Entries by Hussein Boffu

The Best Universities in Europe for an Oil and Gas Career

Assuming you’ve decided to study for an oil and gas related qualification, what then? The course you choose, and the place you study could be tremendously important. Even if the industry contracts by 50%, there will still be a job for those who studied at the most acclaimed institutions. There will be a place for […]

UK Based Chariot Oil and Gas Strike Dry Well Offshore Namibia

  UK independent Chariot Oil & Gas’s eagerly anticipated well offshore Namibia was dry. The company said October 11 that its Prospect S deepwater well, which was drilled by the Ocean Rig Poseidon drillship to a total depth of 4,165 meters, did not encounter any hydrocarbons. It will conduct further analysis to understand the implications of the well results on […]

Mozambique Sign Agreement With Oil Giant Exxon Mobil

The Mozambican government has finally signed agreements with ExxonMobil and Rosneft for acreage won in the country’s fifth licensing round in 2014. Mozambique’s National Petroleum Institute said the government was preparing to sign similar agreements with South Africa’s Sasol and Italy’s ENI. The agreements could lead to as much as $700 million of investment in […]