Sub-Saharan Africa Q2 2023 M&A Quarterly | deal-making up after muted Q1
Sub-Saharan Africa deal flow is up slightly after a muted Q1. The capital discipline trend continued with activity driven by portfolio optimisation and operational…
Read MoreWelligence Corporate | Capex guidance — sector set for 16% uplift in investment in 2023
With reporting season largely over, the vast majority of companies have now reported guidance for 2023. ACCESS PDF
Read MoreWelligence Namibia Exploration | Lower Cretaceous success for Shell at Jonker-1X in Namibia
The Orange Basin in Namibia continues to deliver. The latest success is a light oil discovery made by Shell’s Jonker-1X well. The well is on…
Read MoreShell scores third find off Namibia
Welligence Energy Analytics reported this morning that Total had spudded its “critical appraisal well” on Venus. The Tungsten Explorer has spudded the Venus-1A at a…
Read MoreWelligence Corporate | Majors report in latest E&P 2023 capex guidance update
Welligence releases the latest capex guidance tracker including the Majors announcements and introduces new functionality. ACCESS PDF
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 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 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 MoreWelligence Sub-Saharan Africa Exploration | Namibia’s Orange Basin – the world’s hottest exploration area?
South America’s Guyana Basin may suddenly have competition for the title of the world’s hottest exploration area. TotalEnergies has made the Venus light oil and…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Exploration | Shell’s Graff discovery in Namibia – believe the hype?
For once, the hype and rumours seem to have substance. Shell’s closely watched Graff-1 well appears to have delivered the goods. There was initial skepticism…
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