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- Atlas Oranto Petroleum International Limited has expanded its worldwide reach with the signing of an oil exploration deal in Venezuela
- With this recent development, Oranto Petroleum Limited has beguns its expansion into North and South America
- The joint venture will install, convert, and purchase oil production infrastructure during the next three years
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With the signing of an oil prospecting deal in Venezuela, Atlas Oranto Petroleum International Limited (AOPI), an oil and gas company focused on oil drilling, has broadened its global reach.
Source: UGC
AOPI is composed of Atlas Petroleum International Limited and Oranto Petroleum International Limited.
The company, fully owned by Prince Arthur Eze and his family from the Kingdom of Dunukofia, reportedly represent Africa's largest privately held, Africa-focused exploration and production group by acreage.
What the new deal means
This marks the start of Oranto Petroleum Limited's growth into North and South America, according to firm chairman Prince Arthur Eze, who signed the deal in the presence of Nicolas Madura, the president of Venezuela.
Prior to the Venezuelan agreement, Oranto Petroleum has maintained position as a significant player in the oil industry in Senegal, Uganda, Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and other countries.
The initial agreement for the Ngassa Shallow and Deep regions in the western Hoima and Kikuube districts was inked in 2017, but Uganda gave Oranto Petroleum an extension of that license last year, extending it by two years beyond December 29, 2023.
Two petroleum exploration licenses for Uganda's Ngassa Deep and Ngassa Shallow contract areas were granted to Oranto in 2017.
The Venus oil discovery in Block P, Equatorial Guinea, was announced by Atlas Petroleum International Limited in collaboration with Vaalco, the Operator, and Guinea Ecuatorial de Petroleós Co. (GEPetrol), the state-owned oil corporation of Equatorial Guinea that represents the state's interests.
Over the following three years, the joint venture will install, convert, and buy oil production infrastructure. It is anticipated that Venus field operations will add 23.1 MMbbl of oil to 2P gross reserves.
Projection
The partners anticipate that once the two development and injector wells are completed, the field will produce roughly 15,000 gross barrels of oil per day.
Vaalco Energy, Inc. on the Block P Venus discovery Plan of Development (POD) in Equatorial Guinea, stated,
“Atlas Petroleum, as a legacy investor in Equatorial Guinea, has been a partner in Block P prior to Vaalco’s entrance to the block, and remains an investor with an active participating interest in Block P. Any claims to the contrary by Vaalco or any company are false, outrageous and misleading.“Atlas has not relinquished any part of its interest and does not intend to walk away from Block P. Any assertion by a company that has decided to drill and develop an oil field in the media are wrong. We know work is done on platforms not with the media and we urge our partners to refrain from this. We are in constant communication with the government and have never received a letter from the government or GEPetrol that our PSC and interest have been cancelled.”Dangote refinery secures major crude oil supply agreement
Legit.ng reported that Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of TotalEnergies, has disclosed that the leading French energy company, has finalised an agreement to supply the Dangote Refinery with crude oil.
This announcement followed a meeting with Aliko Dangote, the refinery's major owner and Africa's wealthiest individual.
Dangote has been working to obtain crude oil for his refinery, which, once fully operational, will be the largest in Africa and Europe, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day.
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