite for new onshore liquefaction projects wavers, operators in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are turning to floating…
Read MoreWelligence Sub-Saharan Africa | Our 2023 outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
Our view on exploration, M&A activity, FLNG, key developments and emerging trends in new energies. Political factors may also come into play with key elections…
Read MoreWelligence Sub-Saharan Africa M&A Q3 2022 | Deal flow slows but plenty on the menu heading into 2023
We are pleased to release our quarterly report analysing M&A activity and the outlook for deal-making across the Sub-Saharan Africa region. As part of our…
Read MoreWelligence Rumblings on the Ground — Africa — A Review of Africa Oil Week – Resetting Africa’s Energy Transition Narrative
The Welligence team attended Africa Oil Week (AOW) this year in Cape Town, South Africa. Welligence was the Official Data & Analytics partner for the…
Read MoreWelligence 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…
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