Shell is to drill offshore Namibia, a growing area of interest for oil and gas explorers, the southern African country’s mines and energy minister said on Monday. ...

Egypt’s government has signed three new oil and gas exploration agreements, hoping to bring a total of $265 million worth of investments into the country’s energy sector. ...

An environmental organization says it making progress in its bid to block proposed oil exploration in Africa's oldest national park where 200 gorillas live. ...

South Africa’s government will push ahead with plans to develop new nuclear power plants as it seeks to reduce its reliance on coal, President Jacob Zuma said. ...

Tullow Oil Plc (TLW), which found Kenya’s first crude, said the East African nation considers the start of production and exports as a “national priority.” ...

Eni SpA (ENI), Italy’s biggest oil company, said profit slumped 14 percent in the fourth quarter due to production halts in Libya and Nigeria. ...

The Ugandan government has signed an agreement with foreign oil companies to activate the commercial production of crude oil in the East African country, an official said Thursday. ...

Libyan oil industry officials said bandits caused production from the Sharara oil field to drop by 40 percent by blocking a pipeline to downstream facilities. ...

OPEC’s oil output has risen in January from December’s 2-1/2-year low, due to a partial recovery in Libyan supply and higher shipments from Iraq and Iran, a Reuters survey found on Friday. ...

Egypt’s move to allow private-sector firms to import natural gas using the government’s network is unlikely to help bridge the country’s energy shortfall – that has forced some cement and steel companies to cut their output in recent years, analysts and industry sources say. ...